Watch World Science Festival's psychedelics panel
World Science Festival held a 90-minute panel titled Revealing the Mind: The Promise of Psychedelics. It’s a great survey of where things stand in research after nearly...
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Where does Biden stand on the science issues of our time
How would a Joe Biden win impact climate change, space exploration, COVID-19, scientific research priorities, and international research collaborations? For the prestigious...
Best 1950s kids' science books
In the latest issue of my newsletter, The Magnet, I wrote about some of my favorite old kids’ science books: A long time ago I read a good piece of advice in The...
A guide to science fiction pandemics and other apocalypses
Ten years ago, Scientific American put together a list of their favorite apocalyptic plots from fiction and film. The grouped them by category, like astronomical catastrophes,...
MATLAB is computer science for legit scientists, but you can learn it too with this training
If you’ve never heard of MATLAB or think it sounds vaguely like certain TV shows from the ’80s, you’d be forgiven. Because even in a tech sector chock full...
The Complicated Relationship Between Sex & UTIs (And What The Science Actually Says)
A few simple habits before and after sex might help.
An opportunity for college students to send science projects into space
By way of our friend Rachel Barry (Science Communication Strategist at ISS Research) comes this announcement: In celebration of 20 years of continuous human presence aboard...
Chinese government releases new guidelines for science fiction
The China Film Administration, which is part of China’s Central Publicity Department and the China Association for Science and Technology, has released a new official...