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Sigal Samuel

Sigal Samuel

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    Latest articles by Sigal Samuel

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    How to help people during the pandemic, one Google spreadsheet at a timeHow to help people during the pandemic, one Google spreadsheet at a time
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    Thousands of volunteers in “mutual aid” groups are bringing groceries, medications, and more to vulnerable strangers.

    By Sigal Samuel
    The coronavirus likely came from China’s wet markets. They’re reopening anyway.
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    Should wet markets be banned? It’s more complicated than it seems.

    By Sigal Samuel
    How you can keep thousands of people from getting coronavirus, in one GIF
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    “It’s not about you, it’s about everybody else.”

    By Sigal Samuel
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    Doctors and nurses are risking their mental health for usDoctors and nurses are risking their mental health for us
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    As they treat coronavirus, health care workers report high rates of depression and anxiety, a new study shows.

    By Sigal Samuel
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    You — yes, you — can help AI predict the spread of coronavirusYou — yes, you — can help AI predict the spread of coronavirus
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    Even if you know nothing about artificial intelligence, you can volunteer to forecast the future of Covid-19.

    By Sigal Samuel
    These apps make a game out of relieving anxiety. They may be onto something.
    Technology

    Popular apps are awarding points for beating “bad guys” and completing “power-ups” — and drawing from real, clinically approved treatments.

    By Sigal Samuel
    This doctor is taking aim at our broken medical system, one story at a time
    Features

    The 15-minute appointment is pervasive, and despised by patients and physicians alike. Rita Charon is teaching a generation of health care providers to listen better — with the help of literature.

    By Sigal Samuel
    Kids’ brains may hold the secret to building better AI
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    Four-year-olds can learn things even the most intelligent machine can’t. It’s time AI researchers took note.

    By Sigal Samuel
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    AI just found a new type of antibiotics. It may save your life one day.AI just found a new type of antibiotics. It may save your life one day.
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    We’re living in a dangerous post-antibiotic era. AI can help.

    By Sigal Samuel
    Trump praises India’s religious freedom while Muslim-Hindu violence erupts
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    Two very different scenes played out in New Delhi this week.

    By Kainaz Amaria and Sigal Samuel