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Readers Respond to the June 2023 Issue

Readers Respond to the June 2023 Issue

SIN Oct 21, 2023 0 27

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

NASA Academy at Langley Research Center

NASA Academy at Langley Research Center

SIN Oct 21, 2023 0 2

About the NASA Academy at Langley Langley’s NASA Academy’s rigorous and diverse...

Legalising marijuana hasn't been the quick fix the US hoped for

Legalising marijuana hasn't been the quick fix the US h...

SIN Oct 21, 2023 0 3

More than 20 US states have now legalised recreational cannabis, but the devasta...

Sleeping People Can Follow Simple Spoken Commands

Sleeping People Can Follow Simple Spoken Commands

SIN Oct 21, 2023 0 25

A new study finds that we respond to simple commands, such as smiling or frownin...

Some Parents Show Their Kids They Care With a Corpse

Some Parents Show Their Kids They Care With a Corpse

SIN Oct 21, 2023 0 3

If you’re a silphid beetle, a dead body is all your children really want, and it...

Schools cut covid-19 sick days by 20 per cent using HEPA air filters

Schools cut covid-19 sick days by 20 per cent using HEP...

SIN Oct 21, 2023 0 3

The eagerly awaited finding comes from the first randomised trial of putting HEP...

Mysterious rotation trick makes magnets float in the air

Mysterious rotation trick makes magnets float in the air

SIN Oct 21, 2023 0 30

A few years ago, researchers discovered that a rapidly rotating magnet will caus...

Future NASA Astronauts Speak with Leadership

Future NASA Astronauts Speak with Leadership

SIN Oct 21, 2023 0 6

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, second from right, NASA associate administrator ...

NextSTEP L: CIS Capability Studies II: Wideband/Phased Array/Crosslink

NextSTEP L: CIS Capability Studies II: Wideband/Phased ...

SIN Oct 21, 2023 0 1

Solicitation Number: NNH16ZCQ001K-CIS-Appendix_L Solicitation Overview NASA has ...

JWST Detects Quartz Crystals in an Exoplanet's Atmosphere

JWST Detects Quartz Crystals in an Exoplanet's Atmosphere

SIN Oct 21, 2023 0 18

Astronomers have found high-altitude clouds formed from quartz crystals on the g...

Can We Save Every Species from Extinction?

Can We Save Every Species from Extinction?

SIN Oct 20, 2023 0 4

The Endangered Species Act requires that every U.S. plant and animal be saved fr...

NASA Invites Media to 2023 von Braun Space Exploration Symposium

NASA Invites Media to 2023 von Braun Space Exploration ...

SIN Oct 20, 2023 0 2

NASA invites media to the 16th Annual von Braun Space Exploration Symposium from...

Join NASA to Discuss High-Rate Laser Comms Demo, Space Station Science

Join NASA to Discuss High-Rate Laser Comms Demo, Space ...

SIN Oct 20, 2023 0 3

NASA will host a media teleconference at 11 a.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 26, to discu...

Scientists Explore Pulling Potent Methane Out of the Air to Curb Warming

Scientists Explore Pulling Potent Methane Out of the Ai...

SIN Oct 20, 2023 0 25

Methane traps more heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide, but pulling it fr...

See How Humans around the World Spend the 24 Hours in a Day

See How Humans around the World Spend the 24 Hours in a...

SIN Oct 20, 2023 0 22

A new study calculated the average “global human day,” revealing which activitie...

How to Save Greenland's Massive Ice Sheet

How to Save Greenland's Massive Ice Sheet

SIN Oct 20, 2023 0 4

The Greenland Ice Sheet could experience runaway melting if the world overshoots...

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