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The Space Junk Crisis Needs a Recycling Revolution

The Space Junk Crisis Needs a Recycling Revolution

SIN Jan 21, 2025 0 46

Orbital junk will become a crisis if we don’t act soon

Could Seeding Farm Fields with Crushed Rock Slow Climate Change?

Could Seeding Farm Fields with Crushed Rock Slow Climat...

SIN Jan 21, 2025 0 61

Spreading crushed stone across farm fields could inexpensively pull CO2 from the...

‘Electronic Tongue’ Could Taste Your Drinks for You

‘Electronic Tongue’ Could Taste Your Drinks for You

SIN Jan 21, 2025 0 50

An AI analysis and a chemical sensor determine drinks’ dilution, freshness and type

Readers Respond to the October 2024 Issue

Readers Respond to the October 2024 Issue

SIN Jan 21, 2025 0 41

Letters to the editors for the October 2024 issue of Scientific American

NASA Sets Sights on Mars Terrain with Revolutionary Tire Tech

NASA Sets Sights on Mars Terrain with Revolutionary Tir...

SIN Jan 21, 2025 0 45

The mystique of Mars has been studied for centuries. The fourth planet from the ...

An alien planet has winds that blow at 33,000 kilometres per hour

An alien planet has winds that blow at 33,000 kilometre...

SIN Jan 21, 2025 0 45

Observations of WASP-127b, a giant gas exoplanet more than 500 light years from ...

Farms can install vertical solar panels without reducing crop yields

Farms can install vertical solar panels without reducin...

SIN Jan 21, 2025 0 46

Adding rows of upright panels on farmland generates green power in the morning a...

GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy lower the risk of 42 conditions

GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy lower the risk of 4...

SIN Jan 21, 2025 0 51

The benefits of taking GLP-1 agonists seem to outweigh the risks, at least when ...

Weird icy balls in space could be a totally new kind of star

Weird icy balls in space could be a totally new kind of...

SIN Jan 21, 2025 0 51

After a close look with a powerful radio telescope, astronomers are still puzzle...

A cosmic shape could explain the fundamental nature of the universe

A cosmic shape could explain the fundamental nature of ...

SIN Jan 21, 2025 0 63

Physicists have created a 3D shape called the cosmohedron, which can be used to ...

Peeing Is Contagious among Chimps

Peeing Is Contagious among Chimps

SIN Jan 21, 2025 0 66

Just as people often yawn or scratch themselves when they see someone else do so...

Fertiliser can be made from human urine in just a few simple steps

Fertiliser can be made from human urine in just a few s...

SIN Jan 20, 2025 0 52

Urine is rich in nitrogen, which is important for plant growth, and now scientis...

How GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy affect risk of 175 conditions

How GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy affect risk of ...

SIN Jan 20, 2025 0 65

The benefits of taking GLP-1 agonists seem to outweigh the risks, at least when ...

Brain implant lets man with paralysis fly a virtual drone by thought

Brain implant lets man with paralysis fly a virtual dro...

SIN Jan 20, 2025 0 72

A man with paralysis was able to fly a virtual drone through a complex obstacle ...

How to see all the solar system’s planets in the night sky at once

How to see all the solar system’s planets in the night ...

SIN Jan 20, 2025 0 50

All seven of the other planets in our solar system are about to become visible a...

Ultra-thin material creates a magnetic mystery

Ultra-thin material creates a magnetic mystery

SIN Jan 20, 2025 0 45

The soft metal bismuth may be a wonder material for electronics – particularly b...

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