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How a Parasitic Worm Forces Praying Mantises to Drown Themselves

How a Parasitic Worm Forces Praying Mantises to Drown T...

SIN Jan 1, 2024 0 1

Thieving worms may manipulate their prey with stolen genes

Confronting Illusions Can Help Heal Trauma

Confronting Illusions Can Help Heal Trauma

SIN Jan 1, 2024 0 4

Renowned physician Gabor Maté ruminates on trauma and Jewishness at a time of co...

January 2024: Science History from 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago

January 2024: Science History from 50, 100 and 150 Year...

SIN Jan 1, 2024 0 5

Sleep potion; top speed limits

There's a Better Way to Mine for Electric Vehicle Batteries

There's a Better Way to Mine for Electric Vehicle Batte...

SIN Jan 1, 2024 0 3

We do not want to trade the harm of emissions from gasoline vehicles for the har...

Why Keeping a Streak Boosts Your Motivation

Why Keeping a Streak Boosts Your Motivation

SIN Jan 1, 2024 0 6

A streak can motivate you to keep up with behaviors ranging from praying to runn...

India's Aditya-L1 Space Probe Heads for Gravitational 'Island'

India's Aditya-L1 Space Probe Heads for Gravitational '...

SIN Jan 1, 2024 0 21

Aditya-L1 will join more than four active spacecraft at the first Lagrange point...

AI learns to recognise objects with the efficiency of a newborn chick

AI learns to recognise objects with the efficiency of a...

SIN Jan 1, 2024 0 16

Shortly after hatching, chicks quickly learn to recognise moving objects with on...

Readers Respond to the September 2023 Issue

Readers Respond to the September 2023 Issue

SIN Dec 31, 2023 0 21

Letters to the editors for the September 2023 issue of Scientific American

Get ready to see a total solar eclipse in 2024 – here's how

Get ready to see a total solar eclipse in 2024 – here's...

SIN Dec 31, 2023 0 26

The moon will cover the sun on 8 April 2024 for people in parts of the US, Canad...

Encryption upgrade in 2024 will keep data safe from quantum computers

Encryption upgrade in 2024 will keep data safe from qua...

SIN Dec 31, 2023 0 5

We probably don't need to worry about quantum computers being able to break encr...

Science News Briefs from around the World: January 2024

Science News Briefs from around the World: January 2024

SIN Dec 30, 2023 0 4

Deciphering a scorched scroll from ancient Herculaneum, unlikely flavors in clim...

Podcasts of the Year: Cleo, the Mysterious Math Menace

Podcasts of the Year: Cleo, the Mysterious Math Menace

SIN Dec 30, 2023 0 29

In 2013 a new user named Cleo took an online math forum by storm with unproved a...

Editors' Picks: Our Favorite Opinions of 2023

Editors' Picks: Our Favorite Opinions of 2023

SIN Dec 30, 2023 0 24

As 2023 comes to a close, we look back at a year of poignant commentary on space...

5 Ways Ozempic and Other New Weight-Loss Drugs Have Changed Health

5 Ways Ozempic and Other New Weight-Loss Drugs Have Cha...

SIN Dec 30, 2023 0 15

Ozempic and similar drugs are ushering in a new era of weight management and obe...

Mission Manager Update: VIPER Flight Rover Half-Built!

Mission Manager Update: VIPER Flight Rover Half-Built!

SIN Dec 30, 2023 0 2

The VIPER team is hard at work building the flight vehicle that will be going to...

Large Magellanic Fireworks

Large Magellanic Fireworks

SIN Dec 30, 2023 0 1

The Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of a stellar explosion throwing o...

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