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Science Archive

Archives for April 2022

Politics
How China’s zero-Covid policy is failing ShanghaiHow China’s zero-Covid policy is failing Shanghai
Politics

Rare dissent flares in China’s financial hub as residents struggle to access food and medicine.

By Ellen Ioanes
Everything you need to know about the 95th Academy Awards
Everything Everywhere All at Once, explained by a quantum physicistEverything Everywhere All at Once, explained by a quantum physicist
Everything you need to know about the 95th Academy Awards

The probability that we’re all living in the multiverse, and why that idea is so appealing.

By Alex Abad-Santos
Science
It’s time to think outside the mask mandateIt’s time to think outside the mask mandate
Science

An expert explains why a shifting pandemic demands a broader set of solutions.

By Keren Landman, MD
The Gray Area
The case for regretThe case for regret
Podcast
The Gray Area

Regrets, I’ve had a few, and they’re good actually.

By Sean Illing
Technology
The death of the gas stationThe death of the gas station
Technology

As EVs hit the road, gas stations will have to adapt or risk going out of business.

By Rebecca Heilweil
Science
The CDC’s new Covid-19 guidelines are facing their first test with BA.2The CDC’s new Covid-19 guidelines are facing their first test with BA.2
Science

How will we know if they pass or fail?

By Keren Landman, MD
Future Perfect
What the media needs to get right in the next pandemicWhat the media needs to get right in the next pandemic
Future Perfect

Journalists struggled to accurately convey scientific uncertainty on Covid-19.

By Kelsey Piper
One Good Thing
One Good Thing: An unsolicited dik-dik picOne Good Thing: An unsolicited dik-dik pic
One Good Thing

It’s not NSFW. It’s a Twitter account that tweets photos of tiny antelopes.

By Benji Jones
Technology
Can we 3D print a better face mask?Can we 3D print a better face mask?
Technology

How 3D printing can help mitigate PPE supply shortages in future pandemics.

By Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg
Science
A survey on global mental well-being shows that the kids are not all rightA survey on global mental well-being shows that the kids are not all right
Science

The Mental Health Million project queried over 220,000 people on well-being — and the results are worrying.

By Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg
What science still doesn’t know about the five senses
Podcast
Science

Our senses create our reality. They can trick us, but also teach us.

By Brian Resnick and Noam Hassenfeld
Science
What immunocompromised people need to know right nowWhat immunocompromised people need to know right now
Science

There’s a spectrum of risk among this group, and a lot of tools to help them.

By Keren Landman, MD
Politics
How sewage can warn us about the next pandemicHow sewage can warn us about the next pandemic
Politics

The ins and outs of wastewater surveillance.

By Muizz Akhtar
How to test and trace a virus we haven’t discovered yet
Future Perfect

We have the technology to ensure the next outbreak doesn’t become another Covid-19.

By Dylan Matthews
Why experts are terrified of a human-made pandemic — and what we can do to stop it
Science

As biology gets better, biosecurity gets harder. Here’s what the world can do to prepare.

By Kelsey Piper