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Why Leftover Pizza Is Actually Healthier: The Science of “Resistant Starch” Explained

Why Leftover Pizza Is Actually Healthier: The Science o...

SIN Dec 6, 2025 0 23

Researchers have discovered that cooling starchy foods—from pizza to rice—create...

Is a River Alive? A Conversation with Robert Macfarlane on Nature’s Sovereignty

Is a River Alive? A Conversation with Robert Macfarlane...

SIN Dec 6, 2025 0 14

Scientific American sits down with nature writer Robert Macfarlane to discuss hi...

Was the ‘Star of Bethlehem’ Really a Comet?

Was the ‘Star of Bethlehem’ Really a Comet?

SIN Dec 6, 2025 0 13

A scientist has identified a possible astronomical explanation for the Star of B...

How Close Are Today’s AI Models to AGI—And to Self-Improving into Superintelligence?

How Close Are Today’s AI Models to AGI—And to Self-Impr...

SIN Dec 6, 2025 0 25

Today’s leading AI models can already write and refine their own software. The q...

Plastic Pollution Will More than Double by 2040, Yielding a Garbage Truck's Worth of Waste Each Second

Plastic Pollution Will More than Double by 2040, Yieldi...

SIN Dec 6, 2025 0 18

An estimated 280 million metric tons of plastic waste will enter the air, water,...

What If the Moon Were Cheese? John Scalzi’s Latest Book Has the Answer

What If the Moon Were Cheese? John Scalzi’s Latest Book...

SIN Dec 6, 2025 0 20

Scientific American talks to the author of When the Moon Hits Your Eye, one of o...

Extremophile ‘Fire Amoeba’ Pushes the Boundaries of Complex Life

Extremophile ‘Fire Amoeba’ Pushes the Boundaries of Com...

SIN Dec 5, 2025 0 18

It was thought that complex cells couldn’t survive above a certain temperature, ...

CDC Vaccine Panel Scraps Guidance for Universal Hepatitis B Shots at Birth

CDC Vaccine Panel Scraps Guidance for Universal Hepatit...

SIN Dec 5, 2025 0 20

The new guidance would do away with a decades-old universal birth dose recommend...

Daniel H. Wilson on Finding a Native Take on Traditional Alien Invasion Stories

Daniel H. Wilson on Finding a Native Take on Traditiona...

SIN Dec 5, 2025 0 15

Hole in the Sky, by Daniel H. Wilson, is one of Scientific American’s best ficti...

China’s Explosive Zhuque-3 Test Previews the Global Race for Reusable Rockets

China’s Explosive Zhuque-3 Test Previews the Global Rac...

SIN Dec 5, 2025 0 24

A partially successful test of China’s Zhuque-3 rocket shows that other countrie...

Aluminum is Crucial to Vaccines—and Safe. Why are CDC advisers Debating It?

Aluminum is Crucial to Vaccines—and Safe. Why are CDC a...

SIN Dec 5, 2025 0 16

RFK Jr’s vaccine advisory panel will be discussing the inclusion of adjuvants in...

Telecom Fiber-Optic Cables Measured an Earthquake in Incredible Detail

Telecom Fiber-Optic Cables Measured an Earthquake in In...

SIN Dec 5, 2025 0 15

Fiber optics that connect the world can detect its earthquakes, too

Cosmic Magnification Is One of the Universe’s Weirdest Optical Illusions

Cosmic Magnification Is One of the Universe’s Weirdest ...

SIN Dec 5, 2025 0 19

In our topsy-turvy universe, sometimes the farther away an object is, the bigger...

How Zuranolone, a Fast-Acting Drug, Might Help Those Suffering with Postpartum Depression

How Zuranolone, a Fast-Acting Drug, Might Help Those Su...

SIN Dec 5, 2025 0 21

Journalist Marla Broadfoot discusses zuranolone, a drug that may help people who...

AI Chatbots Shown to Sway Voters, Raising New Fears about Election Influence

AI Chatbots Shown to Sway Voters, Raising New Fears abo...

SIN Dec 5, 2025 0 28

Chatbots can measurably sway voters’ choices, new research shows. The findings r...

CDC Vaccine Panel in Disarray over Hepatitis B Vote

CDC Vaccine Panel in Disarray over Hepatitis B Vote

SIN Dec 5, 2025 0 11

Members of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices seemed confuse...

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