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First Arrest of a Greenhouse Gas Smuggler Made in U.S.

First Arrest of a Greenhouse Gas Smuggler Made in U.S.

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A California resident faces charges under a 2020 law that seeks to curb powerful...

This Antipoaching Unit in Kenya is Saving Sea Turtles

This Antipoaching Unit in Kenya is Saving Sea Turtles

SIN Mar 7, 2024 0 24

Sammy Safari, a ranger in Kenya, stops poachers who hunt sea turtles—with educat...

These Electric Fish Detect Images of What Their Companions Are ‘Seeing’

These Electric Fish Detect Images of What Their Compani...

SIN Mar 7, 2024 0 30

Schools of brainiac fish share “images” of nearby objects and use their extraord...

What Plant Migrations Tell Us about Ourselves

What Plant Migrations Tell Us about Ourselves

SIN Mar 1, 2024 0 22

New insights into why animals play, how to hunt an asteroid, and more books out now

Is Marijuana Bad for Health? Here's What We Know So Far

Is Marijuana Bad for Health? Here's What We Know So Far

SIN Mar 1, 2024 0 22

Marijuana’s health impacts—good and bad—are coming into focus

Helpful Gut Bacteria Seem to Reduce Allergic Disease in Kids

Helpful Gut Bacteria Seem to Reduce Allergic Disease in...

SIN Mar 1, 2024 0 20

In babies, the right combo of gut bacteria might stave off later allergies, so s...

Readers Respond to the November 2023 Issue

Readers Respond to the November 2023 Issue

SIN Mar 1, 2024 0 29

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

When Hurricanes Strike, Climate Change Dominates Social Media

When Hurricanes Strike, Climate Change Dominates Social...

SIN Mar 1, 2024 0 48

Tweets about climate change increase 80 percent when a hurricane hits and triple...

The False Promise of Carbon Capture as a Climate Solution

The False Promise of Carbon Capture as a Climate Solution

SIN Mar 1, 2024 0 21

Fossil-fuel companies use captured carbon dioxide to extract more fossil fuels, ...

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

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

SIN Mar 1, 2024 0 21

Hashish addiction; a pension for Madame Curie

Changing Car Culture Can Benefit Our Health and Our Planet

Changing Car Culture Can Benefit Our Health and Our Planet

SIN Mar 1, 2024 0 22

We need to rethink the American love affair with the automobile and redesign cit...

Bouncing Bubbles Boost Boiling

Bouncing Bubbles Boost Boiling

SIN Mar 1, 2024 0 20

A new surface uses tiny gaps to supercharge bubble formation to transfer heat

Poem: 'Want'

SIN Mar 1, 2024 0 25

Science in meter and verse

Even 'Twilight Zone' Coral Reefs Aren't Safe from Bleaching

Even 'Twilight Zone' Coral Reefs Aren't Safe from Bleac...

SIN Feb 26, 2024 0 47

Coral reefs hundreds of feet below the ocean surface aren’t as safe as scientist...

The Life and Gruesome Death of a Bog Man Revealed after 5,000 Years

The Life and Gruesome Death of a Bog Man Revealed after...

SIN Feb 24, 2024 0 20

Vittrup Man, who was bludgeoned to death in a Danish bog, was a Scandinavian wan...

Stunning Comet Could Photobomb This April's Total Solar Eclipse

Stunning Comet Could Photobomb This April's Total Solar...

SIN Feb 24, 2024 0 23

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks will make its closest approach to the sun this April—right...

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