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The MAPLE experiment was able to wirelessly transfer collected solar power to receivers in space and direct energy to Earth | Continue reading
Telltale evidence gathered by the James Webb Space Telescope suggests we’re closer than ever before to finding elusive Population III stars | Continue reading
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Wind and solar produced more U.S. power than coal during the first five months of this year, as several coal plants closed and gas prices dropped | Continue reading
In the guise of collecting scientific data, data brokers are running a massive privacy invasion. Researchers should stop helping them | Continue reading
Here’s how the winners of NASA’s Deep Space Food Challenge are making food out of thin air | Continue reading
New research shows surprising activity levels in dying brains and may help explain the sudden clarity many people with dementia experience near death | Continue reading
The party drug MDMA could soon be approved for treating people with severe PTSD. | Continue reading
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Wildfire smoke not only contains dangerous-to-breathe particles but also can react with urban air pollution to create toxic ozone | Continue reading
The destruction of the Kakhovka Dam threatens both agriculture and nature reserves, a Ukrainian conservationist says | Continue reading
A female crocodile birthed a fully formed, stillborn fetus despite living in isolation for 16 years | Continue reading
Most of the eastern U.S. has been swathed in smoke billowing off more than 400 wildfires across Canada | Continue reading
The nation’s first climate trial, led by kids, will open on Monday in Montana but could have ramifications outside the state’s borders | Continue reading
Where is it coming from? How long will it last? What's in the smoke? Whose health is at risk? How do you clean your own air? | Continue reading
Supporting the health and safety of community violence street workers is urgent and imperative | Continue reading
More and better data are required to solve the mystery of strange apparitions in the air, the sea and space, according to NASA’s Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Independent Study team | Continue reading
Hyperintelligent octopuses just got weirder, when scientists found they can recode their brains when temperatures change | Continue reading
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For lung cancer patients who have a specific genetic mutation, taking a pill called osimertinib after surgery greatly reduced the risk of lung cancer recurrence | Continue reading
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Researchers have gained a new view of the journey ahead for the twin Voyager spacecraft and other probes bound on one-way trips into interstellar space | Continue reading
The ability to conjure up possible futures or alternative realities is the flip side of memory. Both faculties cohabit in the brain region called the hippocampus | Continue reading
As giant plumes from fires in Canada billow over the U.S., experts explain what smoke does to your health—and how to protect yourself | Continue reading
Wildfire smoke from Canada is causing poor air quality along the East Coast. Here’s what those air quality alerts mean | Continue reading
A new study finds that Arctic sea ice could disappear in the summers as early as the 2030s, a decade earlier than previously thought | Continue reading
Smoke from record-setting wildfires in Canada has blanketed parts of the eastern U.S., but shifting summer weather patterns should bring relief | Continue reading
Scientific American will be rounding up some of the most striking images and notable updates about the smoke blanketing the Northeast from wildfires raging across Canada | Continue reading
Scientific American will be rounding up some of the most striking images and notable updates about the smoke blanketing the Northeast from wildfires raging across Canada | Continue reading
Indigenous groups are developing data storage technology that gives users privacy and control. Could their work influence those fighting back against invasive apps? | Continue reading
An AI-driven political campaign could be all things to all people | Continue reading
Neutrinos are bizarre and ubiquitous and may just break the rules of physics | Continue reading
Terror birds were the grizzly bears of birds, the great white sharks of the land, Jack the Ripper but with feathers. They were also truly fascinating. | Continue reading
The most comprehensive census yet of the hippos in Colombia that are descended from several imported by drug-cartel leader Pablo Escobar reveals that there could be twice as many of the invasive animals as previous estimates indicated | Continue reading
Researchers calculated that high-emitting countries, including the U.S., should pay $192 trillion in compensation to low-emitting nations | Continue reading
The COVID pandemic put mRNA technology, long in development, to the test. Here’s a look at how it might fight cancer and when it might reach patients | Continue reading
Hvaldi, a juvenile beluga whale likely used as a Russian spy, has become so accustomed to human interaction that he’s putting himself in danger and urgently needs our help | Continue reading
Perfectly wrapping spherical objects together seems trivial, but it’s a task that has stumped mathematicians for centuries | Continue reading
The combination of a massive seaweed bloom, plastic in the ocean and climate change is increasing the risk of dangerous infections | Continue reading
The combination of a massive seaweed bloom, plastic in the ocean and climate change is increasing the risk of dangerous infections | Continue reading
Researchers hope their work on racial health disparities will be a “call to action” | Continue reading
Scientists are using satellite observations of a massive volcanic eruption’s impact to better understand Earth’s atmosphere | Continue reading