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Inside the bold, quixotic quest to store planet-warming carbon in the ocean

Inside the bold, quixotic quest to store planet-warming...

SIN Oct 20, 2026 0 4

These start-ups are trying to suck CO2 from the air and stash in the sea. Is it ...

We’re addicted to social media. How do we get sober?

We’re addicted to social media. How do we get sober?

SIN Oct 20, 2026 0 4

How doctors, scientists and “anonymous” programs are working to free people from...

What actually makes ultraprocessed foods unhealthy?

What actually makes ultraprocessed foods unhealthy?

SIN Oct 20, 2026 0 5

Scientists can’t figure out why ultraprocessed foods are unhealthy for us—and ne...

Science crossword: Scroll bars

Science crossword: Scroll bars

SIN Oct 20, 2026 0 4

Play this crossword inspired by the November 2026 issue of Scientific American

Math Puzzle: Baby bottle mix-up

Math Puzzle: Baby bottle mix-up

SIN Oct 20, 2026 0 6

Solve a new-parent dilemma with this math puzzle

Japan launches a probe to collect rocks from Mars’s moon Phobos

Japan launches a probe to collect rocks from Mars’s moo...

SIN Oct 20, 2026 0 13

The Martian Moons Exploration mission will aim to bring back samples from Phobos

Can AI predict whether you’ll die from cancer from just an image of your face?

Can AI predict whether you’ll die from cancer from just...

SIN Oct 20, 2026 0 14

Researchers tasked an algorithm with predicting cancer patients’ risk of dying. ...

Alarm grows over Russian satellite’s provocative approach to U.S.-owned satellite

Alarm grows over Russian satellite’s provocative approa...

SIN Oct 20, 2026 0 9

How close is too close for encounters between sensitive spacecraft orbiting Eart...

How what we see and hear feed together to help us understand emotions

How what we see and hear feed together to help us under...

SIN Oct 20, 2026 0 8

The emotions themselves may be more important than the senses we use to perceive...

The first mission to sample Mars’s moons launches today

The first mission to sample Mars’s moons launches today

SIN Oct 19, 2026 0 9

For the first time ever, a spacecraft will travel all the way to the Mars system...

Biohackers say this supplement lets you drink coffee at night. No one knows if it’s safe

Biohackers say this supplement lets you drink coffee at...

SIN Oct 19, 2026 0 11

Rutaecarpine is touted as a fix to rapidly flush caffeine out of the body, but i...

The mechanics of honeybee stingers, microplastic health risks and new findings on postmenopausal ovaries

The mechanics of honeybee stingers, microplastic health...

SIN Oct 19, 2026 0 12

New research reveals how bee stingers work, why microplastics may be harmful and...

Japan’s sample return mission to Phobos may also collect some Mars dust

Japan’s sample return mission to Phobos may also collec...

SIN Oct 19, 2026 0 8

Japan’s MMX mission will be the first to the moons of Mars and it aims to bring ...

Plants move to get away from their decaying brethren

Plants move to get away from their decaying brethren

SIN Oct 17, 2026 0 21

A new discovery reveals how plants protect themselves from microbes in rotting m...

Here’s what scientists think about Theranos a decade after it imploded

Here’s what scientists think about Theranos a decade af...

SIN Oct 17, 2026 0 27

A viral documentary has everyone talking about Elizabeth Holmes’s fraudulent blo...

Everything you need to know about flu season 2026

Everything you need to know about flu season 2026

SIN Oct 17, 2026 0 20

An early start doesn’t necessarily mean disaster

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