On Thursday U.S. president Donald Trump announced on his social media platform Truth Social that he would direct the Department of Defense and other federal agencies to “begin the process of identifying and releasing Government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and unidentified flying objects (UFOs), and any and all […]
2025 was a year of reckoning, including how the heads of the top AI companies made promises they couldn’t keep. In this exclusive subscriber-only eBook, you’ll learn more about why we may need to readjust our expectations. This story is part of the Hype Correction package.by Will Douglas Heaven December 15, 2025 Source link Please […]
Some pet foods contain potentially harmful PFAS chemicals Cris Cantón/Getty Images Many pet foods – especially those based on fish – have levels of so-called forever chemicals that exceed European health agency thresholds for humans. The findings point to an urgent need for increased monitoring of contaminants in pet products and a better understanding of […]
February 20, 2026 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Trump administration slashes mercury regulations from coal plants Mercury pollution from coal plants has been tied to serious neurological problems, especially in children and babies By Jackie Flynn Mogensen edited by Claire Cameron Mill Creek Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant in Louisville, Ky. […]
Nasa sets the launch date following a successful “wet dress rehearsal” of the Artemis II mission. Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
Dutch gambling regulators say betting is starting to feel like just another part of daily life for many people in the Netherlands. The cultural shift, they warn, could be nudging more people toward gambling while making it harder to spot when habits turn harmful. Fresh research from the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) shows nearly a quarter of […]
February 20, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm NASA just passed a major milestone on its mission to return humans to the moon After completing a second “wet dress rehearsal” of its upcoming moon mission, NASA said it is targeting a March 6 launch date for Artemis II By Claire Cameron The […]
When students see poetry as a boring unit that’s all about nature, love, and feelings, it’s time to shake things up. Poets have always had a sense of humor, and students who appreciate sarcasm, wit, and outright jokes will love these funny poems. Put a few of these poems on the whiteboard or in their […]
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When Tom Dittl showed up to school wearing a full dinosaur head, his students were thrilled. The Wisconsin teacher had promised his class a surprise reward if they filled their “good choices” fuzzy jar, a whole‑group incentive built around teamwork and positive behavior. When they reached the goal, he followed through by teaching in a […]
Art is about expressing your individuality, but you can also make something pretty incredible when people pool their talents. Group art projects give kids a chance to work together, putting their strengths to work. We’ve partnered with some of our favorite Instagram art teachers to bring you this collection of project ideas. We’re always amazed […]
This image combines views from the Hubble and Keck II telescopes. A galaxy in the foreground, which appears as a diagonal line, is acting as a gravitational lens. The ring shape is a smeared image of the galaxy H1429-0028 in the background NASA/ESA/ESO/W. M. Keck Observatory Astronomers have spotted a laser-like beam of microwaves produced […]
AI-enabled deception now permeates our online lives. There are the high-profile cases you may easily spot. Other times, it slips quietly into social media feeds and racks up views. It is into this mess that Microsoft has put forward a blueprint, shared with MIT Technology Review, for how to prove what’s real online. An AI […]
February 20, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Listen to the oldest known recording of a whale Researchers have rediscovered a 77-year-old recording of a haunting song that now has been determined to have come from a humpback whale By Meghan Bartels edited by Andrea Thompson Marnie Griffiths/Getty Images On March 7, […]
In last week’s The Universe column, I fielded a reader’s question about galaxy collisions in an expanding universe. The answer deals with vast distances, inscrutable forces and the ultimate fate of the cosmos. Not all queries are quite so serious. For example, reader David Erickson had this on his mind: “If there were aliens 66 […]
[CLIP: Skates cut across the ice at an ice rink, and music plays in the background.] Kendra Pierre-Louis: So we’re out here today in lower Manhattan ice-skating. There are lots of kids skating around, dudes in hockey skates, and I’m here getting my inner Michelle Kwan on. [CLIP: Skates cut across the ice at an […]
Manjit Sangha, from Penn, near Wolverhampton, says her life drastically change in one weekend. Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
The agency released a critical report that puts the Starliner incident at same mistake level assigned to the fatal Columbia and Challenger shuttle disasters. Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
After collecting forensic evidence they questioned two men in a nearby village and discovered three sacks of meat, 16 lion claws and four teeth. These body parts would later be tested against the database, with the DNA from all matching the profile of that missing lion. Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments […]
The government unveils a long awaited 10-year deer management plan that will identify priority culling areas. Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
In general, though, resorts will not prevent tourists from going off-piste so instead they offer advice. Another French resort, La Plagne, for instance, tells skiers to get information about conditions, make sure they have the necessary safety gear – avalanche transceiver, shovel and probe – know how to use them, and always go out with […]
February 19, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm NASA says a litany of failures led to 2024 Boeing Starliner astronaut stranding On Thursday NASA leadership outlined how 2024’s glitch-plagued Boeing Starliner mission jeopardized astronaut welfare and the space agency’s culture of safety and accountability By Claire Cameron edited by Lee Billings Boeing’s […]
February 19, 2026 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Robot libraries filled with tiny glass ‘books’ could store data for millennia A Microsoft Research study suggests glass blocks etched with lasers could provide enduring data archives By Damien Pine A piece of glass with a copy of Microsoft Flight Simulator map data encoded […]
February 19, 2026 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm ‘Mind-blowing’ baby chick study challenges a theory of how humans evolved language Newborn chicks connect sounds with shapes just like humans, suggesting deep evolutionary roots of the “bouba-kiki” effect By Cody Cottier edited by Allison Parshall HUIZENG HU/Getty Images (photography); Jeffery DelViscio (illustrations) Why […]
February 20, 2026 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Newly discovered horned dinosaur was like a unicorn from hell Spinosaurus mirabilis was a force to be reckoned with By K. R. Callaway edited by Claire Cameron Spinosaurus mirabilis waded away from its inland home to hunt aquatic prey. Millions of years before the […]
February 19, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Cats’ cancer genes show striking similarity to humans’ Researchers sequenced the genomes of tumors from almost 500 domestic cats and found remarkable parallels with human and dog cancers By K. R. Callaway edited by Claire Cameron Targeted treatments for cats with cancer might be […]
February 19, 2026 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Our solar system is surrounded by weird peanut-shaped objects. Astronomers think they know why A study published today helps explain how “planetesimals”—the building blocks of planets—came to be By Joseph Howlett edited by Lee Billings The planetesimal Arrokoth, as pictured by the New Horizons […]
February 19, 2026 1 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm China is reportedly testing a new airborne wind turbine This gravity-defying machine appears to work much like a ground-based wind turbine—but in the air By Jackie Flynn Mogensen edited by Claire Cameron Wind turbines in the city of Yancheng in the Chinese province of […]
A SpaceX Falcon 9 crashed to Earth last year. Now scientists have measured the pollution it caused. Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
February 19, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm A pair of gut bacteria may cause constipation A new study pinpoints two species of bacteria that work together to dry out the lining of the gut and cause constipation By Jackie Flynn Mogensen edited by Claire Cameron Kirn Vintage Stock/Corbis via Getty Images […]
Once again, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr and his bad ideas about free speech have rankled a late night host. And once again, Nilay and David talk through what the equal-time rule actually means, why organizations keep caving, and why it’s apparently up to people like Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel to fight back. After that, […]
February 19, 2026 4 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Alzheimer’s blood tests predict what age people will be when the disease may cause symptoms, study finds Tests that could reveal when Alzheimer’s disease will emerge, while promising, are not ready for use in otherwise healthy people, scientists say By Tanya Lewis edited by […]
The corporation will look back on the veteran wildlife broadcaster’s career for his birthday in May. Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
The unusual looking fossil is estimated to be a few hundred million years old dating to the Carboniferous period. Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
February 18, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm How warm weather helped cause the Lake Tahoe avalanche Record warmth followed by a huge snowfall led to the recent avalanche that killed at least eight skiers By Tom Metcalfe edited by Andrea Thompson Motorists are warned of dangerous driving conditions on a road […]
February 18, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Elusive sleeper shark seen off Antarctica in a first Scientists have captured footage of a sleeper shark farther south than ever before, suggesting this Antarctic ocean is not shark-free By Jeanna Bryner edited by Claire Cameron Researchers at the Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre watch […]
February 18, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Doting male mouse dads share a genetic signature, new study finds New research on African striped mice found that the caregiving instinct may be rooted in a specific gene By Jackie Flynn Mogensen edited by Claire Cameron Paternal care is rare in mammals, but […]
On supporting science journalism If you’re enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning journalism by subscribing. By purchasing a subscription you are helping to ensure the future of impactful stories about the discoveries and ideas shaping our world today. On a stretch of Brooklyn’s waterfront, the 34-story Riverie looks like any other high-rise in New […]
February 18, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm EPA faces lawsuit over scrapping the ‘endangerment finding,’ a pillar of climate regulation Medical and environmental groups are challenging the EPA’s decision to break with the long-standing scientific evidence that climate change endangers human health By Dan Vergano edited by Claire Cameron The Environmental […]
February 18, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm FDA agrees to review Moderna mRNA flu vaccine in dramatic reversal After initially rejecting Moderna’s application for review, the FDA will now consider the company’s mRNA flu shot By Claire Cameron edited by Jeanna Bryner Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will […]
People who order low-cost versions of the wildly popular weight-loss drugs Wegovy and Zepbound from so-called compounding pharmacies might soon see disruptions in their medication. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently announced plans to crack down on the active pharmaceutical ingredients used in glucagonlike peptide 1 (GLP-1) drugs produced at compounding pharmacies, which make […]
When you walk into a doctor’s office, you assume something so basic that it barely needs articulation: your doctor has touched a body before. They have studied anatomy, seen organs and learned the difference between pain that radiates and pain that pulses. They have developed this knowledge, you assume, not only through reading but years […]
February 18, 2026 4 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm This key fitness metric is crucial for Olympic ski mountaineering—and regular health, too VO2 max is an important measure of aerobic conditioning, whether you’re an Olympian or just a person hoping to stay healthy By Matt Fuchs edited by Tanya Lewis Alba de Silvestro […]
February 18, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Scientists may have just solved one of the strangest mysteries of Greenland’s ice sheet Below the surface, Greenland’s ice appears to be churning up, a process one scientist described as akin to a “boiling pot of pasta” By Jackie Flynn Mogensen edited by Claire […]
Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. Your home is a death trap. It is a place where, if you’re not careful, your furniture can topple and crush you. You can burn yourself on the stove, choke on a meal, slip in the shower or drown in the […]
Ap Iorwerth is expected to say: “Done right, the green energy transition comes with major social and economic opportunities. I am clear that Welsh communities can and must benefit fully from Welsh renewables, and that includes a fair share of the profits. Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
One litter picker says he has seen a huge increase in the amount of plastic washing up on Sanday this year. Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
February 18, 2026 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm This fossilized vomit is older than the dinosaurs Vomit is gross—but 290-million-year-old vomit is a scientific marvel By Meghan Bartels edited by Andrea Thompson An artist’s rendering of Dimetrodon teutonis vomiting; two of the smaller reptilian animals found in the regurgitalite are depicted in […]
This video is part of “Innovations In: Type 1 Diabetes,” an editorially independent special report that was produced with financial support from Vertex. Have you ever thought about how your body turns food into energy? Or just how carefully it has to manage that process? On supporting science journalism If you’re enjoying this article, consider […]
Over the past 15 years, password managers have grown from a niche security tool used by the technology savvy into an indispensable security tool for the masses, with an estimated 94 million US adults—or roughly 36 percent of them—having adopted them. They store not only passwords for pension, financial, and email accounts, but also cryptocurrency […]
Staff members at the United States’s premier infectious-disease research institute have been instructed to remove the words “biodefense” and “pandemic preparedness” from the institute’s web pages, according to e-mails Nature has obtained. The directive comes amid a broader shake-up at the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), one of 27 institutes and […]
February 17, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm How climate change made deadly floods in Spain even worse In 2024 extreme rain and floods hit the Spanish region of Valencia, killing more than 230 people in the country. Now a new study shows climate change made it even worse By Jackie Flynn […]
Migrations are ongoing Broadcom introduced changes to VMware that are especially unfriendly to small- and-medium-sized businesses (SMBs), and Gartner previously predicted that 35 percent of VMware workloads would migrate else by 2028. CloudBolt’s survey also examined how respondents are migrating workloads off of VMware. Currently, 36 percent of participants said they migrated 1–24 percent of […]
Key points: As a paraprofessional for over 3 years and going on my 5th year as a certified special education resource teacher, I’ve learned that no two learners are ever quite the same. Each student brings unique strengths, challenges, and ways of processing the world around them. Each student has their own learning path and […]
NASA has set a date for the do-over of a key readiness test for its Artemis II mission to the moon. During this “wet dress rehearsal,” the agency will attempt to pump liquid fuel into the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and simulate a countdown to liftoff on February 19 at 8:30 P.M. EST. The […]
February 17, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm First solar eclipse of 2026 blazes a ‘ring of fire’ above Antarctica A stunning “ring of fire” eclipse was totally visible to a lucky few in the Southern Hemisphere. Here’s how to see the next one By Jackie Flynn Mogensen edited by Claire Cameron […]
Playing a complex guitar solo ought to be impossible. To elicit the desired torrent of notes, the fingers of one hand must move nimbly around the fretboard, while the other hand plucks the strings, in a dexterous combination of speed and strength. Anyone who has watched an expert player and then picked up a guitar […]
The Trump administration is reportedly launching a new push to improve the quality of food at U.S. military bases after a study found that meals contained poor nutrients and harmful contaminants. The study, commissioned by Moms Across America in partnership with the Children’s Health Defense Military Chapter and Centner Academy, detected pesticides in 100… Source […]
Dark energy is one of those cosmological features that we are still learning about. While we can’t see it directly, we can most famously observe its effects on the Universe – primarily how it is causing the expansion of the Universe to speed up. But recently, physicists have begun to question even that narrative, pointing […]
Every day, people log in to an online forum for current and former Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) officers to share their thoughts on the news of the day and complain about their colleagues in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). “ERO is too busy dressing up as Black Ops Commandos with Tactical body armor, drop down […]
Alfie Phillips, 9, had the pioneering treatment at Liverpool’s Alder Hey Children’s Hospital. Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
When astronomers glimpsed the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) in July 2022, they saw the kind of universe most of them have come to expect. There were dazzling blue bursts of light, glowing trails of stardust, curtains of gas backlit by the birth of stars. But things got weird very quickly. […]
LIFE’S POSSIBILITIES In “Life’s Big Bangs,” Asher Elbein reports on geochemist Abderrazak El Albani’s controversial argument that complex life emerged much earlier than thought and possibly did so multiple times, based on evidence from rock layers more than two billion years old. As David M. Ewalt kindly points out in “It’s Good to Be Wrong. […]
More than 100 years ago Hungarian-born mathematician George Pólya found himself trapped in a loop of social awkwardness. A professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, he enjoyed solitary strolls through the woods outside the city. During one of these rambles, he walked by one of his students and the student’s fiancée. Then, […]
A red circle is inscribed inside a blue square. The arrangement leaves gaps in the square’s four corners, two of which are filled with smaller circles that just barely touch the big red circle and the two corner sides of the blue square. This, in turn, leaves two smaller gaps in the corners, which are […]
February 17, 2026 1 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Mountain photographer stumbles on one of the largest ever collections of Triassic dinosaur prints A newfound site in the Italian Alps holds one of the largest collections of Triassic dinosaur footprints ever seen By Humberto Basilio edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier About 2,000 fossil […]
Gabriel Gomes believes the future of chemistry is as much about flasks and fume hoods as it is about code. A chemical engineer at Carnegie Mellon University, Gomes works at the intersection of chemistry and artificial intelligence. His goal is to automate the drudgery of laboratory research, making experiments faster, more accurate and easier to […]
Every year more than 12 million people visit the White River National Forest in central Colorado to ski, hike, bike, fish, camp and otherwise enjoy this iconic 2.3-million-acre landscape. As part of the public lands system, the forest is collectively owned by the American people and managed by the federal government on our behalf. Recently […]
I should begin with a confession: this letter was written by an artificial intelligence. Now, before you reach for the “cancel” button or send a heated e-mail, let me clarify. This letter wasn’t exactly “written” by an AI in the sense that a machine dreamed up these ideas while I was out for lunch. It […]
Over the course of his career, Joseph McMullen has dealt with some of the most powerful agencies in the country: the FBI, Customs and Border Protection, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. But in early 2024 the San Diego–based civil rights attorney faced a problem of scale. He had three federal trials in three months—two involving […]
The first time her husband went on a date with another woman, Kelly felt sick to her stomach. Consumed by jealousy, she threw up twice and cried for three hours straight until he came home. The second time he had a date night, with a different woman, Kelly sat on the couch wrapped in a […]
In his classic science-fiction story “The New Accelerator,” published in 1901, H. G. Wells describes a drug that speeds up a person’s metabolism by a factor of 1,000. For the two protagonists who valiantly test the potion, the world appears strangely slowed down, almost frozen in movement. The story got one of us (Schattschneider) thinking: […]
Twelve years ago Stephanie Dinkins traveled to Vermont to meet a robot. Bina48, a humanoid bust with dark skin, was designed to hold conversations about memory, identity and consciousness. Dinkins, a photographer by training, wanted to understand how a Black woman had become the model for one of the world’s most advanced social robots—and whether […]
Adam Hart has been a nurse at St. Rose Dominican Hospital in Henderson, Nev., for 14 years. A few years ago, while assigned to help out in the emergency department, he was listening to the ambulance report on a patient who’d just arrived—an elderly woman with dangerously low blood pressure—when a sepsis flag flashed in […]
Deepfakes first spread as a tool of a specific and devastating kind of abuse: nonconsensual sexual imagery. Early iterations often were technically crude, with obvious doctoring or voices that didn’t quite sound real. What’s changed is the engine behind them. Generative artificial intelligence has made convincing imitation faster and cheaper to create and vastly easier […]
February 17, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Your daily steps may depend on your zip code more than your willpower Researchers found that walkable city design—not personal motivation—was the key factor behind people taking 1,100 more steps per day By Eve Lu edited by Jen Christiansen & Clara Moskowitz Neighborhood walkability […]
When ChatGPT launched in 2022, Jen Roberts had been teaching middle or high school students for more than 26 years and was running on fumes. The pandemic had pushed many educators into burnout, but where others saw artificial intelligence as a threat—a technology that facilitated student cheating—Roberts saw a tool to help her survive. An […]
February 17, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Inside the new AI world order: A special report From the exam room to the classroom, artificial intelligence is no longer just a tool—it’s infrastructure. An introduction to our special report on life in the age of AI. By Eric Sullivan edited by Seth […]
February 17, 2026 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm March 2026: Science history from 50, 100 and 150 years ago A Greenland mystery; booming dunes By Jeanna Bryner 1876, The Owl Parrot: “This singular bird, sometimes called the night parrot, belongs to New Zealand. It has the form of a parrot but bears […]
This article was made possible by the support of Yakult and produced independently by Scientific American’s board of editors. My mother lived with Alzheimer’s disease for 12 years. Even with a lot of help, caregiving took a toll on me. It was physically hard to transfer her from bed to wheelchair, hard on my time […]
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The Verge’s Allison Johnson has recently been doing the unthinkable: she’s been leaving her laptop at home. Allison joins the show to explain how she turned her Samsung foldable into a useful computer, and why it feels so good to do so. Then, Sportico’s Jacob Feldman joins the show to talk about the Winter Olympics, […]
Alexandra Heal / Financial Times: UK software firm Pinewood’s stock fell ~31% on Feb. 16 after Apax Partners withdrew its £575M takeover offer, citing “prevailing challenging market conditions” — Apax Partners abandons offer for FTSE 250 company over ‘challenging market conditions’ Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
There are lots of visual illusions: an old woman who turns into a young girl, a drawing that’s either a duck or a rabbit depending on how you look at it, and, need I mention the blue and black, or white and gold dress? Visual illusions are fun, but why do we fall for them? […]
What Is Peer Learning? Peer learning is a workplace learning approach in which employees learn with and from each other by sharing knowledge, experience, and practical insights in a structured, intentional way. Rather than relying solely on instructors or courses, organizations use peer learning to activate the expertise that already exists across teams. In peer […]
The gap between ransomware threats and the defenses meant to stop them is getting worse, not better. Ivanti’s 2026 State of Cybersecurity Report found that the preparedness gap widened by an average of 10 points year over year across every threat category the firm tracks. Ransomware hit the widest spread: 63% of security professionals rate […]
“While [the bone] would not represent one of the mythical specimens Hannibal took across the Alps, it could potentially embody the first known relic − so sought after by European scholars of the Modern Age − of the animals used in the Punic Roman wars for the control of the Mediterranean,” the scientists conclude in […]
Megan: Yeah. That trust piece is just so important, isn’t it, today? And Sam, as much as AI has impacted audio innovation, audio has also had an impact on AI capabilities. I wondered if you could talk a little bit about audio as a data input and the advancements technologies like large language models, LLMs, […]
A self-proclaimed illusionist from Mississippi, who spent years working casino floors under false names, including the alias “Shaun Mistery,” will now spend the next decade behind bars. On Tuesday (February 10), Judge Carl Petersen ordered 38-year-old Shaun Joseph Benward to serve concurrent prison terms that add up to 10 years. The Lyon County sentence comes […]
Researchers have found compelling evidence that depression points to the development of Parkinson’s disease or Lewy body dementia later in life, with depressive symptoms often appearing several years before signs of a neurological condition. A team from Aarhus University in Denmark studied health records to see if these neurological conditions had a unique relationship to […]
Game developers didn’t have it easy in the 1990s. Because they had extremely limited computing power, they had to write their code as efficiently as possible. Consider the first-person shooter Quake III Arena, usually called Quake 3, for example: players navigated a three-dimensional world, so the programmers had to find the cleverest ways to handle […]
February 16, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Astronomers spot one of the largest spinning structures in the universe This enormous chain of hundreds of galaxies—a cosmic filament—is twisting through space 400 million light-years away By Humberto Basilio edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier Artist’s interpretation of the newfound spinning filament. The first […]
The new moon on February 17 marks the start of the Lunar New Year, which is celebrated in many Southeast and East Asian countries. According to the Chinese zodiac, it’s also the start of the Year of the Horse, offering a perfect excuse to whinny about the science of horses and their animal relatives. Domestic […]
Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. You’re listening to our weekly science news roundup. First up, the Trump administration announced last week it would be rescinding a scientific finding that has served as the foundation for U.S. federal climate policy since 2009. [CLIP: President Donald Trump speaking […]
Heat normally flows from hot to cold klyaksun/Shutterstock A forgotten cup of coffee will gradually cool down as its heat flows into the cooler surrounding air, but in the quantum realm, it appears this experience can be turned on its head. As a result, we may need to update the second law of thermodynamics, a […]
During the Chávez presidency, Venezuela reclassified its reserves. Previously, there were thought to be just 80 billion barrels of extractable oil, but by 2011, its reported figure had nearly quadrupled. That statistical change was made possible by high oil prices at the time, which allowed previously unviable projects to look feasible. Source link Please enable […]
The toxin, epibatidine, can be found in frogs in the wild in South America or manufactured in a lab. Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
Women who experienced challenges during the menopause set up businesses to help others. Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
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