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Kitten Season Is Out of Control. Are Warmer Winters to Blame?

Kitten Season Is Out of Control. Are Warmer Winters to ...

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The summer “kitten season” is starting earlier and lasting longer, which is bad ...

A Completely New Approach to Crops Could Boost Nutrition across Africa

A Completely New Approach to Crops Could Boost Nutritio...

SIN Mar 21, 2024 0 2

Cary Fowler, the U.S. State Department’s leading figure on global hunger, explai...

Planet-Eating Stars Are Surprisingly Common, New Study Suggests

Planet-Eating Stars Are Surprisingly Common, New Study ...

SIN Mar 20, 2024 0 2

At least one in a dozen binary stars shows signs of eating their planets

Female Mosquitoes Follow Each Other to Breeding Sites

Female Mosquitoes Follow Each Other to Breeding Sites

SIN Mar 20, 2024 0 19

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes use social cues to decide where to lay their eggs, scie...

Contributors to Scientific American’s April 2024 Issue

Contributors to Scientific American’s April 2024 Issue

SIN Mar 20, 2024 0 1

Writers, artists, photographers and researchers share the stories behind the sto...

Why Short Naps Are Good for You

Why Short Naps Are Good for You

SIN Mar 20, 2024 0 13

A quick nap can boost your memory, your mood and even your creativity

Stunning Comet Spiral Offers Glimpse of Icy Snowball at Its Core

Stunning Comet Spiral Offers Glimpse of Icy Snowball at...

SIN Mar 20, 2024 0 3

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks is hiding a strange spiral in its icy heart—and it may tel...

Readers Respond to the December 2023 Issue

Readers Respond to the December 2023 Issue

SIN Mar 20, 2024 0 3

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

Evidence Does Not Support the Use of the Death Penalty

Evidence Does Not Support the Use of the Death Penalty

SIN Mar 20, 2024 0 29

Capital punishment must come to an end. It does not deter crime, is not humane a...

Wegovy Is First Weight-Loss Drug Approved for Heart Diseases

Wegovy Is First Weight-Loss Drug Approved for Heart Dis...

SIN Mar 20, 2024 0 27

The FDA recently approved semaglutide (Wegovy) for preventing serious heart cond...

61 Unexpected PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found in Food Packaging

61 Unexpected PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found in Food Pa...

SIN Mar 20, 2024 0 1

A global study identified 61 PFAS chemicals in food packaging that are not autho...

New Insights from AI, Strange Metals and Parents of LGBTQ Kids

New Insights from AI, Strange Metals and Parents of LGB...

SIN Mar 20, 2024 0 2

AI has deciphered ancient texts, learned new math and provided new ideas about h...

How to Make Alien Ice

How to Make Alien Ice

SIN Mar 20, 2024 0 1

Tricks to produce strange “ordered” ice could reveal new ice forms

Cannibal Cells Inspire Cancer Treatment Improvement

Cannibal Cells Inspire Cancer Treatment Improvement

SIN Mar 20, 2024 0 2

Giving cells an appetite for cancer could enhance treatments

Partial Heart Transplants Grow with Their Young Recipients

Partial Heart Transplants Grow with Their Young Recipients

SIN Mar 20, 2024 0 1

A heart valve transplant could save the life of a baby—or two

The Dangers of Fast Science

The Dangers of Fast Science

SIN Mar 20, 2024 0 16

Scientific research needs to slow down, not speed up, to produce trustworthy res...

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