What if Two COVID-19 Victims Need Ventilators and Just One Is Available?
Health care providers need a well-organized response grounded in science and ethics as the U.S. responds to the pandemic
Opinion
When Promoting Knowledge Makes You a Target
Online harassment of scientists and health professionals is a serious and growing problem
Advice for Young Scientists: Be a Generalist
A narrow focus on the latest hot topic can be rewarding—but it’s not necessarily a good long-term strategy
Could Video Games and Other Entertainment Help Slow the Spread of COVID-19?
It’s not as crazy as it might sound
Why Did the Wright Brothers Succeed When Others Failed?
They weren't trained as engineers—but they were raised to have an insatiable intellectual curiosity
February 2020: Earth's 2nd Warmest February and 3rd Warmest Month on Record
Europe and Asia crush their all-time warmest winter records by a huge margin...
Online Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic
What do we gain and what do we lose when classrooms go virtual?
Are We Ready for Quantum Computers?
Hardware hasn’t caught up with theory, but we’re already lining up many previously intractable problems for when it does
Time Has No Meaning at the North Pole
The utter lack of time zones, daylight and people creates a bizarre world
A Major Medical Licensing Exam Is Going Pass-Fail, and It’s About Time
The USMLE Step 1 test has little to do with the actual practice of medicine anyway
