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The Weather Expert Who Answered the $64,000 Question

The Weather Expert Who Answered the $64,000 Question

SIN Jun 19, 2025 0 25

As the first trained Black TV meteorologist, June Bacon-Bercey always worked to ...

Supreme Court Skrmetti Decision Permits Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Children

Supreme Court Skrmetti Decision Permits Ban on Gender-A...

SIN Jun 19, 2025 0 22

The Supreme Court has decided to uphold a state ban on gender-affirming care for...

The Massive Ordnance Penetrator Bomb Israel Wants to Destroy Iran's Fordo Nuclear Facility

The Massive Ordnance Penetrator Bomb Israel Wants to De...

SIN Jun 19, 2025 0 28

American military engineers designed the GBU-57/B bomb to devastate deeply burie...

When Baboon Dads Stick Around, Their Daughters Live Longer

When Baboon Dads Stick Around, Their Daughters Live Longer

SIN Jun 19, 2025 0 24

New research shows father-daughter relationships have a positive influence on fe...

When Wildfire Smoke Arrived from Canada, Federal Safety Experts Were Gone

When Wildfire Smoke Arrived from Canada, Federal Safety...

SIN Jun 19, 2025 0 19

Health specialists were put on leave, and a report on how to protect 20 million ...

Why Can Beef Be Cooked Rare but Chicken Can’t?

Why Can Beef Be Cooked Rare but Chicken Can’t?

SIN Jun 18, 2025 0 28

Food microbiologists explain how to ensure different proteins, such as beef, chi...

Mysterious Link between Earth’s Magnetism and Oxygen Baffles Scientists

Mysterious Link between Earth’s Magnetism and Oxygen Ba...

SIN Jun 18, 2025 0 34

The strength of Earth’s magnetic field and the amount of oxygen in its atmospher...

Flesh-Eating 'Screwworm' Parasites Are Headed to the U.S.

Flesh-Eating 'Screwworm' Parasites Are Headed to the U.S.

SIN Jun 18, 2025 0 24

Screwworm parasites primarily infect livestock, but human cases have risen in Ce...

Why Working Out Is Good for Your Gut Microbiome

Why Working Out Is Good for Your Gut Microbiome

SIN Jun 18, 2025 0 30

We’ve all heard the saying “you are what you eat”—especially when it comes to gu...

Is It Possible to Treat Psychopathy Before It Starts?

Is It Possible to Treat Psychopathy Before It Starts?

SIN Jun 18, 2025 0 23

New strategies help to reduce callous and unemotional traits in children, guidin...

Denmark Let Amateurs Dig for Treasure—And It Paid Off

Denmark Let Amateurs Dig for Treasure—And It Paid Off

SIN Jun 18, 2025 0 21

The Danish government deputized private detectorists to unearth artifacts buried...

Hotter Nights after Scorching Days Threaten Heart Health and Mental Well-Being

Hotter Nights after Scorching Days Threaten Heart Healt...

SIN Jun 18, 2025 0 28

When nights stay hot, more people die, many from cardiovascular problems. But th...

Readers Respond to the March 2025 Issue

Readers Respond to the March 2025 Issue

SIN Jun 18, 2025 0 29

Letters to the editors for the March 2025 issue of Scientific American

Scientists Find Universe’s Missing Matter in Intergalactic ‘Cosmic Fog’

Scientists Find Universe’s Missing Matter in Intergalac...

SIN Jun 18, 2025 0 28

Researchers have used cosmic explosions called fast radio bursts to illuminate t...

Seeking Sustainable Fashion and Cracking a Greenland Mystery

Seeking Sustainable Fashion and Cracking a Greenland My...

SIN Jun 18, 2025 0 19

Inside this double issue of SciAm, you’ll find black holes that burp up their st...

Greenland’s Ice Sheet Collapse Could Be Closer Than We Think

Greenland’s Ice Sheet Collapse Could Be Closer Than We ...

SIN Jun 18, 2025 0 22

The collapse of the world’s second-largest ice sheet would drown cities worldwid...

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