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‘Bomb Cyclone’ and Atmospheric River Will Bring Extreme...

A major windstorm and an atmospheric river are set to unleash a “firehose” of pr...

December 2024: Science History from 50, 100 and 150 Yea...

Alcohol in space; basking in the limelight

Trees Alone Can’t Stop Climate Change

Forests absorb planet-warming pollution, but world leaders shouldn’t include the...

Book Review: How Oak Trees Warn Us about the Limits of ...

Oak trees have genetic flexibility that allows them to solve ecological problems...

Should Offshore Oil Rigs Be Turned into Artificial Reefs?

Oil rigs around the world are habitats for marine species. When they stop produc...

Could Ocean Engineering Pull Carbon from the Atmosphere...

Changing the ocean’s chemical and biological makeup could force it to pull vast ...

Book Bans Harm Kids

Censoring what children read deprives them of reality and the chance to feed the...

Book Review: An Expansive New Translation of a Haruki M...

In End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland, the title is flipped, but cyberp...

How the Science of Curiosity Boosts Learning

Understanding curiosity can help people—and robots—learn faster

Mathematicians Discover a New Kind of Shape That’s All ...

Mathematicians have found a new kind of shape with connections to nature and art

Science Crossword: Equine Emergence

Play this crossword inspired by the December 2024 issue of Scientific American

Math Puzzle: Find the Secret System

How are these numbers organized?

RFK, Jr., Is a Bad Prescription for U.S. Public Health

Prominent vaccine skeptic RFK, Jr., is a proven menace to public health. But wit...

Exotic Powder Pulls Carbon Dioxide from the Air at a Re...

A unique crystalline compound soaks up CO2 with great efficiency

Famous Star Hasn’t Formed Planets, and We Don’t Know Why

The nearby star Vega, featured in the 1997 movie Contact, appears to have a smoo...

Trump’s Energy Pick, a Fracking Executive, Could Stymie...

Chris Wright, CEO of a fracking services company and Trump’s nominee to lead the...

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