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Deep-Sea Nodules May Produce Oxygen—Raising Concerns ov...

Deep-sea rocks packed with valuable metals may also be making oxygen in the deep...

SpaceX Successfully Launches Starship Spacecraft After ...

Overcoming three recent failed tries, Elon Musk’s rocket company successfully fl...

Repeated Heat Waves Can Age You as Much as Smoking or D...

A new long-term study suggests that the more heat waves people are exposed to, t...

How Many Planets Orbit Our Nearest Neighboring Star?

Fresh results from near-infrared instruments foretell a bright future for findin...

Microplastics Could Be Creating Dangerous Antibiotic-Re...

Microplastics are seemingly everywhere—and now growing research suggests they co...

RFK, Jr., Demanded Study on Vaccines and Aluminum Be Re...

In a rare move for a U.S. public official, Secretary of Health and Human Service...

Human Case of Flesh-Eating Screwworms Detected In U.S.

This gruesome parasite is more of a threat to your burger than to you

The Way People Search the Internet Can Fuel Echo Chambers

Users’ Internet search questions can strengthen echo chambers, even on factual t...

180 Years of Scientific American Means 180-Degree Turns...

In honor of SciAm’s 180th birthday, we’re spotlighting the biggest “wait, what?”...

How AI Chatbots May Be Fueling Psychotic Episodes

A new wave of delusional thinking fueled by artificial intelligence has research...

The Brain’s Map of the Body Is Surprisingly Stable—Even...

The brain’s body map doesn’t reorganize itself after limb amputation, a study fo...

Does Culture Change Visual Perception? Debunking the Ca...

The downfall of a long-standing theory in psychology raises a question: How much...

Why Do SpaceX’s Starships Keep Exploding?

After a string of fiery failures, SpaceX’s biggest rocket faces another test fli...

Climate Links to Dengue Will Allow Better Outbreak Pred...

A new analysis uncovers seasonal patterns of dengue, a mosquito-borne disease, a...

Cash Rewards Have Less Sway in Collectivistic Cultures

Money talks louder in some languages than others

Strange Deep-Sea Animals Discovered in Underwater Argen...

Researchers spied a wild array of life, including dozens of suspected new specie...

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