- + Egypt’s Famed Pyramids Overlooked a Long-Lost Branch of the Nile—A former stretch of the Nile River, now buried beneath the Sahara Desert, may help scientists understand how Egyptians built the pyramids and adapted ...
- + Device Decodes ‘Internal Speech’ in the Brain—Technology that enables researchers to interpret brain signals could one day allow people to talk using only their thoughts
- + Do We Have Enough Bird Flu Vaccines for a Potential Pandemic?—The U.S. government has a stockpile of H5N1 vaccines, and several companies could make millions more if needed. But scaling up the supply could take t...
- + Why Do We Sing? New Analysis of Folk Songs Finds Similarities around the World—Across the globe, singing traditions are vast and varied. Their commonalities may help explain how music evolved
- + Spiderweb Thread Inspires Ultrasmall Microphones—Sound recording could take a cue from arachnid acoustics
- + The Strongest Solar Storm in 20 Years Did Little Damage, but Worse Space Weather Is Coming—Years of careful planning helped safeguard against last weekend’s severe space weather, but we still don’t know how we’d cope with a...
- + Mental Time Travel Helps Birds Remember Food Stashes—Eurasian Jays use something similar to humans’ episodic memory to remember where they stored their food
- + How New Science Fiction Could Help Us Improve AI—We need to tell a new story about AI, and fiction has that power, humanities scholars say
- + Does Quantum Physics Rule Out Free Will?—Everything in the universe may be preordained, according to physics
- + Goose Bumps, Extra Nipples and Leftover Tails Remind Us of What We Once Were—Human’s evolutionary remnants show us the kinds of animals we used to be
- + Goose Bumps,Extra Nipples and Leftover Tails Remind Us of What We Once Were—Human’s evolutionary remnants show us the kinds of animals we used to be
- + The Comstock Act Originated with Disregard for Women’s Lives. It Still Does Today—Activists who seek to revive this antiquated law share with Anthony Comstock, the Comstock Act’s namesake and progenitor, a similar view of wome...
- + A Cubic Millimeter of a Human Brain Has Been Mapped in Spectacular Detail—Google scientists have modelled a fragment of the human brain at nanoscale resolution, all 150 million connections
- + Don Pettit, NASA’s Oldest Active Astronaut, Is Going Back to Space—Veteran spacefarer Don Pettit is set to launch this summer on a half-year mission to the International Space Station to perform novel science experime...
- + The Immune System May Struggle to Handle Hotter Summer Temperatures—Heat seems to trigger a sweep of changes in immune system molecules, although researchers disagree on what they might mean
- + The New ‘Dream Chaser’ Spacecraft Prepares to Visit the International Space Station—Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser is set to make its inaugural trip to orbit to deliver supplies to the International Space Station
- + The New 'Dream Chaser' Spacecraft Prepares to Visit the International Space Station—Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser is set to make its inaugural trip to orbit to deliver supplies to the International Space Station
- + A Citrus-Scented Cannabis Compound Reduces Anxiety for Weed Users—New research into weed reveals how a lemon-scented terpene can ease anxiety without reducing the high.
- + Orcas Just Sank Another Yacht—Orcas have once again attacked and sunk a boat near the Strait of Gibraltar, a behavior that has scientists stumped
- + April Heat Waves from Gaza to the Philippines Were Made Worse by Climate Change—From Gaza to India to the Philippines, climate change exacerbated often record-breaking extreme heat over the past month
- + Disasters Displaced More Than 26 Million People in 2023—Floods, wildfires, droughts and earthquakes forced more than 26 million people to leave their homes in 2023
- + Sun Erupts with Largest Flare of This Solar Cycle, but Auroras Unlikely to Follow—The same massive sunspot that gave Earth multiple nights of stunning aurora displays has now produced the largest flare of the current solar cycle
- + The Summer of 2023 Was the Hottest in 2,000 Years—Ancient tree rings show that the summer of 2023 was the hottest in the past 2,000 years because of human-caused climate change
- + How to Disprove a Conspiracy Theory in 7 Steps—Conspiracy theories are everywhere. Here's how you can figure out when you're being fooled
- + Superheavy Elements Are Breaking the Periodic Table—Extreme atoms are pushing the bounds of physics and chemistry
- + Strangely Shaped Bubbles Tell the Story of Ice’s Formation and Composition—Bubbles shaped like teardrops, flattened eggs and worms reveal ice’s inner life
- + Book Review: Imagining a Radical New Relationship with the Mississippi River—The Mississippi River has been manipulated for decades. A new book considers alternative forms of control
- + Asbestos Is Finally Banned in the U.S. Here’s Why It Took So Long—The carcinogenic effects of asbestos have been known for decades. We should have banned it long ago
- + Lifting the Veil on Near-Death Experiences—What the neuroscience of near-death experiences tells us about human consciousness
- + Readers Respond to the February 2024 Issue—Letters to the editors for the February 2024 issue of Scientific American
- + Revolutionary Genetics Research Shows RNA May Rule Our Genome—Scientists have recently discovered thousands of active RNA molecules that can control the human body
- + Book Review: Your Life Is Ruled by Games You Don’t Even Know You’re Playing—Our overreliance on the simplicity of game logic explains why capitalism got out of control
- + After Brewing Beer, Yeast Can Help Recycle Metals from E-waste—This beer-making by-product could offer a sustainable way to isolate metals for recycling electronic waste
- + We Learn and Make Connections Better When Information Comes from People We Like—The way we’re “wired” to learn may divide us
- + Why Insects Are Lured to Lights in the Night—Moths and other insects aren’t drawn to nighttime illumination for the reasons we think they are
- + Adolescent Anxiety Is Hard to Treat. New Drug-Free Approaches May Help—Research on the developing brain points to new ways to help young people with anxiety disorders
- + Contributors to Scientific American’s June 2024 Issue—Writers, artists, photographers and researchers share the stories behind the stories
- + Is Cold-Water Swimming Good for You?—Though sometimes overstated, the benefits of cold-water swimming are slowly becoming clearer
- + Humans Are Driving a New Kind of Evolution in Animals—Anthropogenic evolution is affecting species across the planet
- + Poem: ‘Chrysalis’—Science in meter and verse
- + Grizzly Bears Will Finally Return to Washington State. Humans Aren’t Sure How to Greet Them—After decades of debate, grizzlies will be reintroduced to the North Cascades
- + Stolen Bacterial Genes Helped Whiteflies to Become the Ultimate Pests—Rather than relying on bacteria, whiteflies cut out the middleman and acquired their own genes to process nitrogen
- + Patients Fare Better When They Get Palliative Care Sooner, Not Later—Supportive care is often started late in an illness, but that may not be the best way
- + Book Review: Rats, Gardens, and Stories from a "Post-Impact" Future —Rats as you’ve never seen them; the journey of restoring a garden; stories from a “post-Impact” future
- + June 2024: Science History from 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago—Walking barefoot on hot stones; what makes bluebirds blue
- + Children Deserve Uniform Standards in Homeschooling—With few states tracking who is being homeschooled and what they are learning, an untold number of U.S. children are at risk of a poor education or ev...
- + RNA, Grizzly Bears and Anxiety Treatments Show That Science Is Never Done—Explore the new science of weird chemistry, anthropogenic evolution and near-death experiences
- + An Autonomous Logging Machine Could Make Forestry Safer—Forestry is deadly. Could automating some logging tasks help?
- + Belugas Flirt and Fight by Morphing Their Squishy Forehead—Scientists are putting together a catalog of communications from belugas’ forehead “melon”
- + Like-Charge Particles Are Supposed to Repel—But Sometimes They Attract—Scientists think they’ve cracked the long-standing mystery of attraction among particles with a similar charge
- + How ‘Digital Twin’ Technology Harnesses Biology and Computing to Power Personalized Medicine—We face a moment of opportunity—and competition—in bringing digital twin technology to patients
- + Record-Breaking Ocean Heat Wave Foreshadows a Dangerous Hurricane Season—An active hurricane season could be in store because of ocean temperatures in the North Atlantic that broke records for more than a year
- + How to Check If You Have Immunity to Measles or Need Another Dose—Certain adults may need to get an additional dose of the measles vaccine. Here’s how to know if you have adequate immunity to measles
- + Americans Are Lonelier than Europeans in Middle Age—The lack of a safety net in the U.S. is a big factor that explains why Americans feel lonelier than Danes or Swedes
- + Meeting Developmental Milestones Early Doesn’t Always Predict Success—Developmental milestones help us understand when a child needs help, but meeting them early doesn’t necessarily predict long term success
- + Nuclear Weapons at Any Price? Congress Should Say No—Costs are skyrocketing to modernize the U.S. nuclear arsenal. Instead of turning a blind eye, Congress should demand fiscal oversight and make hard de...
- + The Internet Is Full of Deepfakes, and the Sky Is Full of Trash—Deepfake images, a delayed spaceflight, the troubles with space junk and a blast from our past for your Monday review of science news.
- + Doctors Must Help Patients Avoid Deadly Heat Fueled by Climate Change, CDC Urges—New CDC guidance encourages clinicians to start conversations with patients about dangerous heat
- + How Climate Disasters Could Destabilize Major Banks—Both climate-driven disasters and the clean energy transition pose risks for the world’s largest financial institutions
- + AI Therapy Bots Have Risks and Benefits and More Risks—Therapy chatbots are increasingly popular and may benefit some people, but it's dangerous to trust AI during a mental health crisis
- + How Do People Get Parasitic Brain Worms like the One RFK, Jr., Had?—Experts explain how certain worms can infect the brain and why they are an important global public health problem
- + Carrington-Level Cluster of Sunspots May Send a ‘Cannibal CME’ Hurtling Toward Earth—A giant sunspot cluster rivaling the one that caused the Carrington Event in 1859 could trigger a cannibal coronal mass ejection. But this is unlikely...
- + Photograph Collection Finds ‘Tragic Beauty’ in Shorelines Marred by Climate Change—A stunning photograph collection underlines how climate change is altering the world’s coastal and lakeside environments
- + The Anthropology of Past Disease Outbreaks Can Help Prevent Future Ones—Three factors determine whether a society experiences disease outbreaks—and how we can fight them
- + Will Mexico City Run Out of Drinking Water?—More huge cities are facing Day Zero—the date water taps go dry—just as Cape Town, South Africa, did
- + Is Earth Safe from a Nearby Supernova?—An exploding star is a catastrophe on a cosmic scale, but here on Earth we’re safe from such astral disasters—for now
- + In a First, JWST Confirms an Atmosphere on a Rocky Exoplanet—Milestone observations from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal signs of an atmosphere on the inhospitably hot super-Earth 55 Cancri e
- + How Bird Flu Caught the Dairy Industry Off Guard—Understanding how avian influenza jumped into cows can help shape the path to stopping the virus’s spread
- + Why Did Ancient Romans Make this Baffling Metal Dodecahedron?—A mysterious 12-sided object called a dodecahedron discovered in England has archaeologists both excited and baffled
- + Weird Exoplanets Fill the Cosmos. Here’s How Astronomers Find Them—Alien worlds that glow like lightbulbs or harbor molten-rock rain are revealing planets’ profound cosmic diversity—and pointing the way to...
- + It’s Time for a Nature Preserve—On the Moon—The far side of the moon holds the keys to the future of radio astronomy. We must maintain its pristine silence to benefit everyone
- + XPRIZE’s $100-Million Carbon-Removal Contest Selects Finalists—A competition to develop carbon-removal technology that is run by XPRIZE and backed by money from Elon Musk has announced 20 finalists. A winner will ...
- + NASA’s Plans for Next-Generation Mars Helicopters Are Up in the Air—After the spectacular success of the first-ever “Marscopter,” mission planners have soaring ambitions for follow-up flying machines
- + Once-Hidden Hydrogen Gas Deposits Could Be a Boon for Clean Energy—Large stores of natural hydrogen have turned up in Albania, France and Mali
- + What Are the Best Sunscreens, and Why Aren’t They Sold in the U.S.?—A decade after Congress told the FDA to expedite the approval of more effective sunscreens, the federal government still has not approved sunscreen in...
- + Has the Last Great Space Observatory Already Launched?—Astronomy’s future may be slipping away—one climate disaster at a time
- + Scientists Warn against Treating Forests as Carbon Commodities—Using forests to prop up carbon markets can lead to “perverse effects” on land management, such as cutting out local communities
- + ‘Protest Paradigm’ Shows What’s Wrong with Media Coverage of Student Activism—Media coverage of university students speaking up against the war in Gaza, just like coverage of other protest movements, has fallen prey to some seri...
- + The Mathematical Case for Monkeys Producing Shakespeare—Eventually—An infinite number of random events can produce just about anything if you have quintillions of years to wait
- + Meet HELIX, the High-Altitude Balloon That May Solve a Deep Cosmic Mystery—Every now and then, tiny particles of antimatter strike Earth from cosmic parts unknown. A new balloon-borne experiment launching this spring may at l...
- + A Fight About Viruses in the Air Is Finally Over. Now It’s Time for Healthy Venting —WHO now admits the COVID virus and other germs spread “through the air.” This plain language may help improve research and action to fight...
- + Studying Mouse Reactions to an Optical Illusion Can Teach Us about Consciousness—A study of mice starts to unravel how the brain gets tricked by a particular optical illusion
- + Boeing’s Starliner Is Set for Its First Crewed Spaceflight—Starliner’s first crewed launch will mark just the sixth time ever that NASA astronauts have flown in a brand-new spacecraft
- + Puppy-Dog Eyes in Wild Canines Spark Rethink on Dog Evolution—The eyebrows of the African wild dog have scientists wondering whether other canine species besides domestic dogs can make the irresistible “pup...
- + Puppy-Dog Eyes in Wild Canines Sparks Rethink on Dog Evolution—The eyebrows of the African wild dog have scientists wondering whether other canine species besides domestic dogs can make the irresistible “pup...
- + How Should Wildfire Smoke Damage Be Measured?—Homes that survive wildfire flames but that are still affected by smoke, soot and ash is a growing issue for homeowners and insurers, as is the questi...
- + AI Could Help Find a Solution for String Theory—String theory could provide a theory of everything for our universe—but it entails 10 500 (more than a centillion) possible solutions. AI model...
- + A Safe Word Can Protect against AI Impostor Scams—Fraudsters are using AI voice-cloning services to steal identities. Code words can thwart this deception
- + AI Doesn’t Threaten Humanity. Its Owners Do—We shouldn’t be afraid of AI taking over humanity; we should fear the fact that our humanity hasn’t kept up with our technology
- + Self-Driving Trucks Claim Climate Benefits—The autonomous trucking industry says its self-driving vehicles can cut carbon emissions by reducing fuel use, though some groups have raised safety q...
- + Hydrogen-Powered Airplanes Face 5 Big Challenges—Hydrogen could help make flying greener, but switching away from fossil fuels poses some hefty challenges
- + An FDA Overreaction to Theranos’s Implosion Would Harm Patients—Requiring FDA approval for laboratory-developed tests would be an overreaction to the Theranos debacle and would ultimately harm patients
- + An FDA Overreaction to Theranos's Implosion Would Harm Patients—Requiring FDA approval for laboratory developed tests would be an overreaction to the Theranos debacle and would ultimately harm patients
- + Implicit Bias Hurts Everyone. Here’s How to Overcome It—The environment shapes stereotypes and biases, but it is possible to recognize and change them
- + Implicit Bias Hurts Everyone. Here’s How to Overcome It.—The environment shapes stereotypes and biases, but it is possible to recognize and change them
- + Florida’s Beef with Lab-Grown Meat Is Evidence-Free—Lobbyists’ and politicians’ campaigns against lab-grown meat appeal to emotion, not logic and reason
- + Florida's Beef with Lab-Grown Meat Is Evidence-Free—Lobbyists’ and politicians’ campaigns against lab-grown meat appeal to emotion, not logic and reason
- + Gas Stove Pollution Lingers in Homes for Hours Even outside the Kitchen—Gas stoves spew nitrogen dioxide at levels that frequently exceed those that are deemed safe by health organizations
- + How Much Do Our Thoughts Shape Our Health?—The way we think about time, aging and sickness may influence our health, behavior and general well-being in surprising ways
- + Abortion Restrictions Are Spreading, even though Science Shows They’re Harmful—“We should not make it harder for people to access abortion,” says a researcher who has studied the impacts on people who seek the procedu...
- + How to Move the World’s Largest Camera from a California Lab to an Andes Mountaintop—A multimillion-dollar digital camera could revolutionize astronomy. But first it needs to climb a mountain halfway around the globe
- + Why Are We Still Superstitious?—Superstitions linger into the modern era, in part, because they may be holdovers from a time when they provided a measure of protection from predators...
- + See What Gives Sourdough Its Distinctive Taste and Smell—You can thank yeast and bacteria cultivated over generations for the distinctive taste and smell of the oldest leavened bread in history
- + The Unequal Burden of Early Dementia on Black Americans and How We Can Change It—Black Americans face higher hurdles in diagnosis and treatment of frontotemporal dementia, the most common form of dementia for people under 60
- + Where Does the Solar System End?—The solar system’s outer limits aren’t as clear-cut as you might think
- + Introducing Science Quickly’s New Host, Rachel Feltman—Stay tuned for a new era of Science Quickly .
- + The Science of ‘3 Body Problem’: What’s Fact and What’s Fiction?—The hit sci-fi show’s adviser and two other researchers discuss its portrayal of scientists and their technologies
- + The Poetic Lives of Lost Women of Math and Science—When poet Jessy Randall saw that so many female scientists weren’t getting their due, she got mad. And then she decided to write poems for as ma...
- + Wild Orangutan Uses Herbal Medicine to Treat His Wound—Researchers say this may be the first observation of a nonhuman animal purposefully treating a wound with a medicinal plant
- + Collapsing Sheets of Spacetime Could Explain Dark Matter and Why the Universe ‘Hums’—Domain walls, long a divisive topic in physics, may be ideal explanations for some bizarre cosmic quirks
- + The Famine Developing in Gaza Follows a Clear Pattern—Famine is affecting an increasing number of people in Gaza, Sudan, Haiti and elsewhere around the globe, and its development follows a clear pattern
- + Is Sleeping on the Floor Good for Your Back?—Scientific American asked experts whether sleeping on a hard surface is actually beneficial for back pain
- + Here's What Universities Always Get Wrong about Student Protests—Repression draws attention to campus protests, like those over the conflict in Gaza, and makes them grow
- + Repression draws attention to campus protests, like those over the conflict in Gaza, and makes them grow—Repression draws attention to campus protests and makes them grow
- + AI Is Helping Referee Games in Major Sports Leagues, but Limitations Remain—Basketball, baseball, tennis and soccer leagues are starting to use AI to help call the shots
- + How Some Common Medications Can Make People More Vulnerable to Heat—As climate change brings more intense heat waves, scientists are trying to understand how certain medications interact with the body’s thermoreg...
- + 3 Ways Scientific Thinking Could Help Save the World—A physicist, a philosopher and a psychologist are working together to bring better, smarter decision-making to the masses
- + Longest-Ever COVID Infection Lasted More Than 600 Days—A Dutch man with lymphoma and other blood disorders was infected with the COVID-causing virus for nearly two years, during which time the pathogen evo...
- + Meteorites in Antarctica Are Getting Harder to Find because of Climate Change—As climate change warms the poles, precious Antarctic meteorites will melt their way down out of scientists’ reach
- + China’s Population Could Shrink to Half by 2100—Is China’s future population drop a crisis or an opportunity?
- + Exercise Helps Your Brain as Much as Your Body—Instead of just asking questions about how exercise helps our bodies, let’s also consider how it helps our brains
- + Chatbots Have Thoroughly Infiltrated Scientific Publishing—One percent of scientific articles published in 2023 showed signs of generative AI’s potential involvement, according to a recent analysis
- + Can Food Work as Medicine?—Doctors are starting to prescribe vegetables or entire meals to ward off disease.
- + How Do We Know Anything For Certain?—Some practical advice for how to sit, happily, joyfully, with uncertainty—and in doing so, grow and learn from it.
- + Wealthy Nations Agree to 2035 Deadline for Ending Coal for the First Time—The G7 group of wealthy, developed economies has agreed to phase out coal-fired power, the most polluting form of energy, by 2035
- + Nearsightedness Rates Are Soaring. Here’s Why—Myopia is becoming so common some people deem it “epidemic.” Here’s why getting kids outside and treating nearsightedness early is c...
- + Do Insects Have an Inner Life? Animal Consciousness Needs a Rethink—A declaration signed by dozens of scientists says there is ‘a realistic possibility’ for elements of consciousness in reptiles, insects an...
- + U.S. Needs to Better Track Bird Flu Spread in Farm Animals, Farm Workers, Epidemiologist Says—Four years after a mysterious respiratory virus jumped from animals into humans and launched the COVID pandemic, wary epidemiologists are keeping a cl...
- + U.S Needs To Better Track Bird Flu Spread in Farm Animals, Farm Workers, Epidemiologist Says—Four years after a mysterious respiratory virus jumped from animals into humans and launched the COVID pandemic, wary epidemiologists are keeping a cl...
- + ADHD Can Have Unexpected Benefits —A new book seeks to correct misconceptions about ADHD and accentuate the plus side of the condition
- + Bird Flu Virus Has Been Spreading in U.S. Cows for Months—Genomic analysis suggests that the outbreak probably began in December or January, but a shortage of data is hampering efforts to pin down the source
- + Rat Neurons Repair Mouse Brains That Lack a Sense of Smell—With an injection of rat cells, mouse brains that were genetically engineered to be unable to smell could detect odors and even track down an Oreo coo...
- + Energy Independence Is a Big Election Talking Point—But What Does It Mean?—“Energy independence” doesn’t mean what politicians think it means
- + Lethal AI Weapons Are on the Rise. What’s Next?—Lethal autonomous weapons might reduce civilian casualties—or make catastrophic mistakes
- + There Are Safer Ways to Bed-Share with a Baby—For some parents, bed-sharing is the only way their baby can sleep. Rather than talking to parents about how to do it safely, we try to pretend it doe...
- + There Are Safer Ways to Bed-share with A Baby—For some parents, bed-sharing is the only way their baby can sleep. Rather than talking to parents about how to do it safely, we try to pretend it doe...
- + How Foreign Governments Sway Voters with Online Manipulation—Almost half of the world population heads to elections in 2024. To counter disinformation activities aimed against the voters on social media, we must...
- + China’s Moon Atlas Is the Most Detailed Ever Made—The Geologic Atlas of the Lunar Globe doubles the resolution of Apollo-era maps and will support the space ambitions of China and other co...
- + China's Moon Atlas Is the Most Detailed Ever Made—The Geologic Atlas of the Lunar Globe doubles the resolution of Apollo-era maps and will support the space ambitions of China and other co...
- + Corals Are Once Again Bleaching En Masse, but Their Fate Isn’t Sealed—Amid Earth’s fourth global coral bleaching event, a leading expert says tackling climate change is the key to fighting back.
- + Climate Leaders Debate Goal for Controlling Global Warming—A new U.N. program highlights the disconnect between climate messaging and the growing possibility of overshooting a key global warming threshold
- + A Solar Panel Standoff Threatens U.S. Climate Plans—Inexpensive Chinese solar panels are pitting Americans who want cheap equipment against those who want to make it
- + As Bird Flu Spreads through Cows, Is Pasteurized Milk Safe to Drink?—H5N1 influenza virus particles have been detected in commercially sold milk, but it’s not clear how the virus is spreading in cattle or whether ...
- + People Keep Secrets Because They Overestimate Harsh Judgments—Research suggests that people tend to exaggerate how critically they will be viewed if they reveal negative information about themselves to others
- + How Unhealthy Are Ultra-Processed Foods?—Processed foods have been blamed for many health problems, but dietary research is tricky and nuanced
- + Cicadas Are Basically Safe for You—And Your Dog—to Eat. Here’s What to Know—Here’s what a chef, a vet and two anthropologists have to say about eating periodical cicadas
- + The Threat of a Solar Superstorm Is Growing—And We’re Not Ready—Someday an unlucky outburst from our sun could strike Earth and fry most of our electronics—and we’ve already had some too-close-for-comfo...
- + A Long-Awaited Climate Experiment Is Poised to Launch in the Amazon. What Will It Find?—Ahead of a project to spray carbon dioxide into jungle plots, researchers contemplate what its results might signal about the forest’s future.
- + Elizabeth Bates and the Search for the Roots of Human Language—In the 1970s a young psychologist challenged a popular theory of how we acquire language, launching a fierce debate that continues to this day
- + New Pollution Regulations Could Largely Eliminate Coal Power by the 2030s—The EPA has released four new pollution rules, most focusing on coal-fired power, as the final pieces of Biden’s push to clean up the power sect...
- + How Temperate Forests Could Help Limit Climate Change—People understand how saving tropical forests is good for the planet, but temperate forests are equally indispensable in fighting climate change
- + We Are in the Golden Age of Bird-Watching—There has never been a better time to be or become a birder
- + An Indigenous Archaeologist’s Journey to Find the Lost Children of the Residential Schools—How “heart-centered” archaeology is helping to find the Indigenous children who never came home from residential schools
- + How to Filter Out Harmful ‘Forever Chemicals’ at Home—An environmental engineer provides a glimpse of the magnitude of the challenge to remove PFAS from water supplies and ways you can reduce these &ldquo...
- + Extrovert or Introvert: Most People Are Actually Ambiverts—Research on personality types in the middle of the extroversion-introversion scale is limited—yet the majority of people fall into this category
- + Woman Receives Genetically Modified Pig Kidney Transplant after Heart Pump Surgery—A woman with life-threatening heart and kidney disease became the second person ever to receive a genetically modified pig kidney and the first person...
- + How Sugar Gliders Got Their Wings—Several marsupial species, including sugar gliders, independently evolved a way to make membranes that allow them to glide through the air
- + New Geothermal Technology Could Expand Clean Power Generation—Long confined to regions with volcanic activity, geothermal promises to become a much more versatile energy source thanks to new technologies
- + Soviet-Era Pseudoscience Lurks behind ‘Havana Syndrome’ Worries—Dodgy studies and fantastic claims have long powered a belief in devious Russian brain weapons, from mind control to microwave devices
- + Lemon-Scented Marijuana Compound Reduces Weed’s ‘Paranoia’ Effect—The molecule that gives cannabis its citrusy smell can make THC less anxiety-inducing
- + A Singular Climate Experiment Takes Shape in the Amazon—After years of delay, researchers are ready to inject carbon dioxide into jungle plots.
- + This Simple Strategy Might Be the Key to Advancing Science Faster—The incentives in science don’t always encourage openness—but being wrong might just be the key to getting it right.
- + A Golden Age of Renewables Is Beginning, and California Is Leading the Way—California has hit record-breaking milestones in renewable electricity generation, showing that wind, water and solar are ready to cover our electrici...
- + Glow-in-the-Dark Animals May Have Been Around for 540 Million Years—Ancestors of so-called “soft” corals may have developed bioluminescence in the earliest days of deep-ocean living
- + New Interactive Map Shows Where Extreme Heat Threatens Health—People in the U.S. will be able to see where extreme heat is a threat to health with a new interactive tool created by the National Weather Service an...
- + An Epitaph for Daniel Dennett, Philosopher of Consciousness—Is consciousness nothing more than an illusion? That idea defined the work of Daniel Dennett (1942–2024)
- + Is There a Human Hiding behind That Robot or AI? A Brief History of Automatons That Were Actually People—When human labor is hidden under the veneer of a robot or AI tool, that’s “fauxtomation”
- + Is There a Human Hiding behind That Robot or AI?—When human labor is hidden under the veneer of a robot or AI tool, that’s “fauxtomation”
- + How Ugandan Tobacco Farmers Inadvertently Spread Bat-Borne Viruses—By cutting trees in response to international demand for tobacco, farmers induced wildlife to start eating virus-laden bat guano
- + After Months of Gibberish, Voyager 1 Is Communicating Well Again—NASA scientists spent months coaxing the 46-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft back into healthy communication
- + Biden Kicks Off Earth Week with Solar Funding, Expanding Climate Corps—The Biden administration is marking Earth Week with announcements of solar power funding for lower-income communities, an expansion of the Climate Cor...
- + Time Slows Down When We See Something Memorable—New research shows that looking at memorable images can warp our perception of time
- + Quantum Computers Can Run Powerful AI That Works like the Brain—The influential AI design that makes chatbots tick now runs on quantum computers
- + Experimental Ovarian Cryopreservation Could Delay Menopause, but Experts Are Weighing the Risks—Extracting, freezing and retransplanting slices of hormone-producing ovarian tissue could postpone menopause, but some experts say it’s not effe...
- + Low-Earth Orbit Faces a Spiraling Debris Threat—Millions of human-made objects travel at high speeds in low-Earth orbit, polluting space and increasing the chance of collision with satellites and ot...
- + How a Cloned Ferret Inspired a DNA Bank for Endangered Species—The birth of a cloned black-footed ferret named Elizabeth Ann, and her two new sisters, has sparked a new pilot program to preserve the tissues of hun...
- + Will the Amazon Rain Forest Help Save the Planet?—Years in the making, a project in the Amazon rain forest is finally set to determine whether a rise in carbon dioxide could save one of the world&rsqu...
- + The U.S. Spends a Fortune on Beach Sand That Storms Just Wash Away—The U.S. is paying hundreds of millions of dollars to replenish storm-ravaged beaches in a losing battle against rising seas and erosion
- + New Minecraft ‘Heat Dragon’ Quest Has Gamers Fight Climate Villain—A new video game puts climate solution tools in the hands of up to 80 million Minecraft players
- + Sorry, Little Green Men: Alien Life Might Actually Be Purple—Purple may be a likely color for extraterrestrial organisms, research suggests
- + Early Humans Sheltered in This Lava Tube 10,000 Years Ago—And It’s Still in Use Today—Fossils and stone tools show that a cave in Saudi Arabia has been used as shelter by humans for millennia, up to the present day
- + Abortion Bans in Arizona and Florida Will Face Voters in November—The state supreme courts in Florida and Arizona both recently ruled that strict abortion bans could go into effect. But ballot measures may give voter...
- + You Quit Ozempic or Wegovy. What Happens Next?—Many researchers think that Wegovy and Ozempic should be taken for life, but myriad factors can force people off the drugs
- + Anti-Trans Efforts Use Misinformation, Epistemological Violence and Gender Essentialism—Three types of misinformation are being used against transgender people: oversimplifying scientific knowledge, fabricating and misinterpreting researc...
- + Could JWST Solve One of Cosmology's Greatest Mysteries?—The telescope's studies could help end a long-standing disagreement over the rate of cosmic expansion. But scientists say more measurements are needed
- + Human Brains May Be Getting Bigger—Brain size in one Massachusetts community has steadily increased since the 1930s, possibly explaining why dementia is trending lower nationwide
- + Why Seasonal Allergies Are So Miserable—Plants are just trying to reproduce; immune systems are just trying to keep us safe
- + How to See the Lunar Far Side Right Here on Earth—Perspective and subtle motion allows us to peek over the moon’s edge and into its far side
- + How Big a Threat Is Bird Flu?—Cows and at least one person in the U.S. have been sickened by avian influenza. We asked experts about the risk to humans.
- + FDA Recalls Heart Pumps Linked to Deaths and Injuries—Two medical devices that mechanically pump blood to the heart have caused hundreds of injuries and more than a dozen deaths
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- + The Theoretical Physicist Who Worked with J. Robert Oppenheimer at the Dawn of the Nuclear Age—Melba Phillips co-authored a paper with J. Robert Oppenheimer in 1935 that proved important in the development of nuclear physics. Later she became an...
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- + AI Report Shows ‘Startlingly Rapid’ Progress—And Ballooning Costs—A new report finds that AI matches or outperforms people at tasks such as competitive math and reading comprehension
- + AI Report Shows ‘Startlingly Rapid’ Progress—And Ballooning Costs—A new report finds that AI matches or outperforms people at tasks such as competitive math and reading comprehension
- + SpaceX’s Starship Could Save NASA’s Beleaguered Mars Sample Return Mission—Facing budgetary pressure for its Mars Sample Return program, NASA has turned to private industry for ideas—perhaps with one specific company in...
- + It’s Time to Act on Pilots’ Mental Health—Mental health recommendations for pilots and air traffic controllers bring new ideas to old problems; the FAA must decide what’s next
- + What Philosopher Ibn Sina Can Teach Us about AI—A philosopher who lived centuries before artificial intelligence might be able to help us understand the field's personhood questions
- + Hollywood Should Give Brain Science a Star Turn—Movies and TV shows frequently depict physical and biological sciences well, but often depict psychological and brain sciences poorly. Here’s wh...
- + Earth’s Coral Reefs Face a New, Deadly Mass Bleaching. They Can Still Be Saved—“A mass bleaching event is, by definition, a mass mortality event,” a leading coral reef expert says
- + A Dengue Fever Outbreak Is Setting Records in the Americas—At least 2.1 million cases of dengue fever have been reported in North and South America, and this year 1,800 people have died from the mosquito-borne...
- + Spiderlike Mars Robot Might One Day Crawl through Unexplored Volcanic Caves—This eight-legged probe would scour Mars’s underground lava tubes for places where explorers might camp—or for signs of past life
- + Milky Way's 'Sleeping Giant' Black Hole Lurks Shockingly Close to Earth—A black hole weighing as much as 33 suns lurks a mere 2,000 light-years away from our solar system
- + How Jeff Koons’s Lunar Artwork Could Outlast All of Humanity—How long can humanity’s artifacts endure on the lunar surface? A new installation from artist Jeff Koons is inadvertently putting this question ...
- + NASA’s Artemis Astronauts Will Help Grow Crops on the Moon—And Much More—When astronauts return to the moon later this decade, they’ll bring along science experiments to study moonquakes, lunar water ice and extraterr...
- + The Evolution of a Big, Ugly Cry—Uncontrollable sobbing is uniquely human, and it may be our emotions running out of our faces, a way to connect us with other people
- + AI Can Transform the Classroom Just Like the Calculator —AI can better education, not threaten it, if we learn some lessons from the adoption of the calculator into the classroom
- + Neither Plants nor Animals, These Ocean Organisms Protect Their Ecosystems against Heat Waves—Mixotrophs, which have characteristics of both animals and plants, could help blunt the effects of marine heat waves on ocean ecosystems
- + How a New AI Model Helps Volcanic History Rise from the Ashes—Volcano detectives use artificial intelligence to sleuth out ancient secrets in Alaska.
- + Overconfidence Can Blindside Science and Society Alike. Here's How Not to Get Fooled—The tale of how the "backfire effect" ultimately, itself, backfired, and the "problem" with scientists.
- + Online Age Verification Laws Could Do More Harm Than Good—More U.S. states are requiring online ID checks. A proposed French strategy aims to balance child safety with users’ privacy rights
- + Prostate Cancer Advances Make Late-Stage Disease More Treatable—Major discoveries during the past 10 years have transformed prostate cancer treatment, enabling it to proceed even for the most advanced form of the d...
- + Turning Down the Noise Around You Improves Health in Many Ways—Experts describe ways to turn down the volume, from earbuds to smartphone apps that detect harmful noise levels
- + Fossil and Living Birds Reveal the Dazzling Biology of Feathers—Reducing noise improves health, JWST’s galaxies change astronomy, and there’s new hope for people with prostate cancer
- + How Schools Can Help Kids Reduce Racism and Prejudice—Making schools more welcoming for all can make for a fair and just society
- + Treating Prostate Cancer at Any Stage—Major discoveries during the past 10 years have transformed prostate cancer treatment, enabling it to proceed even for the most advanced form of the d...
- + Everyday Noises Can Hurt Hearts, Not Just Ears, and the Ability to Learn—Experts describe ways to turn down the volume, from earbuds to smartphone apps that detect harmful noise levels
- + Everyone Will Have Fewer Relatives in the Future—Changing demographics mean shrinking families and more older relatives in future decades
- + May 2024: Science History from 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago—Pavlov’s dogs; Mercury’s dark side
- + Feathers, Fire, the Strong Force and Fairness—Reducing noise improves health, JWST’s galaxies change astronomy, and there’s new hope for people with prostate cancer
- + The Dark Side of Nostalgia for Wild, Untouched Places—A novel about the tensions between nature and modernity, animal social networks, and more books out now
- + In Matters of Scientific Debate, Follow the Houdini Rule—Scientific expertise is typically limited and specific. When evaluating scientific claims, look to the relevant experts
- + ‘Smart Gloves’ Teach Piano Playing through Touch—A high-tech pair of gloves can help make learning instruments and other hands-on activities easier
- + We Need to Make Cities Less Car-Dependent—Reducing the need for car travel is better for health, the environment and public safety
- + Walks in Green Parks Mean Stronger Immune Systems and Better Mental Health—Contact with nature improves physical and mental health, but greenery is not easily reached by all
- + The Science of Reducing Prejudice in Kids—Making schools more welcoming for all can make for a fair and just society
- + How Our Thoughts Shape the Way Spoken Words Evolve—What makes a word survive or go extinct?
- + This Tiny Fish Makes an Ear-Blasting Screech for Love—A rice-grain-size fish screams louder than a jackhammer—and we have a lot to learn from its minuscule brain
- + How Plant Intelligence Can Soothe Climate Anxiety—In a new book, the wisdom of plants is a balm for our changing planet
- + Contributors to Scientific American’s May 2024 Issue—Writers, artists, photographers and researchers share the stories behind the stories
- + Why Feathers Are One of Evolution’s Cleverest Inventions—Fossil and living birds reveal the dazzling biology of feathers
- + A ‘Computer’ Built from DNA Can Find Patterns in Photographs—Artificial DNA sorts images like a neural network does
- + Unraveling the Secrets of This Weird Beetle’s 48-Hour Clock—New research examines the molecular machinery behind a beetle’s strange biological cycle
- + Readers Respond to the January 2024 Issue—Letters to the editors for the January 2024 issue of Scientific American
- + Scientists Discover Extensive Brain-Wave Patterns—Certain brain layers specialize in particular waves—which might aid understanding of neuropsychiatric disorders
- + Poem: ‘Lucy’—Science in meter and verse
- + Fiddler Crabs Unleash Special Vibrations to Attract Mates—And Deter Foes—Social context shapes how fiddler crabs communicate by vibrating the ground underneath their burrows
- + New Image of Our Galaxy’s Biggest Black Hole Previews What’s Next for Globe-Spanning Telescope—As the Event Horizon Telescope pursues ambitious upgrades, the project’s latest results reveal the magnetic fields around our galaxy’s sup...
- + Guilt-Tripping for the Public Good Often Achieves Its Intended Result —The emerging science of laying guilt through public messaging can help safeguard the planet and improve health behaviors
- + Locs Represent Resistance for Black People in the U.S. That’s Why They Are under Fire—In cultures hostile to African hairstyles, so-called dreadlocks have long been a countercultural symbol for those who stand in opposition to oppressiv...
- + Venomous Snakes Are Spreading because of Climate Change—Deadly bites could surge as venomous snakes migrate into unprepared countries as the climate changes
- + COVID, Flu and RSV Vaccines Are Lifesavers. Why Aren’t More Older Adults Getting Them?—We need to do more to ensure older adults—including those living in long-term care facilities—are up to date on recommended vaccines
- + An ICU Nurse Explains the Vital Role of Family Caregivers in Loved Ones' Health—Family caregivers provide critical support and familiarity to patients, but can also experience burnout
- + How Parents Can Heal Rifts with Their Adult Children—Repairing a broken parent-adult child relationship is possible if both sides approach it earnestly and honestly
- + 8 Ways to Protect Wildlife Near Your Home—However much outdoor space you have, here’s how to use it for conservation
- + Colon Cancer Linked to Mouth Bacteria—Genomic research of Fusobacterium nucleatum isolated from colon cancer tumors may help researchers develop future screening tests and cancer vaccine...
- + If Alien Life Is Found, How Should Scientists Break the News?—At a recent workshop, researchers and journalists debated how to announce a potential discovery of extraterrestrial life
- + AI Recruiters Have Joined the Job Search. Who Are They Helping?—Small start-ups and big professional platforms are using AI to find and recruit new hires—but these tools can reinforce bias
- + Where Is Planet Nine? Its Hiding Places Are Running Out—The search for a mysterious planetary body beyond Neptune has narrowed down its possible location—if it exists at all
- + Do Sperm Whales Have Culture?—As hard as it is to study these denizens of the deep, researchers have found some intriguing evidence to support the idea the "sperm whale culture" ex...
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