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Shrews’ noses grow in winter as their brains shrink

Shrews’ noses grow in winter as their brains shrink

SIN Aug 19, 2026 0 21

Long-clawed shrews’ snouts temporarily grow larger in the winter. This skull res...

NIH proposes major revamp of how it scores research grant proposals

NIH proposes major revamp of how it scores research gra...

SIN Aug 19, 2026 0 19

Nature, Published online: 18 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02584-4Proponen...

NASA’s LRO Images Falcon 9 Crater on Moon, Learns New Details

NASA’s LRO Images Falcon 9 Crater on Moon, Learns New D...

SIN Aug 19, 2026 0 25

Between Aug. 11 and 12, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) captured a ser...

How Golden Dome’s space-based missile interceptors would work

How Golden Dome’s space-based missile interceptors woul...

SIN Aug 19, 2026 0 20

Golden Dome’s most audacious element would require a vast constellation of weapo...

Why parabolas are crucial to cryptography

Why parabolas are crucial to cryptography

SIN Aug 19, 2026 0 28

Cryptographers use points along a curve to crack especially tough codes

NASA Student Aviation Challenge Focuses on Nation’s Infrastructure

NASA Student Aviation Challenge Focuses on Nation’s Inf...

SIN Aug 19, 2026 0 20

NASA’s next Gateways to Blue Skies competition invites collegiate teams to imagi...

What makes a narwhal’s tusk so special? Scientists are close to unraveling the mystery

What makes a narwhal’s tusk so special? Scientists are ...

SIN Aug 19, 2026 0 17

The unicorn of the sea’s spiral tooth has long been a scientific enigma

Extreme weather is making Americans feel powerless

Extreme weather is making Americans feel powerless

SIN Aug 19, 2026 0 18

The same people affected by extreme weather are also likely to worry that they w...

A revolutionary stem-cell therapy must proceed responsibly to achieve its full potential

A revolutionary stem-cell therapy must proceed responsi...

SIN Aug 18, 2026 0 24

Nature, Published online: 18 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02524-2It is 20...

NASA’s B777 Gets New Coat of Paint

NASA’s B777 Gets New Coat of Paint

SIN Aug 18, 2026 0 18

NASA’s Boeing 777 shows off a new paint job in this Aug. 11, 2026, photo. The B7...

NASA Glenn’s Legacy Forged Through Decades of Flight Research

NASA Glenn’s Legacy Forged Through Decades of Flight Re...

SIN Aug 18, 2026 0 20

Many of NASA’s most important aerospace breakthroughs that began in the laborato...

APOD: 2026 August 18 – Perseids from Perseus

APOD: 2026 August 18 – Perseids from Perseus

SIN Aug 18, 2026 0 22

APODScienceAPODAPOD: 2026 August 18 –…Today’s APODArchiveSubmissionsIndexSearchC...

Lala Batters Hawaii

Lala Batters Hawaii

SIN Aug 18, 2026 0 18

The powerful storm delivered extreme rainfall and damaging winds to the state, p...

SciAm is on the move

SciAm is on the move

SIN Aug 18, 2026 0 14

A recent change in ownership is an opportunity for SciAm to be even better and h...

Readers Respond to the April 2026 Issue

Readers Respond to the April 2026 Issue

SIN Aug 18, 2026 0 18

Letters to the editors for the April 2026 issue of Scientific American

Robotic rescue missions are sparking a spaceflight revolution

Robotic rescue missions are sparking a spaceflight revo...

SIN Aug 18, 2026 0 13

Two new missions are revealing how robotic repair and assembly could become rout...

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