The tech giant's ban on Australians searching for news on its platform suggests that equitable control of international reporting is very much a work in progress | Continue reading
The popular term “quantum supremacy,” which refers to quantum computers outperforming classical ones, has inescapable racist overtones | Continue reading
Currently, STEM-related policy is administered by a bewildering array of entities, which dilutes its effectiveness | Continue reading
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The Biden Administration aims to strengthen the country’s emissions reduction pledge under the pact by Earth Day | Continue reading
A Nature survey shows many scientists expect the virus that causes COVID-19 to become endemic, but it could pose less danger over time | Continue reading
These algae exchange vital chemicals with bacteria that live around their surface | Continue reading
If we’re lucky, mutations will make SARS-CoV-2 less lethal, as happened with the 1918 flu—but there’s no guarantee of that | Continue reading
Energy from neighboring states could have helped Texans survive their extreme winter storm | Continue reading
Energy from neighboring states could have helped Texans survive their extreme winter storm | Continue reading
What does "95 percent effective" mean? Should you get vaccinated if you have had COVID? Is there a best vaccine? | Continue reading
Scientific American talked to scientists about everything from what efficacy means, to protection against the new variants | Continue reading
So-called gain-of-function pathogen research will likely receive closer scrutiny after three U.S. biolab incidents | Continue reading
The former EPA Administrator says the Biden Administration will also work with Congress to advance climate policies | Continue reading
A new wave of research is needed to make ample use of humanity’s “most wondrous map” | Continue reading
New study of the city's policing also shows differences between male and female cops | Continue reading
Experiments on clusters of cultured cells hint that a gene variant found only in Homo sapiens profoundly changed brain development in our species compared to our extinct relatives | Continue reading
Sound waves from fin whales can help scientists probe Earth’s crust | Continue reading
Their final shape depends on an array of temperature, humidity, and wind speed variables | Continue reading
The good news is that parents can take action to compensate | Continue reading
Antibiotics abound, but virus-fighting drugs are harder to come by. Fortunately, scientists are getting better at making and finding them | Continue reading
The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus seems to be suddenly acquiring mutations at a rapid rate. The most worrying variants, first discovered in South Africa and Brazil, increase the virus’s contagiousness and may even help it evade the human immune system. These characteristics are he … | Continue reading
Bottlenecks in supply chains and difficult appointment-registration systems are slowing distribution | Continue reading
Software and hardware companies push new, feature-bloated versions on us every year. Why do we keep buying? | Continue reading
Now in orbit, the spacecraft will attempt a landing later this year | Continue reading
Americans have unequal access to the benefits of advance care planning | Continue reading
Scientists think a huge chunk of ice or rock fell and caused a devastating surge of water down a river in India | Continue reading
Spotted hyena males do not fight for mates, so how are certain males shut out of the mating game? | Continue reading
Some evidence indicates that short waits are safe, but there is a chance that partial immunization could help risky new coronavirus variants to develop | Continue reading
The candidate could be a “warm Neptune” or a mirage. Either way, it signals the dawn of a revolution in astronomy | Continue reading
The United Arab Emirates’ first interplanetary mission reaches its destination scarcely a decade after the country’s first satellite launch | Continue reading
A massive coal plant, demolished in December, was a linchpin of the Navajo and Hopi economies for nearly 50 years | Continue reading
Research shows being authentic leads to a happier life | Continue reading
Testing, tracing and isolation are just as important as ever | Continue reading
No matter how effective vaccines are, they are not enough | Continue reading
Whenever we hear someone speak, we form an opinion about their believability. But our eyes and ears can lead us astray | Continue reading
Many U.S. states aren’t rigorously tracking or investigating suspected cases of reinfection | Continue reading
Protest expert Aldon Morris explains how social justice movements succeed | Continue reading
He has ordered a government study of climate change's impact on migration, including options for refugee resettlement | Continue reading
Stakes are high for the Arab world’s first-ever interplanetary mission as it prepares to enter Martian orbit | Continue reading
Despite slim evidence, testosterone is keeping some women off the field | Continue reading
Machine-learning systems could help flag hateful or offensive language for removal | Continue reading
A new generation of tech uses heat from the sun to provide clean, salt-free water | Continue reading
It could take years to immunize everyone, so we need to work on discovering new treatments as well—and fast | Continue reading
New computer architecture in 1971; multistage rocket theory in 1921 | Continue reading
Some disorders that make COVID riskier don't appear on official lists | Continue reading
Top news from around the world | Continue reading
Neither introspection nor brain scans can reveal our deepest thoughts | Continue reading