9 Best Articles in 2020
Science Magazine
Artificial intelligence is evolving all by itself
Science Magazine
2 min read · 586 saves · Apr 13th · Advance replicates decades of AI research in days
The New Yorker
The Day the Dinosaurs Died
The New Yorker
500 saves · 2019-02-01 · A young paleontologist may have discovered a record of the most significant event in the history of life on Earth.
The New Yorker
The Contrarian Coronavirus Theory That Informed the Trump Administration
The New Yorker
5 min read · 463 saves · Mar 29th · Richard Epstein, a professor at N.Y.U. School of Law, discusses two articles he wrote, on the Hoover Institution Web site, entitled “Coronavirus Perspective” and…
universitytimes.ie
JSTOR Makes Database Accessible to the Public
universitytimes.ie
1 min read · 442 saves · Mar 19th · The online academic resource has made over 6,000 ebooks and over 150 journals accessible without the need for an online login.
Nautilus Magazine
Is Matter Conscious?
Nautilus Magazine
~12 min read · 427 saves · Feb 28th · The nature of consciousness seems to be unique among scientific puzzles. Not only do neuroscientists have no fundamental explanation…
WIRED
12 Science Books You Should Read Right Now
WIRED
2 min read · 407 saves · 2019-12-24 · Snuggle up with these 2019 books on the so-called language of God, dirty drugmakers, and the future of food and booze.
Science Magazine
‘Finally, a virus got me.’ Scientist who fought Ebola and HIV reflects on facing death from COVID-19
Science Magazine
6 min read · 370 saves · May 8th · Top virologist Peter Piot spent 1 week at a London hospital in April and has been recovering at home since
National Geographic
How some cities ‘flattened the curve’ during the 1918 flu pandemic
National Geographic
3 min read · 365 saves · Mar 27th · Nina Strochlic · Social distancing isn’t a new idea—it saved thousands of American lives during the last great pandemic. Here's how it worked.
The Guardian
The shorter your sleep, the shorter your life: the new sleep science
The Guardian
~16 min read · 359 saves · From 2017 · Leading neuroscientist Matthew Walker on why sleep deprivation is increasing our risk of cancer, heart attack and Alzheimer’s – and what you can do…
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Inside the Fall of the CDC
ProPublica
253 saves · Oct 15th · How the world’s greatest public health organization was brought to its knees by a virus, the president and the capitulation of its own leaders,…
The New York Times
The Coronavirus Unveiled
The New York Times
~11 min read · 172 saves · Oct 9th · Carl Zimmer · Scientists around the world have captured detailed images of the coronavirus.
The Washington Post
Analysis | A powerful argument for wearing a mask, in visual form
The Washington Post
142 saves · Oct 23rd · Real-time pandemic data paints a vivid picture of the relationship between mask-wearing and the prevalence of covid-19 symptoms.
Nature
Why Nature supports Joe Biden for US president
Nature
5 min read · 133 saves · Oct 14th · We cannot stand by and let science be undermined. Joe Biden’s trust in truth, evidence, science and democracy make him the only choice in…
Nature
The false promise of herd immunity for COVID-19
Nature
9 min read · 125 saves · Oct 21st · Christie Aschwanden · Why proposals to largely let the virus run its course — embraced by Donald Trump’s administration and others — could bring “untold death and…
Ness Labs
Connected Papers: a visual tool for academic research
Ness Labs
3 min read · 118 saves · Oct 14th · I’m obsessed with thinking in maps: discovering and creating connections between ideas, adding nodes to a knowledge graph, finding patterns across distant areas of…
Scientific American
Our Brain Is Better at Remembering Where to Find Brownies Than Cherry Tomatoes
Scientific American
2 min read · 113 saves · Oct 8th · Humans’ spatial recall makes mental notes about the location of high-calorie foods
Live Science
Meet the zeptosecond, the shortest unit of time ever measured
Live Science
2 min read · 88 saves · Oct 17th
Nature
Tired of science being ignored? Get political
Nature
3 min read · 82 saves · Oct 13th · Mary T. Bassett · The idea that competent researchers are apolitical is false, and it costs lives.
Quanta Magazine
Quantum Tunnels Show How Particles Can Break the Speed of Light
Quanta Magazine
9 min read · 80 saves · Oct 20th · Natalie Wolchover · Recent experiments show that particles should be able to go faster than light when they quantum mechanically “tunnel” through walls.
