Clearing Opium Fields Hurts Honeybees

Originally published in August 1911 | Continue reading


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Sleep Paralysis and the Monsters Inside Your Mind

Research suggests that cultural beliefs about the phenomenon may make it more terrifying to experience | Continue reading


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Methane Is on an Alarming Upward Trend

Atmospheric concentrations of the second most important greenhouse gas are hitting record levels | Continue reading


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Chinese Spacecraft Poised for First Mars Mission

Tianwen-1 will attempt to send an orbiter, lander and rover to the Red Planet, a historically difficult destination | Continue reading


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Chinese Spacecraft Poised for First Mars Mission

Tianwen-1 will attempt to send an orbiter, lander and rover to the Red Planet, a historically difficult destination | Continue reading


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A Robotic Mini-Armada Will Probe the Secrets of Hurricanes

The torpedo-shaped ocean gliders can survive in stormy seas and can glean information satellites cannot | Continue reading


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The Universe's Clock Might Have Bigger Ticks Than We Imagine

A new experiment places limits on the smallest possible increment of time | Continue reading


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'Tiny Bug Slayer' Dinosaur Relative Would Fit in the Palm of a Hand

A fossil from Madagascar shows giant dinosaurs and pterosaurs originated from teensy ancestors | Continue reading


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Underground Oil Found from the Sky

Originally published in January 1948 | Continue reading


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Quarantine Lessons from Lobsters, Guppies, Finches and Galileo

In this issue, a quantum mystery is solved, and we learn how to measure what matters | Continue reading


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How Oak Trees Evolved to Rule the Forests of the Northern Hemisphere

Genomes and fossils reveal their remarkable evolutionary history | Continue reading


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Get Armed Police Out of Emergency Rooms

And stop letting hospital security guards carry guns; there are better ways to keep patients and staff safe | Continue reading


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Babies' Mysterious Resilience to Coronavirus Intrigues Scientists

COVID-19 is often mild in infants. Learning why could help scientists better understand the disease—and point the way toward possible treatments | Continue reading


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Why Some Birds Are Likely To Hit Buildings

Birds that eat insects, are on migrations or that usually live in the woods are most likely to fly into buildings that feature a lot of glass. | Continue reading


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Blackouts Have Triggered an Energy Storage Boom in California

As utilities turn off power to prevent wildfires, more homeowners are looking to install battery backup systems | Continue reading


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Around the World in (Just) 39 Days

Originally published in January 1898 | Continue reading


@scientificamerican.com | 4 years ago

Around the World is (Just) 39 Days

Originally published in January 1898 | Continue reading


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How a Small Arab Nation Built a Mars Mission from Scratch in Six Years

The United Arab Emirates’ Hope orbiter is the Arab world’s first interplanetary spacecraft — and has jump-started science in the country. Will the momentum last? | Continue reading


@scientificamerican.com | 4 years ago

Medical Students Should Be Taught How to Care for Immigrant Patients

Physicians depend on race-based markers to determine what to look for—but where someone grew up can be more important than their ethnicity | Continue reading


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For Sustainable Oyster Harvesting, Look to Native Americans' Historical Practices

Ancient trash heaps show the eastern coast’s original inhabitants managed oyster reefs for thousands of years | Continue reading


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Simulation Shows Potential for Glowing Gravitons

Research suggests a new way to pin down particles of gravity | Continue reading


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New Yorkers Flattened the Curve, but ...

...a rush to reopen could undo all of our hard work | Continue reading


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A Rush to Reopen Could Undo New Yorkers' Hard Work against COVID-19

We flattened the curve, but there are worrying signs that infections could surge again | Continue reading


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The Power of Psychedelics

They worked for my depression; could they be the future of psychiatry? | Continue reading


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In Case You Missed It

Top news from around the world | Continue reading


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Sparrow Song Undergoes Key Change

White-throated sparrows made a change to their familiar call that quickly spread across Canada. | Continue reading


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How to Fix Science's Diversity Problem

We can be aware of the issue and still hold on to patterns of thinking and behavior that perpetuate discrimination | Continue reading


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An 'Extinction Hotspot' in Appalachia

The discovery of a lost plant species highlights the need to protect other endangered species in one of the most biodiverse regions in the United States | Continue reading


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Coronavirus News Roundup, July 4-July 9

Pandemic highlights for the week | Continue reading


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Worrisome Signs Emerge for 1.5-Degree-C Climate Target

There is a 24 percent chance that global average temperature could surpass that mark in the next five years | Continue reading


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One-millionth Patent Awarded without Ceremony

Originally published in August 1911 | Continue reading


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Smooth Handfish Extinction Marks a Sad Milestone

For the first time the IUCN Red List has officially declared a marine fish alive in modern times to be extinct  | Continue reading


@scientificamerican.com | 4 years ago

Counterfactual Experiments Are Crucial, but Easy to Misunderstand

With COVID-19, as with climate, we need to explore a variety of possible futures in order to set policy | Continue reading


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Americans Increase LSD Use--and a Bleak Outlook for the World May Be to Blame

Millennials and older adults lead the surge while Gen Z stays on the sidelines | Continue reading


@scientificamerican.com | 4 years ago

Americans Increase LSD Use--and a Bleak Outlook for the World May Be to Blame

Millennials and older adults lead the surge while Gen Z stays on the sidelines | Continue reading


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Polynesians and Native South Americans Made 12th Century Contact

Scientists have found snippets of Native South American DNA in the genomes of present-day Polynesians, and they trace the contact to the year 1150. Christopher Intagliata reports. | Continue reading


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Slash CO2, Then Wait--and Wait--for Temperatures to Drop

Climate action today will take decades to manifest in global temperatures because of “climate inertia” | Continue reading


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Racism in Health Care Isn't Always Obvious

As physicians, we believe that recognizing it begins with understanding our own privilege and biases | Continue reading


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Aliens Could Have a Hundred Eyes

Originally published in November 1854 | Continue reading


@scientificamerican.com | 4 years ago

Aliens Could Have 100 Eyes

Originally published in November 1854 | Continue reading


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Viral Learning Curve

Drug manufacturers are racing to create a protective measure against coronavirus without destroying the patient’s immune system | Continue reading


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Hidden Neutrino Particles May Be a Link to the Dark Sector

An experiment aims to find a rumored new type of neutrino that could be a portal to the universe’s dark matter | Continue reading


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Comet NEOWISE Could Be Spectacular: Here's How to See It

Already visible to the naked eye, the object may soon brighten to create the greatest celestial light show in decades—or it could simply fade away | Continue reading


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COVID-19 Is Forcing Us to Rethink Clinical Trials for Cancer Treatments

Participation rates were already low, but the pandemic threatens to drive them even lower | Continue reading


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Ships Hit Smaller Sea Animals More Often than Researchers Thought

New research sheds light on the range of creatures killed and injured by collisions | Continue reading


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Animals Appreciate Recent Traffic Lull

Researchers saw a third fewer vehicle collisions with deer, elk, moose and other large mammals in the four weeks following COVID-19 shutdowns in three states they tracked. | Continue reading


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Mounting Evidence Suggests Coronavirus is Airborne--but Health Advice Has Not Caught Up

After months of denying the importance of aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the World Health Organization is reconsidering its stance​ | Continue reading


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Mounting Evidence Suggests Coronavirus Is Airborne--but Health Advice Has Not Caught Up

After months of denying the importance of aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the World Health Organization is reconsidering its stance​ | Continue reading


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