Robotics

An Autonomous Logging Machine Could Make Forestry Safer

An Autonomous Logging Machine Could Make Forestry Safer

SIN May 14, 2024 0 29

Forestry is deadly. Could automating some logging tasks help?

Strangely Shaped Bubbles Tell the Story of Ice’s Formation and Composition

Strangely Shaped Bubbles Tell the Story of Ice’s Format...

SIN May 14, 2024 0 21

Bubbles shaped like teardrops, flattened eggs and worms reveal ice’s inner life

Three New Books, Reviewed

Three New Books, Reviewed

SIN May 14, 2024 0 23

Rats as you’ve never seen them; the journey of restoring a garden; stories from ...

Children Deserve Uniform Standards in Homeschooling

Children Deserve Uniform Standards in Homeschooling

SIN May 14, 2024 0 19

With few states tracking who is being homeschooled and what they are learning, a...

Book Review: Your Life Is Ruled by Games You Don’t Even Know You’re Playing

Book Review: Your Life Is Ruled by Games You Don’t Even...

SIN May 14, 2024 0 20

Our overreliance on the simplicity of game logic explains why capitalism got out...

Stolen Bacterial Genes Helped Whiteflies to Become the Ultimate Pests

Stolen Bacterial Genes Helped Whiteflies to Become the ...

SIN May 14, 2024 0 23

Rather than relying on bacteria, whiteflies cut out the middleman and acquired t...

Readers Respond to the February 2024 Issue

Readers Respond to the February 2024 Issue

SIN May 14, 2024 0 18

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

Revolutionary Genetics Research Shows RNA May Rule Our Genome

Revolutionary Genetics Research Shows RNA May Rule Our ...

SIN May 14, 2024 0 22

Scientists have recently discovered thousands of active RNA molecules that can c...

Is Cold-Water Swimming Good for You?

Is Cold-Water Swimming Good for You?

SIN May 14, 2024 0 25

Though sometimes overstated, the benefits of cold-water swimming are slowly beco...

How ‘Digital Twin’ Technology Harnesses Biology and Computing to Power Personalized Medicine

How ‘Digital Twin’ Technology Harnesses Biology and Com...

SIN May 14, 2024 0 31

We face a moment of opportunity—and competition—in bringing digital twin technol...

Record-Breaking Ocean Heat Wave Foreshadows a Dangerous Hurricane Season

Record-Breaking Ocean Heat Wave Foreshadows a Dangerous...

SIN May 14, 2024 0 26

An active hurricane season could be in store because of ocean temperatures in th...

How to Check If You Have Immunity to Measles or Need Another Dose

How to Check If You Have Immunity to Measles or Need An...

SIN May 13, 2024 0 20

Certain adults may need to get an additional dose of the measles vaccine. Here’s...

Meeting Developmental Milestones Early Doesn’t Always Predict Success

Meeting Developmental Milestones Early Doesn’t Always P...

SIN May 13, 2024 0 20

Developmental milestones help us understand when a child needs help, but meeting...

Nuclear Weapons at Any Price? Congress Should Say No

Nuclear Weapons at Any Price? Congress Should Say No

SIN May 13, 2024 0 39

Costs are skyrocketing to modernize the U.S. nuclear arsenal. Instead of turning...

Americans Are Lonelier than Europeans in Middle Age

Americans Are Lonelier than Europeans in Middle Age

SIN May 13, 2024 0 27

The lack of a safety net in the U.S. is a big factor that explains why Americans...

The Internet Is Full of Deepfakes, and the Sky Is Full of Trash

The Internet Is Full of Deepfakes, and the Sky Is Full ...

SIN May 13, 2024 0 23

Deepfake images, a delayed spaceflight, the troubles with space junk and a blast...

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