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How to Address 'Medical Gaslighting'

When doctors tell a patient “It’s all in your head,” that’s medical gaslighting....

How Climate Change Made Libya's Flooding Even More Deva...

Climate change, civil war and international sanctions all contributed to the dev...

Pink Diamonds Erupted to Earth's Surface after Early Su...

Western Australia’s Argyle Mine is famous for its rare pink diamonds, and scient...

The Father of Environmental Justice Reflects on the Mov...

Four decades into his activism, Robert Bullard looks back on his legacy and the ...

Why We'll Never Live in Space

Medical, financial and ethical hurdles stand in the way of the dream to settle i...

Introducing Scientific American's Redesign, Newsletter ...

Geoengineering is happening, AI wants to talk with animals, and why we aren’t go...

How Warren Buffett Rigged a Dice Game with Bill Gates

Weird math can explain why Warren Buffett had the advantage in a dice game again...

UFO Research Is Only Harmed by Antigovernment Rhetoric

Conspiracy theories and, relatedly, antigovernment sentiment could prove toxic t...

Ada Limón's Poem for Europa, Jupiter's Smallest Galilea...

U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón discusses her involvement in NASA’s Europa Clipper ...

Artificial Womb Trials in Humans Could Start Soon

U.S. regulators will consider clinical trials of a system that mimics the womb, ...

Ada Limón's Poem for Europa, Jupiter's Galilean Smalles...

U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón discusses her involvement in NASA’s Europa Clipper ...

Massive Sun Outburst Smacks NASA Spacecraft

If it had hit Earth, this coronal mass ejection could have caused continent-scal...

Working Remotely Can More Than Halve an Office Employee...

By not going into the office, an at-home worker can cut greenhouse emissions in ...

Satellite Internet Companies Could Help Break Authorita...

In Iran and elsewhere, governments restrict Internet access to restrict freedoms...

This Insect-Sized Robot Can Carry 22 Times Its Own Weight

The four-legged miniature machine is powered by tiny explosions

Ada Limón's Poem for Europa, Jupiter's Smallest Moon

U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón discusses her involvement in NASA's Europa Clipper ...

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