In Memoriam: John D. Barrow
Remembering the maverick physicist who pioneered an “anthropic” approach to cosmology
Opinion
Climate Anxiety and Mental Illness
We don’t know for sure to what degree the former leads to the latter, but we need to be vigilant about the plausible connection
Academia after COVID
The pandemic offers colleges and universities an unexpected opportunity to reinvent themselves in ways that better serve students and faculty
Coronavirus News Roundup: October 3–October 9
Here are pandemic news highlights for the week
On November 3, Vote to End Attacks on Science
Choosing Donald Trump for president is choosing fiction over fact—a fatal mistake
Why Doubt Is Essential to Science
If people don’t understand how science works, they can’t properly understand how to think about new findings
How Andrea Ghez Won the Nobel for an Experiment Nobody Thought Would Work
She insisted on doing it anyway—and ultimately provided conclusive evidence for a supermassive black hole at the core of the Milky Way
Yes, Science Is Political
Scientists need to acknowledge that fact—and to act on it in these most dire of times
Trump’s Illness and the Need for a Reset on U.S. Coronavirus Policy
Promoting the use of masks, contact tracing and social distancing could still save 100,000 lives
How Trump Exemplifies Our Ableist Culture
The idea that we must “beat” or “get over” illness helps explain the grotesque carnival we’re now seeing in the White House
