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Efforts to Slow Climate Change Could Inadvertently Create Humanitarian Crises

Efforts to Slow Climate Change Could Inadvertently Crea...

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In promoting renewable energy, wealthier nations could worsen health, housing an...

Your Guide to the COP28 Climate Meeting in Dubai

Your Guide to the COP28 Climate Meeting in Dubai

SIN Dec 1, 2023 0 22

The COP28 climate summit in Dubai has begun. Here’s how to understand the negoti...

Long COVID Rates Appear to Be Decreasing

Long COVID Rates Appear to Be Decreasing

SIN Dec 1, 2023 0 16

Here’s why Long COVID may be declining and what we know about the trend so far

December 2023: Science History from 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago

December 2023: Science History from 50, 100 and 150 Yea...

SIN Dec 1, 2023 0 38

Black hole sun; the deepest mine

How Forest Mythology Leads to Preservation--And Plunder

How Forest Mythology Leads to Preservation--And Plunder

SIN Dec 1, 2023 0 29

The powerful symbolism of forests, an AI that struggles to optimize the life of ...

Readers Respond to the July/August 2023 Issue

Readers Respond to the July/August 2023 Issue

SIN Dec 1, 2023 0 34

Letters to the editors for the July/August 2023 issue of Scientific American

Understanding Consciousness Is Key to Unlocking Secrets of the Universe

Understanding Consciousness Is Key to Unlocking Secrets...

SIN Dec 1, 2023 0 46

The quest to understand our physical universe may depend on investigating our ow...

Scientists Sequence DNA from a 3,000-Year-Old Brick

Scientists Sequence DNA from a 3,000-Year-Old Brick

SIN Dec 1, 2023 0 18

A chunk of a Mesopotamian palace revealed genes from dozens of ancient plants

Zapping Plastic Waste Can Produce Clean Fuel

Zapping Plastic Waste Can Produce Clean Fuel

SIN Dec 1, 2023 0 16

Can waste plastic can be converted into hydrogen gas and a type of graphene—at a...

These Male Stick Insects Aren't 'Errors' After All

These Male Stick Insects Aren't 'Errors' After All

SIN Dec 1, 2023 0 57

Some female stick insects can reproduce without males—but they have a secret

The Oldest Deep-Sea Fish Discovered in Fossil Traces

The Oldest Deep-Sea Fish Discovered in Fossil Traces

SIN Dec 1, 2023 0 19

Ancient fish followed prey into the crushing pressures of the deep ocean

This Molecule Is a Nanoscale Bulldozer

This Molecule Is a Nanoscale Bulldozer

SIN Dec 1, 2023 0 47

Researchers discovered that a heart-shaped molecule will jump in straight lines ...

Autoimmunity Has Reached Epidemic Levels. We Need Urgent Action to Address It

Autoimmunity Has Reached Epidemic Levels. We Need Urgen...

SIN Dec 1, 2023 0 47

Environment and lifestyle changes have increased the prevalence of autoimmune di...

New Microwave Weapons Could Defend against Swarms of Combat Drones

New Microwave Weapons Could Defend against Swarms of Co...

SIN Dec 1, 2023 0 30

The Pentagon is readying high-powered microwave weapons that are capable of invi...

5 of the Greatest Natural History Hoaxes of All Time

5 of the Greatest Natural History Hoaxes of All Time

SIN Dec 1, 2023 0 25

These historical forgeries show what makes misinformation so successful

Stuffy Noses Are Miserable. These Nasal Congestion Treatments Actually Work

Stuffy Noses Are Miserable. These Nasal Congestion Trea...

SIN Dec 1, 2023 0 22

Snotty, stuffy noses are the hallmark of cold and flu season, but some medicatio...

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