Scientific American
Emerging symptoms of COVID: Stuttering, forgetfulness, mania, and even psychosis
An early survey of 153 COVID-19 patients in the U.K. and a more recent preprint study of people hospitalized with ...
‘We don’t know what we don’t know’: Next slate of vaccines might be better at fighting new COVID variations
Now, a year after the pandemic first erupted, three COVID vaccines have been given emergency authorization by either the U.S ...
Viewpoint: Wishful worries? Fears about the transhumanist, human-enhancement movement are overblown
[A] problem arises when pundits concerned about possible social and ethical downsides of a technology exaggerate its technical feasibility. This ...
Believing that aliens have visited our solar system is not just for kooks
The prolific Harvard University astrophysicist [Avi Loeb] has produced pioneering and provocative research on black holes, gamma-ray bursts, the early ...
Viewpoint: Why we need to require COVID vaccines in high-risk settings such as nursing homes and prisons
In long-term care facilities, residents are usually very elderly, and many of them have medical conditions that put them at ...
Acid redux: Here’s how psychedelics are shaping the next generation of antidepressants
As of 2018, nearly one in eight Americans use antidepressants. Unfortunately, more than a third of patients are resistant to ...
Video infographic: Extraordinary 3-D view inside a cancer cell
Even something as tiny as a cell is thick enough for specialized cameras to examine in detail. In a process ...
Are positive antibody tests a reliable ‘all clear’? Dating safely during a pandemic
As cases surge again, many wonder whether it is safe to even consider meeting new people in any social context—let alone ...
How virtual reality could become a vital treatment to deal with the uncertainty of COVID
A national shortage in mental health clinicians existed before COVID-19. Now, health care organizations must decide how to rapidly scale ...
Viewpoint: GMO ‘opposition based on emotion and dogma must be stopped’
Climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic have featured heavily in this presidential campaign and are without question two of the ...
How getting your flu shot could reduce the likelihood of a COVID infection
[A] new study suggests that there could be another key reason to get a flu jab this year: it might reduce ...
Why do many COVID patients lose their sense of smell? Here are some answers
Smell loss is so common in people with [COVID-19] that some researchers have recommended its use as a diagnostic test because it ...
What goes on in the brains of science nerds?
Do you get really stimulated by new ideas and imaginative scenarios? If so, you may have an influx of dopamine ...
AI can reliably predict Alzheimer’s by analyzing how we use words
A team from IBM and Pfizer says it has trained AI models to spot early signs of [Alzheimer’s, a] notoriously stealthy ...
Natural ‘antifreeze proteins’ added as a polymer can make concrete more durable
Because concrete is porous and absorbs liquid, [temperature] changes often make its surface flake and peel. But researchers say a ...
Viewpoint: ‘Misguided enthusiasm’ to save honeybees threatens wild pollinators
The rise in hobby beekeeping, now a trendy activity for hundreds of thousands of Americans, followed strong awareness campaigns to “save the bees.” ...
Republican vs Democrat brains: Either ideology shapes the brain or brain structure drives our political views
On the whole, the research shows, conservatives desire security, predictability and authority more than liberals do, and liberals are more ...
Scientists taking partisan stands on the coronavirus: Here comes the political backlash
Today, although most Americans trust information from physicians and medical scientists, public trust in the scientific community has become increasingly partisan, and conservatives and ...
Matrix redux: It’s actually possible that we are virtual beings living in an AI computer simulation
Some have tried to identify ways in which we can discern if we are simulated beings. Others have attempted to ...
Do psychiatric drugs do more harm than good to treat mental illness?
In the book [Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America], which ...
Understanding COVID vaccine skepticism: It’s not all anti-science
Even though vaccines have virtually eliminated the risk of many preventable diseases, there has been an increase in refusal and ...
Can psychedelic drugs change your religious or political beliefs?
Psychotherapy assisted by psilocybin, the psychedelic compound in “magic mushrooms,” seems to be remarkably effective in treating a wide range ...
How much will vaccines help knowing COVID reinfection is possible?
[V]accines mimic a natural immune response, to the effect of developing long-term and in some cases lifelong immunity to reinfection ...
Our dreams reveal the escalating, suppressed anxiety spawned by COVID
We live day and night inside the same walls. We fear touching groceries that arrive at our doorstep. If we ...
Viewpoint: Trump’s inflammatory appeals triggered support for him in 2016. Here’s why scientists think it won’t happen again
In the 2016 election, undecided voters were influenced by the brain’s fear-driven impulses—more simply, gut instinct—once they arrived inside the ...
CBD is hyped as a ‘miracle cure’ for just about everything. Here is the reality
So, is CBD a miracle cure? Despite its promise, if you’re someone who hopes to read that science proves CBD ...
Dyslexia shows the inborn nature of visual imagining and cognition
Reading is a learned skill; no one is born reading. But learning to read relies on inborn human capacities for ...
