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First-Ever Magnetic Map of Milky Way's Black Hole Revea...

Polarized light from Sagittarius A*, our galaxy's supermassive black hole, shows...

Does Long-Term Benadryl Use Increase Dementia Risk?

Benadryl, which contains diphenhydramine, is a drugstore mainstay and just one m...

'Uncertain,' a New Podcast Series on the Joys of Not Kn...

Does the word "uncertainty" make you nervous? Would you say it kinda describes t...

How Visually Impaired People Can Experience Solar Eclipses

Scientists have created a guide to the 2024 total solar eclipse for the visually...

Viral Genetics Confirms What On-the-Ground Activists Kn...

Molecular biology could have changed the mpox epidemic—and could stop future out...

Solar Eclipse Experiment Will Fly a Kite to Avoid Cloud...

A kite-borne experiment will observe the sun’s mysterious corona during the upco...

How Animal Brains Tell Friends from Strangers

A small section of the mouse brain’s hippocampus uses specific neural codes to d...

Mucus Saves Your Life Every Day

The slimy substance is so powerful that doctors once made hog stomach mucus milk...

Orca Groups with Radically Different Cultures Are Actua...

“Resident” and “transient” killer whales, or orcas, have unique hunting habits a...

Why Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapsed afte...

A large container ship “totally removed” a critical pier from Baltimore’s Franci...

7 Books SciAm Recommends So Far in 2024

Here are seven fiction and nonfiction books we recommend from the past few month...

Why Some Songs Make Everyone Want to Dance

A syncopated rhythm may prompt our brain to find the beat

How to Talk to Kids about Cancer

A social worker explains ways that parents can gently share news about their can...

How a Rare Islamic Astrolabe Helped Muslims, Jews and C...

A rare Islamic astrolabe discovered in Verona, Italy, reveals how science was ex...

How Do Animals Respond to a Total Solar Eclipse?

Scientists are finally getting their hands on enough data to begin to understand...

Why Some Songs Makes Everyone Want to Dance

A syncopated rhythm may prompt our brain to find the beat

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