But there is little evidence to show that the process is increasing precipitation | Continue reading
A likely culprit is hormone-disrupting chemicals | Continue reading
Percolation theory illuminates the behavior of many kinds of networks, from cell-phone connections to disease transmission | Continue reading
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New research tries to tease out whether our closest animal relatives can be selfless | Continue reading
Uptake by patients and physicians has been low in the U.S., even though some therapies have been authorized for months | Continue reading
There is no scientific case for excluding them | Continue reading
Advances in laser-receiver technology could deliver high-quality, reliable communications for future space exploration, such as sending humans to Mars | Continue reading
The decline suggests the vaccine is having an effect even though workers have been slower to take it than residents | Continue reading
Local engagement, not top-down technocracy, is the way to build acceptance of STEM policy | Continue reading
The Federal Emergency Management Agency acknowledges that recovery programs have unfairly burdened certain populations | Continue reading
This is a podcast about sound. Host Randi Zuckerberg discovers the stories behind the sounds we hear everyday… sounds that inform, entertain, educate, get our attention, influence our behavior, and save our lives. Join host Randi Zuckerberg and her guests as they explore h … | Continue reading
Research shows that the benefits may outweigh the drawbacks | Continue reading
Research shows that the benefits may outweigh the drawbacks | Continue reading
It will bring molecular modeling to a new level of accuracy, reducing researchers’ reliance on serendipidity | Continue reading
Strategic fire management could cut emissions and earn tradable carbon credits, generating funds to save the big cats and benefit Indigenous people | Continue reading
Stanford is offering its popular intro computer science course for free—and you can help teach it | Continue reading
Farming practices that retain carbon in the soil, or return it there, would limit both erosion and climate change | Continue reading
Some days we gain one minute; some days we gain three | Continue reading
Science in meter and verse | Continue reading
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Each carat removes 20 tons of greenhouse gas from the sky, entrepreneurs say | Continue reading
Until a month ago, the agency advised that a surgical mask was sufficient unless workers were performing “aerosol-generating procedures” | Continue reading
Elevating science’s role in policymaking is important; so is reckoning with how science has been used to harm marginalized communities | Continue reading
To succeed, supporters of an ambitious new conservation target must press national governments to recognize the land rights of Indigenous people | Continue reading
Everybody’s favorite red sauce may be thin or thick, depending on how it is handled | Continue reading
Today we bring you the second episode in a new podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American ’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic … | Continue reading
And that must go hand in hand with better access to quality care, redress of systemic barriers to vital health, and social services and supports | Continue reading
Researchers probe the outer boundaries of what types of sounds human infants tune in to for building cognition | Continue reading
A small and shrinking number of the world’s computer chips are made in the U.S. | Continue reading
NASA’s latest robotic explorer is capturing the snaps, crackles and pops of sizzling stones on the Red Planet | Continue reading
Engineers will tap river sediment to try to create wetlands faster than they are disappearing | Continue reading
Surveying the billions of tiny microbial astronauts that dwell within the orbital laboratory could help us prepare for human voyages to Mars | Continue reading
We have put our lives on hold for you. Will you face climate change for us? | Continue reading
Filters in household faucets and genetic technology could help reduce this public health threat, biologist Rebecca Fry says | Continue reading
A surprising number of COVID-recovered patients deal with an array of troublesome symptoms, well after the disease is gone | Continue reading
On the anniversary of this global disaster, a look back at some of the biggest mistakes, surprising successes, and lingering questions | Continue reading
It’s complicated; not even the experts agree | Continue reading
Known fondly as the proprietor of “Bea’s Diner,” the nutritionist who created menus for our first spacefarers deserves to be better remembered | Continue reading
Canada’s largest company is funding machines that suck CO 2 from the atmosphere to offset its own emissions | Continue reading
A laboratory experiment captured the pull between two minuscule gold spheres, paving the way for experiments that probe the quantum nature of gravity | Continue reading
Infectious disease specialist Nahid Bhadelia discusses new recommendations on how vaccinated people can gather with one another and small groups of unvaccinated individuals | Continue reading
The work of decoding the cosmic traveler has surprising relevance right now | Continue reading
The work of decoding the cosmic traveler has surprising relevance right now | Continue reading
Big-brained cephalopods could shine light on the evolution and neurobiology of intelligence, complexity, and more—and inspire medical and technological breakthroughs | Continue reading
Two relativists present their distinctive views on the universe, its evolution and the impact of quantum theory | Continue reading
Excerpt from the book The Science of Star Wars by Jeanne Cavelos | Continue reading