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Quantum computers could usher in a crisis worse than Y2K

Quantum computers could usher in a crisis worse than Y2K

SIN Apr 14, 2026 0 49

The day when a quantum computer manages to break common encryption, or Q-Day, is...

Nutrition Research Arrives Aboard Space Station

Nutrition Research Arrives Aboard Space Station

SIN Apr 14, 2026 0 32

No matter how far humanity aims to travel or how ambitious the mission, nutritio...

NASA’s Webb Redefines Dividing Line Between Planets, Stars

NASA’s Webb Redefines Dividing Line Between Planets, Stars

SIN Apr 14, 2026 0 52

Planets, like those in our solar system, form in a bottom-up process where small...

From autism to migraines, birth order may have wide-reaching effects

From autism to migraines, birth order may have wide-rea...

SIN Apr 14, 2026 0 56

A study of more than 10 million siblings suggests that firstborns are more likel...

Unlikely paths to discovery

Unlikely paths to discovery

SIN Apr 14, 2026 0 52

Sometimes innovation can be traced back to bizarre places: a muddy streambed, a ...

DARPA built an AI to fact-check enemy weapons claims

DARPA built an AI to fact-check enemy weapons claims

SIN Apr 14, 2026 0 48

The SciFy program tests whether adversaries’ most outlandish scientific claims a...

May 2026: Science History from 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago

May 2026: Science History from 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago

SIN Apr 14, 2026 0 64

Synchronous fireflies; Grand Canyon fossil footprints

How two mathematicians solved a cryptography mystery

How two mathematicians solved a cryptography mystery

SIN Apr 14, 2026 0 43

The Diffie-Hellman key exchange secures everything from your text messages to go...

The real science of Pokémon

The real science of Pokémon

SIN Apr 14, 2026 0 37

The Pokémon franchise, including its recent game Pokémon Pokopia, is inspired by...

Science crossword: Hot stuff

Science crossword: Hot stuff

SIN Apr 14, 2026 0 44

Play this crossword inspired by the May 2026 issue of Scientific American

Poem: ‘How I Became a Spitfire Pilot during My Cataract Operation’

Poem: ‘How I Became a Spitfire Pilot during My Cataract...

SIN Apr 14, 2026 0 42

Science in meter and verse

A hot pair of supplements, creatine and methylene blue dye, may not work together

A hot pair of supplements, creatine and methylene blue ...

SIN Apr 14, 2026 0 38

Creatine does help build muscle, but social media claims for methylene blue dye ...

Mathematicians created an ‘impossible’ shape that shouldn’t exist

Mathematicians created an ‘impossible’ shape that shoul...

SIN Apr 14, 2026 0 56

Scientists have designed a new kind of paradoxical shape

The baffling ecological disaster that's killing America’s freshwater mussels

The baffling ecological disaster that's killing America...

SIN Apr 14, 2026 0 48

Biologists are racing to save America’s freshwater mussels—the water-filtering k...

How chemists engineer the signature smells of luxury perfumes

How chemists engineer the signature smells of luxury pe...

SIN Apr 14, 2026 0 44

At Givaudan and IFF, chemists build—and safeguard—new aroma molecules tightly li...

How to build a space hotel

How to build a space hotel

SIN Apr 14, 2026 0 37

With the rise of private orbital habitats, vacations in space are becoming a rea...

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