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Conservation Efforts Save Pandas, Wolves and Panthers from Extinction

Conservation Efforts Save Pandas, Wolves and Panthers f...

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There are so many species facing extinction—but today we’re telling stories abou...

What Gives Christmas Trees Their Crisp, Cozy Scent?

What Gives Christmas Trees Their Crisp, Cozy Scent?

SIN Dec 20, 2024 0 18

Learn which molecules are responsible for giving Christmas trees their distinct,...

This Year’s Nobel Prizes Are a Warning about AI

This Year’s Nobel Prizes Are a Warning about AI

SIN Dec 20, 2024 0 18

Unless we pursue AI carefully, the Nobel committee will one day give a Peace Pri...

The UnitedHealthcare Tragedy Is Why Insurance Needs to Change Now

The UnitedHealthcare Tragedy Is Why Insurance Needs to ...

SIN Dec 20, 2024 0 20

I am a trauma surgeon and gunshot survivor who has experienced byzantine health ...

Mysterious Constant that Makes Mathematicians Despair

Mysterious Constant that Makes Mathematicians Despair

SIN Dec 20, 2024 0 33

The proof that the Apéry constant is irrational remains one of the most bizarre ...

U.S. Has First Case of Severe Bird Flu, CDC Confirms in H5N1 Update

U.S. Has First Case of Severe Bird Flu, CDC Confirms in...

SIN Dec 20, 2024 0 23

Louisiana reported a person hospitalized with a severe case of H5N1, and the USD...

Biden Pledges Huge Climate Emissions Cuts He Can’t Enforce. Here’s Why It Still Matters

Biden Pledges Huge Climate Emissions Cuts He Can’t Enfo...

SIN Dec 20, 2024 0 18

President Biden strengthened the U.S.’s commitment to slash climate pollution un...

Trump’s Pick for NIH Director Could Harm Science and People's Health

Trump’s Pick for NIH Director Could Harm Science and Pe...

SIN Dec 20, 2024 0 22

With a possible bird flu outbreak looming, Donald Trump’s choice of Jay Bhattach...

How Dartmouth’s Sexual Harassment Scandal Transformed the Lives of These Women in Science

How Dartmouth’s Sexual Harassment Scandal Transformed t...

SIN Dec 20, 2024 0 24

In 2017, a group of students at Dartmouth College filed a lawsuit that revealed ...

Most Expensive Dinosaur Fossil Ever Could Reveal Stegosaurus Secrets

Most Expensive Dinosaur Fossil Ever Could Reveal Stegos...

SIN Dec 20, 2024 0 25

The huge Stegosaurus fossil Apex, bought at auction for $44.6 million, has debut...

Earth Life Found inside Ryugu Asteroid Samples

Earth Life Found inside Ryugu Asteroid Samples

SIN Dec 20, 2024 0 19

Material from asteroid Ryugu riddled with earthly microbes provides a cautionary...

Genetic Testing Is a Gift. But It Shouldn’t be a Present

Genetic Testing Is a Gift. But It Shouldn’t be a Present

SIN Dec 19, 2024 0 18

Think Twice before Giving Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing Kits to Friends and...

9 Space Images from NASA and Beyond That Stunned in 2024

9 Space Images from NASA and Beyond That Stunned in 2024

SIN Dec 19, 2024 0 28

See the year’s most striking images from the Hubble and James Webb space telesco...

U.S. Has a First Case of Severe Bird Flu, CDC Confirms in H5N1 Update

U.S. Has a First Case of Severe Bird Flu, CDC Confirms ...

SIN Dec 19, 2024 0 21

Louisiana reported a person hospitalized with a severe case of H5N1, and the USD...

Will the World's First Nuclear Fusion Power Plant Be Built in Virginia? Here's Why We're Skeptical

Will the World's First Nuclear Fusion Power Plant Be Bu...

SIN Dec 19, 2024 0 30

The fusion power plant would go live in the next decade and produce 400 megawatt...

78 Books Scientific American Recommends in 2024

78 Books Scientific American Recommends in 2024

SIN Dec 19, 2024 0 36

A collection of nonfiction and fiction books Scientific American editorial staff...

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