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The Latest on Bird Flu in Humans, Cats and Chickens

H5N1 avian influenza continues to spread amid commercial and backyard poultry, a...

Trump’s Revocation of Environmental Justice Order Will ...

President Trump has revoked a 1994 directive that required agencies to protect m...

Do Chatbots Just Need More Time to ‘Think’?

A technique called “test-time compute” can improve how AI responds to some hard ...

My Climate Protest Arrest Shows the Problem with ‘Socia...

People hoping that progress on climate action will accelerate like sudden change...

Why Grapefruit Interferes with Medication, and What to ...

Could gene editing produce a tasty citrus fruit that doesn’t interfere with pres...

Are Cats Actually Liquid?

A physicist weighs in on the fluid feline meme

Rare, Record Florida Snow Explained

A perfect confluence of an Arctic air outbreak and a low-pressure system that pu...

Here’s What’s in ‘Stargate,’ the $500-Billion Trump-End...

Tech giants are backing a massive effort, announced by President Trump and dubbe...

What Trump’s Executive Orders Mean for Science

After his second inauguration, President Donald Trump signed a host of executive...

Scientific American’s 10 Most Anticipated ‘Microhistori...

Scientific American's Brianne Kane can't wait to check out these fascinating dee...

Earth Sings with Mysterious Chorus Waves—and Deep Space...

Peculiar bursts of energy called chorus waves have been detected in deep space f...

Our Ears Share a Common Ancestry with Fish Gills

The genes that build the cartilage of fish gills were repurposed to build the ca...

Why Does Snow Bring Childlike Joy?

Snow’s appeal is more than just a fond nostalgia for childhood days away from sc...

Modi’s Government Aims to Trample India’s History

Hindu nationalists are committed to turning India into a Hindu nation-state. The...

What the Federal Court Decision on Net Neutrality Means...

A U.S. federal court struck down the FCC’s enforcement of net neutrality. What d...

Renew Support for Renewable Energy

Renewable energy is crucial to the U.S. economy and the environment

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