The Saharan silver ant feeds on other insects that have died on the hot sands, which it traverses at breakneck (for an ant) speeds. | Continue reading
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New findings suggest angst over the technology is misplaced | Continue reading
More than 400 people were asked what they’d say if they could go back in time | Continue reading
A tool that helps to match immediate reward with long-term value motivated people to make better decisions and overcome procrastination | Continue reading
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Lower fuel economy standards and fewer electric vehicles in the state would threaten global climate targets | Continue reading
As early as the 1950s, the groups shared scientists and publicists to downplay dangers of smoking and climate change | Continue reading
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Security experts say that lawmakers’ bills fall short of needed protections | Continue reading
Letters to the editor from the June 2019 issue of Scientific American | Continue reading
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Denis Rebrikov says that he does not plan to implant gene-edited embryos until he gets regulatory approval | Continue reading
Lowered costs and the availability of renewable energy to produce hydrogen are raising interest in the fuel source | Continue reading
Dr. Ellen Hendriksen looks at the many permutations of love, including everlasting love, which, it turns out, doesn’t just happen in fairytales | Continue reading
As the country seeks to become a research powerhouse, it must rectify worrisome practices | Continue reading
Researchers measured a predictive increase in transfer RNA in people with epilepsy | Continue reading
The resonant properties of your skull can amplify some frequencies and dampen others--and in some cases, affect your hearing. Christopher Intagliata reports. | Continue reading
Longer and hotter summer heat waves in the city pushed organizers to move the race to a cooler region of Japan | Continue reading
Meet the xEMU space suit—and a new suit for the Orion spacecraft, too | Continue reading
Existing religious and philosophical exemptions endanger public health | Continue reading
The company’s constellation could eventually consist of 42,000 spacecraft | Continue reading
You have probably already heard, or at least heard of, white noise. Maybe you grew up when televisions were still analog. If so, you might remember the shhh that accompanied “snow” on a cathode-ray tube screen . It lived in special place between the few channels on t … | Continue reading
U.C.S.F. researchers find a gene for flourishing with less shut-eye | Continue reading
Delayed plant flowering and nesting meant some Arctic animals’ offspring likely did not survive the winter | Continue reading
A small study tested the approach for treating a common bacterial infection by restoring a healthy microbiome | Continue reading
The Dsup protein protects DNA under conditions that create caustic free radical chemicals. | Continue reading
Beneficial blazes are critical to maintaining the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem, but animals are eating the fuel | Continue reading
Exotic new states of matter contain patterns that repeat like clockwork | Continue reading
Planned barriers along the Rio Grande could trap debris and send floodwaters into nearby communities | Continue reading
Rumblings on the Red Planet act like x-rays, allowing scientists to probe the hidden interior of Mars. Christopher Intagliata reports. | Continue reading
Rather than emphasizing the harm climate change will cause, promoting the economic benefits of mitigation does more to spur public action | Continue reading
Long-forgotten varieties of the staple crop can survive flood, drought and other calamities. The challenge is bringing them back | Continue reading
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noted the name in new guidance on the illness, which has sickened nearly 1,300 people across 49 states | Continue reading
Climate differences are associated with varying happiness, individualism and aggressiveness | Continue reading
People pair mathematical proofs with paintings and pieces of music similarly | Continue reading
Researchers trapped in the central Arctic Ocean for a year prepare to unlock secrets of the region’s changing climate | Continue reading
A study illuminates how genes defend against viral invasions | Continue reading
The law that allows Native Americans to claim ancestral remains must be strengthened | Continue reading
Buy offsets if you want, but for real hope, look to electric planes | Continue reading
Senior mice treated with THC improved on learning and memory tests | Continue reading
Eating arsenic, what to do in case of fire, bubble computers, and more | Continue reading
Humans have a history of status division stretching back at least 4,000 years | Continue reading
Warm ocean waters cut deep channels in the ice that exacerbate melting and sea level rise | Continue reading
Researchers without access to backup power scramble to save invaluable specimens and expensive reagents | Continue reading
A miniature gravitational wave detector under development would measure higher-frequency waves than LIGO | Continue reading