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A study of human-mammal interaction across the globe found that animals are more prone to take to the night around humans. Jason G. Goldman reports. | Continue reading
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We are not biologically identical to our Paleolithic predecessors, nor do we have access to the foods they ate. And deducing dietary guidelines from modern foraging societies is difficult because they vary so much by geography, season and opportunity | Continue reading
Scientists measure the "doorway effect," and it supports a novel model of human memory | Continue reading
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Urban leaders must work with researchers to solve real human problems | Continue reading
A flurry of recent findings highlight a contentious question in this area | Continue reading
Facilities like these hunt for evidence that can determine the fate of applicants | Continue reading
A distinct set of genes may underlie several psychiatric conditions | Continue reading
Renewable energy will rule only when weather data drive the design of a new electric grid | Continue reading
Letters to the editor from the March 2018 issue of Scientific American | Continue reading
MeerKAT has drawn astronomers, engineers and data scientists from around the world | Continue reading
Let’s take a look at 4 microwave myths that science has proven false | Continue reading
The experimental approach showed promise across three types of malignancies in mice | Continue reading
Experiments to confirm we can see single photons offer new ways to probe our understanding of quantum reality | Continue reading
Medical responders will be on the lookout for signs of infection | Continue reading
The brains of children with autism fold differently than those of their typical peers. Whether they are unusually smooth or convoluted depends on location and age | Continue reading
The F-35 was billed as a fighter jet that could do almost everything the U.S. military desired but has turned out to be one of the greatest boondoggles in recent military purchasing history | Continue reading
Scientists have developed machine-learning that can teach itself to visualize a three-dimensional scene from unobserved angles | Continue reading
North America’s first domesticated dogs died out after European colonization, but they share a genetic link to a transmissible tumor spread globally | Continue reading
Acting administrator and coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler, or another nominee for the chief spot, will face tough review | Continue reading
Scientific American speaks with a crew member from a NASA simulation of a long-duration space mission | Continue reading
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A natural stellar laboratory probes a prediction of general relativity to unprecedented precision | Continue reading
Ride-hailing threatens does public transit but is also key to its future success with smart policies and the right price signals in place | Continue reading
Visitors can see and learn about sharks and their environment in the new 'Ocean Wonders: Sharks!' facility at the Wildlife Conservation Society's New York Aquarium. | Continue reading
Physical motion of neural signals may play a more important role in brain function than previously thought | Continue reading
Two scientists suggest that depression is not a malfunction, but a mental adaptation that brings certain cognitive advantages | Continue reading
'Oumuamua, the first-known visitor from outside the solar system, may not have been an asteroid after all | Continue reading
Long-overlooked “tunneling nanotubes” and other bridges between cells act as conduits for sharing RNA, proteins or even whole organelles | Continue reading
Fetch Robotics CEO Melonee Wise talks about the need for standardizing robots and diversifying engineering teams | Continue reading
Can drinking mushroom beverages really make you more productive, resilient, relaxed or good-looking? | Continue reading
Astronomers have used a pair of galaxies far beyond the Milky Way to test general relativity with unprecedented precision | Continue reading
New research in mice details the mechanism of how caffeine seems to help the heart | Continue reading
A unique signature in gravitational wave observations could show that hypothetical tunnels through space-time actually exist | Continue reading
A unique signature in gravitational wave observations could show that hypothetical tunnels through space-time actually exist | Continue reading
Dust clouds blotting out the sun could be the end of the solar-powered probe | Continue reading