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COVID-19 is already spreading in many parts of the world where it’s hot, including Australia and South America, demonstrating that high temperatures are not enough to stop the disease

We should be wary of simplistic uses of history, but we can learn from the logic of social responses.

The way out is nothing short of birthing a world (or perhaps more along the lines of returning back to Earth). It will also help solve—sleeves rolled up—many of our most pressing problems.

We need to hear about the risks directly from the experts, not through the filter of politicians

Since 2007, the government had held off on releasing an official estimate of expectant and new mothers who died from causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. It waited for the data to get better. But the new, long-anticipated number falls short.

We laugh even before we can speak, but why? Science has some answers to the mystery of human laughter, and some of them might surprise you

Blood type is dictated by genes that determine which kinds of molecules, called oligosaccharides, are found on the surface of your red blood cells. Norovirus and a few other viruses use these oligosaccharides to grab onto and infect intestinal cells

The world’s healthiest societies are those with the lowest inequality—societies where leftwing forces are strong.