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The Supreme Court’s Contempt for Facts Is a Betrayal of...

The Supreme Court majority’s recent decisions about homelessness, public health ...

5 New Types of Gravitational-Wave Detectors Could Resha...

With the confirmation of gravitational waves less than a decade old, scientists ...

Europe’s New Ariane 6 Rocket Launches at Last

Europe rejoins the new space race with the launch of its long-awaited Ariane 6 r...

Floods Are Destroying Roads and Buildings. The White Ho...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is requiring any construction project it...

Przewalski’s Horses Are Back—On TikTok and the Central ...

Claims that Przewalski’s horses were discovered in the U.S. are unverified. But ...

Heat Waves Can Buckle Train Tracks, Delaying Commutes a...

Extreme heat can cause train tracks to expand and buckle. That’s forcing rail op...

We Indulged Our Child During COVID Lockdown. Did That C...

During the lockdown phase of the COVID pandemic, we indulged our toddler son. Ye...

PMDD Is a Menstrual Disorder Much More Severe than PMS

Premenstrual dysphoric disorder is a condition triggered by hormonal changes tha...

How Drones Are Revolutionizing Search and Rescue

As drones get less expensive and computer vision systems improve, rescuers are g...

We’re Not Asking the Right Question to Solve the Overdo...

Drug policy continues to fixate on symptoms rather than the actual disease

The Head of NASA Science Spent a Whole Weekend Building...

Scientific American sat down with Nicola Fox, head of NASA science, to talk abou...

Training with 'Digital Twins' Could Boost Olympic Swimm...

In the Paris 2024 summer, Olympic swimmers will be guided by their digital twin....

We Cannot Cede Control of Weapons to Artificial Intelli...

I watched United Nations delegates debate AI-based weapons that can fire without...

The Wild History of Hurricane Forecasting

Scientists, pilots and even a Jesuit priest have tried over decades to understan...

‘Frog Saunas’ Could Protect Species from Devastating Fu...

A low-tech immune boost may help some species of frogs survive a brutal fungal d...

Popcorn, the Ultimate Snack, May Have Truly Ancient Ori...

Popcorn might be more than 6,000 years old, an anthropologist explains

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