Gary Stix, Scientific American

Gary Stix

Scientific American

New York, NY, United States

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Past articles by Gary:

Quantum Tunneling Makes DNA More Unstable

The freaky physics phenomenon of quantum tunneling may mutate genes → Read More

A Cure for Vaccine Hesitancy Could Start in Kindergarten

Teaching simple basics in school about masks, handwashing and ethics can stave off misconceptions in adulthood → Read More

To Life: Abortion Access Allowed Us to Have a Happy, Healthy Family

Canceling Roe means that other parents with high-risk pregnancies will not have the options that we had → Read More

COVID Expanded the Boundaries of Personal Space—Maybe for Good

Our physical safety perimeters have widened, a study suggests → Read More

Experimental Brain Implant Could Personalize Depression Therapy

Symptoms subsided for one woman after a carefully targeted neural circuit was simulated → Read More

To the Brain, a Tool Is Just a Tool, Not a Hand Extension

Recent findings have implications for the design of prostheses. Care for a third thumb, anyone? → Read More

Evolution Could Explain Why Psychotherapy May Work for Depression

Persistent rumination may be an attribute that lets us think our way out of despair—a process enhanced through talk therapy → Read More

COVID Is on Track to Become the U.S.’s Leading Cause of Death—Yet Again

This winter the novel coronavirus may kill more people than heart disease, cancer, stroke, Alzheimer’s or diabetes → Read More

COVID-19 Is Now the Third Leading Cause of Death in the U.S.

It kills more people than the flu, contrary to Trump’s claims, and also surpasses stroke, Alzheimer’s and diabetes → Read More

COVID-19 Is Now the Third Leading Cause of Death in the U.S.

It kills more people than the flu, contrary to Trump’s claims, and also surpasses stroke, Alzheimer’s and diabetes → Read More

How Dozens of Languages Help Build Gender Stereotypes

Usage patterns shape biases worldwide, whether in Japanese, Persian or English → Read More

World War II’s Warsaw Ghetto Holds Lifesaving Lessons for COVID-19

An outbreak of typhus in the densely packed walled enclosure was countered by adopting all-too-familiar public health measures → Read More

Longevity Gene May Protect against a Notorious Alzheimer’s Risk Gene

Some nominally high-risk individuals may have a lower chance of developing dementia than once thought → Read More

Attempts at Debunking “Fake News” about Epidemics Might Do More Harm Than Good

Batting down conspiracy theories about disease outbreaks such as that of the new coronavirus may prove counterproductive to public health efforts → Read More

Literacy Might Shield the Brain from Dementia

An ability to read and write, even with little or no schooling, could offer protection → Read More

Literacy Might Shield the Brain from Dementia

An ability to read and write, even with little or no schooling, could offer protection → Read More

Humans Can Improve Technology without Really Understanding It

Small tweaks, not deep physical insight, can lead to a better mousetrap → Read More

Two Linguists Use Their Skills to Inspect 21,739 Trump Tweets

Posts made by the @realDonaldTrump account demonstrate how the president’s linguistic style changed as he advanced toward the White House → Read More

A Math Function Describes How Whole Societies Remember--and Forget

A Neruda masterpiece—and a bi-exponential curve—define the dynamics of the fast then slow fade of our greatest collective sorrows and joys → Read More

Brain Science Ascends an Intellectual Mount Everest...

LONG ISLAND, N.Y.—Brains & Behavior,* a conference at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) held from May 30 to June 4—furnished a captivating look at the work of neuroscientists toiling to isolate the multitude of missing links that bind B&B. Of course, everyone knows about the close ties between the two, but generation after generation of researchers will be needed toto figure out the… → Read More