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Lightning 'Megaflashes' Dozens of Miles Long Are Sparked by These Kinds of Storms

Lightning 'Megaflashes' Dozens of Miles Long Are Sparke...

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Scientists are beginning to understand what kind of thunderstorm produces so-cal...

El Niño is Back. What Does That Mean For You?

El Niño is Back. What Does That Mean For You?

SIN Jul 5, 2023 0 4

The famous climate pattern could usher in a new hottest year on record and will ...

Solar Maximum Could Hit Us Harder And Sooner Than We Thought

Solar Maximum Could Hit Us Harder And Sooner Than We Th...

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The sun is quickly approaching a major peak in solar activity. Experts warn it c...

Science Reveals How to Roll the Perfect Joint

Science Reveals How to Roll the Perfect Joint

SIN Jul 4, 2023 0 17

Researchers used a smoking machine to test the intensity of marijuana rolled int...

What Is Vagus Nerve Stimulation For?

What Is Vagus Nerve Stimulation For?

SIN Jul 4, 2023 0 3

The vagus nerve is the key information expressway between the brain and most int...

Some of Earth's Most Famous Art Started with Stardust

Some of Earth's Most Famous Art Started with Stardust

SIN Jul 4, 2023 0 5

Astrophysics reminds us that earthly beauty has stellarorigins

Sleep Deprivation Sometimes Relieves Depression. A New Study May Show Why

Sleep Deprivation Sometimes Relieves Depression. A New ...

SIN Jul 3, 2023 0 4

Understanding why going without sleep eases depression in some people may lead t...

Earthquake Resilience in Kashmir Lies in Traditional Architecture

Earthquake Resilience in Kashmir Lies in Traditional Ar...

SIN Jul 3, 2023 0 3

The Kashmir region of Asia is due for another major earthquake, and its modern a...

Watch Baby Octopuses Hatch from a Surprising Deep-Sea Nursery

Watch Baby Octopuses Hatch from a Surprising Deep-Sea N...

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Elated researchers watched baby octopuses hatch en masse near Pacific Ocean hydr...

Great White Sharks Are Surging off Cape Cod

Great White Sharks Are Surging off Cape Cod

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Cape Cod has quickly become one of the largest white shark hotspots in the world...

How to Keep Muscles Strong as You Age

How to Keep Muscles Strong as You Age

SIN Jul 2, 2023 0 3

Here’s why older adults naturally lose muscle mass over time and how regular phy...

50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: July 2023

50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: July 2023

SIN Jul 1, 2023 0 2

Crater mystery explained; Bunsen’s burner

Readers Respond to the March 2023 Issue

Readers Respond to the March 2023 Issue

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

Yes, Airline Flights Are Getting Bumpier: Here's Why

Yes, Airline Flights Are Getting Bumpier: Here's Why

SIN Jul 1, 2023 0 2

Clear-air turbulence is becoming more frequent and more intense as the atmospher...

Where's Waldo? How to Mathematically Prove You Found Him Without Revealing Where He Is

Where's Waldo? How to Mathematically Prove You Found Hi...

SIN Jul 1, 2023 0 2

Zero-knowledge proofs allow mathematicians to prove claims without explaining wh...

Climate Law Will Slash Emissions--Maybe Halving Them by 2035

Climate Law Will Slash Emissions--Maybe Halving Them by...

SIN Jun 30, 2023 0 5

Major climate models agree that the Inflation Reduction Act was a “huge step for...

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