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Tsunami Warnings Issued in Japan after Magnitude 7.6 Earthquake

Tsunami Warnings Issued in Japan after Magnitude 7.6 Ea...

SIN Dec 9, 2025 0 49

Japanese officials said to expect a tsunami of up to 3 meters in some areas afte...

Vaccine Controversies and Measles Outbreaks, Space Pollution, Puppy Power

Vaccine Controversies and Measles Outbreaks, Space Poll...

SIN Dec 8, 2025 0 55

Vaccine controversies, space pollution, and puppy power.

Infrasound Tech Silences Wildfires before They Spread

Infrasound Tech Silences Wildfires before They Spread

SIN Dec 8, 2025 0 38

A new sound-based system could squelch small fires before they grow into home-de...

Why Are ADHD Rates On the Rise?

Why Are ADHD Rates On the Rise?

SIN Dec 7, 2025 0 58

More than 1 in 10 children in the U.S. have ADHD, fueling debate over the condit...

Death by Fermented Food

Death by Fermented Food

SIN Dec 7, 2025 0 47

Some fermenting foods can carry the risk of a bacterium that produces an extreme...

Why Leftover Pizza Is Actually Healthier: The Science of “Resistant Starch” Explained

Why Leftover Pizza Is Actually Healthier: The Science o...

SIN Dec 6, 2025 0 49

Researchers have discovered that cooling starchy foods—from pizza to rice—create...

Is a River Alive? A Conversation with Robert Macfarlane on Nature’s Sovereignty

Is a River Alive? A Conversation with Robert Macfarlane...

SIN Dec 6, 2025 0 60

Scientific American sits down with nature writer Robert Macfarlane to discuss hi...

Was the ‘Star of Bethlehem’ Really a Comet?

Was the ‘Star of Bethlehem’ Really a Comet?

SIN Dec 6, 2025 0 84

A scientist has identified a possible astronomical explanation for the Star of B...

How Close Are Today’s AI Models to AGI—And to Self-Improving into Superintelligence?

How Close Are Today’s AI Models to AGI—And to Self-Impr...

SIN Dec 6, 2025 0 60

Today’s leading AI models can already write and refine their own software. The q...

Plastic Pollution Will More than Double by 2040, Yielding a Garbage Truck's Worth of Waste Each Second

Plastic Pollution Will More than Double by 2040, Yieldi...

SIN Dec 6, 2025 0 41

An estimated 280 million metric tons of plastic waste will enter the air, water,...

What If the Moon Were Cheese? John Scalzi’s Latest Book Has the Answer

What If the Moon Were Cheese? John Scalzi’s Latest Book...

SIN Dec 6, 2025 0 54

Scientific American talks to the author of When the Moon Hits Your Eye, one of o...

Extremophile ‘Fire Amoeba’ Pushes the Boundaries of Complex Life

Extremophile ‘Fire Amoeba’ Pushes the Boundaries of Com...

SIN Dec 5, 2025 0 45

It was thought that complex cells couldn’t survive above a certain temperature, ...

CDC Vaccine Panel Scraps Guidance for Universal Hepatitis B Shots at Birth

CDC Vaccine Panel Scraps Guidance for Universal Hepatit...

SIN Dec 5, 2025 0 52

The new guidance would do away with a decades-old universal birth dose recommend...

Daniel H. Wilson on Finding a Native Take on Traditional Alien Invasion Stories

Daniel H. Wilson on Finding a Native Take on Traditiona...

SIN Dec 5, 2025 0 50

Hole in the Sky, by Daniel H. Wilson, is one of Scientific American’s best ficti...

China’s Explosive Zhuque-3 Test Previews the Global Race for Reusable Rockets

China’s Explosive Zhuque-3 Test Previews the Global Rac...

SIN Dec 5, 2025 0 52

A partially successful test of China’s Zhuque-3 rocket shows that other countrie...

Aluminum is Crucial to Vaccines—and Safe. Why are CDC advisers Debating It?

Aluminum is Crucial to Vaccines—and Safe. Why are CDC a...

SIN Dec 5, 2025 0 52

RFK Jr’s vaccine advisory panel will be discussing the inclusion of adjuvants in...

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