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Sigal Samuel

Sigal Samuel

Senior Reporter

    Latest articles by Sigal Samuel

    Why do we care how smart animals are?
    Future Perfect

    Intelligence plays a role in how we treat them. Maybe it shouldn’t.

    By Sigal Samuel
    Citizen science is booming during the pandemic
    Future Perfect

    From backyard astronomy to birding, amateurs have been busy collecting data — and making real discoveries.

    By Sigal Samuel
    Future Perfect
    “It’s a moral obligation”: How a Black bioethicist makes the case for vaccination to people of color“It’s a moral obligation”: How a Black bioethicist makes the case for vaccination to people of color
    Future Perfect

    Keisha Ray explains which arguments are most effective at swaying hesitant people.

    By Sigal Samuel
    Future Perfect
    It’s not just Big Oil. Big Meat also spends millions to crush good climate policy.It’s not just Big Oil. Big Meat also spends millions to crush good climate policy.
    Future Perfect

    A new study reveals how the companies you buy meat from block climate action.

    By Sigal Samuel
    Future Perfect
    Artificial intelligence can now design new antibiotics in a matter of daysArtificial intelligence can now design new antibiotics in a matter of days
    Future Perfect

    IBM’s new AI system could also help design treatments for Covid-19.

    By Sigal Samuel
    China’s genocide against the Uyghurs, in 4 disturbing charts
    Future Perfect

    From internment camps to mass sterilization, here’s why the ethnic minority’s birthrate is plunging.

    By Sigal Samuel
    Future Perfect
    When a California city gave people a guaranteed income, they worked more — not lessWhen a California city gave people a guaranteed income, they worked more — not less
    Future Perfect

    Stockton’s experiment shows what $500 per month in “free money” can do for employment, mental health, and more.

    By Sigal Samuel
    Future Perfect
    Should we be more careful outdoors as Covid-19 variants spread?Should we be more careful outdoors as Covid-19 variants spread?
    Future Perfect

    What to know about your risk among friends, runners, and passersby outside.

    By Sigal Samuel
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    How to make this winter not totally suck, according to psychologistsHow to make this winter not totally suck, according to psychologists
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    This one idea may help you conquer pandemic winter.

    By Sigal Samuel
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    The UK is about to start deliberately infecting volunteers with Covid-19 to test vaccinesThe UK is about to start deliberately infecting volunteers with Covid-19 to test vaccines
    Future Perfect

    A “human challenge trial” just received ethics approval. Here’s what data it might provide — and why it’s very controversial.

    By Sigal Samuel