- + 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.
- + 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
- + Deadly African Heat Wave Would Not Have Been Possible without Climate Change—Scientists say extreme temperatures that reached 119 degrees Fahrenheit and killed at least 100 people in parts of West Africa would only occur every ...
- + 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...
- + This Nearly 50-Foot Snake Was One of the Largest to Slither the Earth—Fossilized vertebrae that were found in an Indian coal mine belonged to a gigantic and previously unknown snake species
- + Mathematicians Explain Why Some Lengths Can’t Be Measured—Can you assign a size to every object? The surprising answer is no
- + 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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