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Glacier Meltwater Destroys Precious Climate Data in the Alps

Glacier Meltwater Destroys Precious Climate Data in the...

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Rising temperatures are melting an area of the Swiss Alps where scientists have ...

Visualizing Climate Disasters' Surprising Cascading Effects

Visualizing Climate Disasters' Surprising Cascading Eff...

SIN Jan 29, 2024 0 24

See how climate disasters cause rippling effects far beyond the initial event

Why Aren't We Made of Antimatter?

Why Aren't We Made of Antimatter?

SIN Jan 29, 2024 0 2

To understand why the universe is made of matter and not antimatter, physicists ...

A-fib--a Rapid, Irregular Heartbeat--Can Kill You, but New Tech Can Spot It

A-fib--a Rapid, Irregular Heartbeat--Can Kill You, but ...

SIN Jan 29, 2024 0 2

A fluttering heartbeat called A-fib can lead to stroke, but smartwatches can det...

The Secret to Accomplishing Big Goals Lies in Breaking Them into Flexible, Bite-Size Chunks

The Secret to Accomplishing Big Goals Lies in Breaking ...

SIN Jan 29, 2024 0 1

Subgoals can make all the difference when ambitious targets seem too daunting

Bacteria Make Decisions Based on Generational Memories

Bacteria Make Decisions Based on Generational Memories

SIN Jan 29, 2024 0 2

Bacteria choose to swarm based on what happened to their great-grandparents

The Troubling Mysteries at the Heart of Nuclear Bombs

The Troubling Mysteries at the Heart of Nuclear Bombs

SIN Jan 28, 2024 0 1

Plutonium-pit secrets, growing up in parallel universes, the strange aftermath o...

Science News Briefs from around the World: February 2024

Science News Briefs from around the World: February 2024

SIN Jan 28, 2024 0 3

A missing mammal rediscovered in Indonesia, a speedy new species of dinosaur in ...

Environmental Protection Does Not Kill Jobs

Environmental Protection Does Not Kill Jobs

SIN Jan 28, 2024 0 2

The argument that we have to choose between saving nature and strengthening the ...

Puns, Pranks and Puerile Humor: Silly Stories about Serious Science

Puns, Pranks and Puerile Humor: Silly Stories about Ser...

SIN Jan 28, 2024 0 1

Seventy-one essays of science trivia, from duck penises to hangover myths

Brains Are Not Required When It Comes to Thinking and Solving Problems--Simple Cells Can Do It

Brains Are Not Required When It Comes to Thinking and S...

SIN Jan 27, 2024 0 4

Tiny clumps of cells show basic cognitive abilities, and some animals can rememb...

Readers Respond to the October 2023 Issue

Readers Respond to the October 2023 Issue

SIN Jan 27, 2024 0 24

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

How to Save Indigenous Languages

How to Save Indigenous Languages

SIN Jan 27, 2024 0 3

From Papua New Guinea to the Andaman Islands, Indigenous languages are under thr...

The Roman Empire's Worst Plagues Were Linked to Climate Change

The Roman Empire's Worst Plagues Were Linked to Climate...

SIN Jan 27, 2024 0 3

Changes in the climate may have caused disruptions to Roman society that manifes...

Syphilislike Diseases Have Plagued Humans for 14,000 Years

Syphilislike Diseases Have Plagued Humans for 14,000 Years

SIN Jan 27, 2024 0 27

Ancient DNA recovered from Brazilian remains shows that syphilis and other trepo...

Climate Disasters Prompt Another Home Insurance Company to Leave a State

Climate Disasters Prompt Another Home Insurance Company...

SIN Jan 27, 2024 0 21

The Hartford Financial Services Group is the latest insurer to say it won’t offe...

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