Republican Infrastructure Counterproposal Mostly Eliminates Climate Spending  

Climate has emerged as a key sticking point in talks between President Biden and Republican leaders -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-13 13:08:46

CDC Says Vaccinated People Do Not Need to Wear Masks in Most Settings  

The agency’s latest guidelines provide an incentive for people to get vaccinated, but some may see them as premature -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-13 10:57:27

A New Book Manages to Get Climate Science Badly Wrong  

In Unsettled, Steven Koonin deploys that highly misleading label to falsely suggest that we don’t understand the risks well enough to take action -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-13 08:32:31

Will COVID Force Public Health to Confront America's Epic Inequality?  

In California’s San Joaquin Valley, some researchers are turning political to address the social determinants of health -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-13 07:01:38

We Are the Aliens  

On a geological timescale, the emergence of the human “dataome” is like a sudden invasion by extraterrestrials, or an asteroid impact that precipitates a mass extinction -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-13 06:48:41

One Hurdle at a Time  

What the experts say people can do after they get a vaccine -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-13 03:44:08

Adolescents Can Finally Get Vaccinated against COVID  

Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine approval is younger teens’ shot at freedom -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-13 02:50:44

New Blood Analyzer Tells Human from Animal Samples on the Spot  

The system could someday provide fast results at a crime scene -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-13 01:05:17

Using Light to Control Cells Holds Promise across the Body  

Optogenetics could aid vision, blood glucose, and more -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-12 10:33:38

Hacker Attack on Essential Pipeline Shows Infrastructure Weaknesses  

Ransomware is steadily hitting harder. Could banks or subway systems be next? -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-12 09:57:52

New Brain Implant Turns Visualized Letters into Text  

The technology lets people with paralysis perform thought dictation at rates approaching the thumb speeds of texters -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-12 07:54:01

How Much Time Does Humanity Have Left?  

Statistics tell us that individuals are most likely to be somewhere around the middle part of our lives; the same could be true of the human race -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-12 06:02:23

MDMA Shows New Promise for Trauma, but the Drug Alone Is Not a Cure  

The illegal substance—paired with intensive therapy and hard work—dramatically improves PTSD symptoms -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-12 05:45:42

Brood X Cicadas Are Emerging at Last  

The Great Eastern Brood has been underground for 17 years. Here’s what the insects have been up to down there -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-12 04:26:30

Decoded: What Is a Virus, Exactly?  

These sometimes deadly packets of genetic information are more numerous in number than the stars in the cosmos -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-12 04:14:22

When Racism Waits along the Academic Path  

For structural engineer and entrepreneur Nehemiah Mabry, a racist remark made to him in graduate school provided all the motivation he needed to open doors into academia for others -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-12 01:19:20

Those Who Investigate Premature Deaths Should Have Medical Training  

Coroners are not typically required to have medical expertise—and that’s a problem -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-11 11:40:52

Military and Environmentalists Align to Protect Key Coastal Salt Marsh  

Development and sea-level rise threaten this crucial habitat and natural line of defense against storm surge -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-11 09:27:02

How Each of Us Can Prepare for the Next Pandemic  

Cooperative Extension programs have a long history of teaching readiness and survival skills—and with more funding, they could help us get ready for future outbreaks -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-11 05:07:31

Artificial Light Keeps Mosquitoes Biting Late into the Night  

It is like when your cell phone keeps you awake in bed—except mosquitoes do not doom scroll when they stay up, they feast on your blood. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-11 04:43:52

Giant Mud Volcano Reveals Its Powerful Explosive Secrets  

Scientists probe an exceptionally explosive phenomenon -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-11 03:19:58

First in Flight: NASA Just Proved Flying on Mars Is Possible--Next Up Is the Solar System  

With Ingenuity’s five successful flights on the Red Planet, aviation may find unexpected footing in the future of space exploration -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-10 19:56:08

The Forgotten History of the World's First Trans Clinic  

The Institute for Sexual Research in Berlin would be a century old if it hadn’t fallen victim to Nazi ideology -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-10 13:21:53

Genes Linked to Self-Awareness in Modern Humans Were Less Common in Neandertals  

Brain networks for memory and planning may have set us apart from Neandertals—and chimps -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-10 12:59:22

Biodiversity Conservation Should Start in Biden's Backyard  

The president can set a powerful example for the U.S. and the world by filling the White House grounds with America’s native plants and animals -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-10 11:02:48

Huge Chinese Rocket Falls to Earth over Arabian Peninsula  

Debris from the 20-metric-ton booster reportedly splashed down in the Indian Ocean north of the Maldives -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-10 10:07:18

Damage to a Protective Shield around the Brain May Lead to Alzheimer's and Other Diseases  

The blood-brain barrier deteriorates with aging, but animal studies indicate repairs can make old brains look young again -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-10 08:02:25

It's Time to Reevaluate How We Talk about COVID Risk  

It exists on a spectrum, and pretending activities are either deadly or risk-free helps no one -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-10 05:16:08

Biden's Climate Bet Rests on Enacting a Clean Electricity Standard  

It is uncertain if a highly divided Congress will pass such a mandate -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-10 02:48:35

Brood X Cicadas Are Emerging at Last  

The Great Eastern Brood has been underground for 17 years. Here’s what the insects have been up to down there -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-10 01:52:17

The Woman Who Solved a Cicada Mystery--but Got No Recognition  

Margaretta Hare Morris discovered that the hordes of chirping insects that will emerge en masse this spring come in more than one species—but men -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-09 13:21:53

Disgust Can Be Morally Valuable  

Repugnance at wrongs such as hatred, hypocrisy and cheating are reasonable, but in cases where it’s inappropriate, we can learn to control it -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-09 02:46:27

First in Flight: NASA Just Proved Flying on Mars Is Possible--Next Up Is the Solar System  

With Ingenuity’s five successful flights on the Red Planet, aviation may find unexpected footing in the future of space exploration -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-08 07:19:01

In Case You Missed It  

Top news from around the world -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-08 06:34:27

Failure of Genetic Therapies for Huntington's Devastates Community  

Hopes were high for drugs designed to lower levels of a mutant protein, but development has stalled -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-07 18:49:35

Physicists Edge Closer to Taming the Three-Body Problem  

A new model cuts through the chaos to reach the best-yet predictions of complex gravitational interactions -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-07 18:10:19

Carbon Capture Technologies Are Improving Nicely  

U.S. lab is looking to establish a nationwide industry -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-07 17:06:08

In Shocking Move, U.S. Backs Waiving Patents on COVID Vaccines  

The development from the Biden administration draws cheers from public health researchers and ire from drugmakers -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-07 10:59:49

The NYPD's Robot Dog Was a Really Bad Idea: Here's What Went Wrong  

Design, context and timing influence whether humans embrace a robot or reject it -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-07 10:53:14

Coronavirus News Roundup, May 1–May 7  

Pandemic highlights for the week -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-07 10:32:17

COVID's Outsize Impact on Asian Americans Is Being Ignored  

Along with Pacific Islanders, they suffer from disproportionately high death rates and hospitalizations and low testing—but their suffering remains invisible -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-07 07:54:55

COVID, Quickly, Episode 6: The Real Reason for India's Surge and Mask Liftoff  

Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-07 07:16:19

How GPS Weakens Memory--and What We Can Do about It  

A new app helps you navigate, not with turn-by-turn directions but via audio “beacons” -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-07 05:51:16

Brazil's Pandemic Is a 'Biological Fukushima' That Threatens the Entire Planet  

The largest country in Latin America now has states and cities where deaths are outpacing births -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-07 03:22:17

COVID's Outsized Impact on Asian Americans Is Being Ignored  

Along with Pacific Islanders, they suffer from disproportionately high death rates and hospitalizations and low testing—but their suffering remains invisible -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-06 20:44:54

SpaceX Sticks the Landing in Latest Starship Test Flight  

After multiple explosive endings to previous high-altitude tests, a prototype rocket for voyages to the Moon and Mars finally touched down safely -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-06 12:40:39

Scientists Supersize Quantum Effects with Entangled Drum Duet  

Two teams have demonstrated new degrees of quantum measurements in micron-sized metal drums -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-06 06:41:36

Watching the Universe Expand in Real Time  

Within a decade or two, we could observe the cosmic expansion, not as a series of snapshots but as a very slow-motion film -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-06 05:29:19

China's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Exceed Those of All Other Developed Countries Combined  

An ongoing buildout of coal-fired power plants is one big reason -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-06 04:23:06

Bird Brawlers Love Spectators--Other Avian Species Are Welcome at Ringside  

Tufted titmice scuffle more vigorously in front of a crowd—even if some of the onlookers are woodpeckers -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-06 03:58:24

The Pursuit of Resilience  

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what do you think? 2021-05-06 02:44:17

Falling Uncontrolled from Space, Giant Chinese Rocket Highlights Risk of Orbital Debris  

The Long March 5b rocket’s core stage could plummet to Earth as early as May 9 -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-06 01:36:56

Flu Has Disappeared Worldwide during the COVID Pandemic  

The public health measures that slow the spread of the novel coronavirus work really well on influenza -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-05 21:09:44

The First Billion COVID Vaccinations Have Been Given  

It took just four months to reach this global milestone, and hitting the two-billion mark could happen even faster, say scientists -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-05 13:47:05

Reckless Rush to Reopen Threatens Chile's Exemplary Vaccination Strategy  

Easing restrictions without clear risk communication undercuts some of the country’s hard-won progress in fighting the pandemic -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-05 12:05:36

How Human Challenge Trials Can Accelerate Vaccine Development  

Studies in which subjects volunteer to be infected with a disease reduce the uncertainties and bottlenecks of other types of trials -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-05 11:44:20

Meet Biden's Climate Voice on Capitol Hill  

Louisa Terrell has the tough job of moving Biden’s infrastructure package through Congress -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-05 11:02:37

Adolescent Brains Are Wired to Want Status and Respect: That's an Opportunity for Teachers and Parents  

Advances in neuroscience and psychology could lead to real-world benefits in education and mental health -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-05 06:01:52

People May Have Used Fire to Clear Forests More Than 80,000 Years Ago  

Bushland around northern Lake Malawi in Africa might be the legacy of people burning forests tens of thousands of years earlier -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-05 05:55:56

Major Depressive Disorders Have an Enormous Economic Impact  

Their prevalence has more than tripled during the pandemic, but the trends were already troubling long before it arrived -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-05 04:52:31

Why Do People in Relationships Cheat?  

A new study breaks down the reasons—they’re complicated -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-04 11:44:22

'Cave Syndrome' Keeps the Vaccinated in Social Isolation  

After a year away from friends and co-workers, people sometimes struggle to resume their public routines -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-04 11:29:57

'Mother Trees' Are Intelligent: They Learn and Remember  

And ecologist Suzanne Simard says they need our help to survive -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-04 09:02:16

COVID Has Pushed Medical Research into Remote Trials, Benefiting Patients and Scientists  

Using home monitoring and other efficiencies instead of dragging people into hospitals could improve clinical trials after the pandemic -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-04 04:56:47

Sally Ride's Enduring Legacy  

America’s first woman in space worked to make STEM education more equitable and inclusive, with a special emphasis on encouraging participation by girls -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-04 04:10:03

Male Lyrebirds Lie to Get Sex  

It seems like the males will do anything, even fake nearby danger, to get females to stick around to mate. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-04 02:17:02

'Cave Syndrome' Keeps the Vaccinated in Social Isolation  

After a year away from friends and co-workers, people sometimes struggle to resume their public routines -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-03 13:23:59

The Delight of Watching Birds on the Streets of New York  

This past pandemic winter, when the world felt doubly dreary, our avian friends were especially high on many peoples’ happy lists -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-03 12:18:53

Saturn Probe Data Reveal Impressive Depth of Titan's Largest Sea  

The moon’s massive pool of methane, ethane and nitrogen could potentially swallow skyscrapers -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-03 08:18:42

Fear Is the Key to Convincing Residents to Evacuate before a Storm  

Safety officials need to use strong language and images to persuade the human psyche -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-03 06:38:26

The Science of Climate Change  

As evidence for human interference in the Earth’s climate continues to accumulate, scientists have gained a better understanding of when, where and how the impacts of global warming are being... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-03 05:22:01

The Fermilab Muon Measurement May or May Not Point to New Physics, But ...  

It was important either way, because the experiment that generated it was breathtakingly precise -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-03 05:03:16

Poem: 'String Theory'  

Science in meter and verse -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-02 12:42:43

The Fermilab Muon Measurement Might or Might Not Point to New Physics, But...  

It was important either way, because the experiment that generated it was breathtakingly precise -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-02 04:58:57

The First Billion COVID Vaccinations Have Been Given  

It took just four months to reach this global milestone, and hitting the two-billion mark could happen even faster, say scientists -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-01 12:04:43

Stars That Race through Space at Nearly the Speed of Light  

Some are blasted out of galaxies by interactions with black holes; others, which orbit supermassive black holes, can smash together in titanic explosions -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-01 04:53:44

50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: May 2021  

When time began; superior bread baking -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-05-01 01:58:45

How Big Data Are Unlocking the Mysteries of Autism  

Better genetic insights can help support people across the spectrum -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-04-30 10:55:18

Adaptive Optics Branches Out  

A tool built for astronomy finds new life combating space debris and enabling quantum encryption -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-04-30 10:50:55

Coronavirus News Roundup, April 24–April 30  

Pandemic highlights for the week -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-04-30 07:47:06

Senate Confirms Bill Nelson as NASA's New Leader  

The former Senator will be the space agency’s 14th administrator -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-04-30 06:54:18

Malaria Vaccine Shows Promise--Now Come Tougher Trials  

Preliminary results suggest the vaccine is up to 77 percent effective in young children, but researchers await larger studies -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-04-30 06:11:33

Ecologists Saved Bald Eagles with Helicopter Parenting  

One of the country’s largest captive-breeding programs for the once endangered species has helped it recover in California -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-04-30 04:27:28

Few Would Fear COVID Vaccines if Policy Makers Explained Their Risks Better  

Clear messaging and transparency are vital, say some experts on risk assessment and decision-making -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-04-30 03:12:43

No One Would Fear COVID Vaccines if Policy Makers Explained Their Risks Better  

Clear messaging and transparency are vital, say some experts on risk assessment and decision-making -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-04-30 03:12:24

COVID Innovations: Vaccines for Variants, Drone Deliveries, Print-Your-Own Shots, and More  

Next-generation COVID-19 vaccines will not only tackle different versions of the virus but will provide solutions across the world at a fraction of the cost -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-04-30 02:42:17

Religion Both Helped and Hurt during the Pandemic  

It was good, on balance, for people’s mental health—but not so good for physical health -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-04-29 12:41:51

Muon Results Throw Physicists' Best Theories into Confusion  

Experimental anomalies have sent researchers scrambling to concoct new explanations -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-04-29 12:20:05

Decoded: How Do Vaccines Actually Work?  

Vaccines are medicines that train the body to defend itself against future disease, and they have been saving human lives for hundreds of years. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-04-29 10:20:31

Biden Tells Congress Climate Action and Job Creation Are the Same  

“If we act to save the planet, we can create millions of jobs,” he says -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-04-29 08:32:04

The Fading Dream of the Computer Brain  

Beware the hype about remaking neuroscience through technology, writes the director of the new documentary In Silico -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-04-29 08:20:58

Antarctic Study Shows How Much Space Dust Hits Earth Every Year  

A tally of pristine micrometeorites locked in polar ice gives the best-yet look at the origin and amount of extraterrestrial material reaching our planet -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-04-29 05:40:15

Flu Has Disappeared Worldwide during the COVID Pandemic  

The public health measures that slow the spread of the novel coronavirus work really well on influenza -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-04-29 03:10:18

Blood Test Gives Early Warning of Failing Heart Transplant  

The new DNA-based test predicts transplant rejection -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-04-29 01:07:34

Michael Collins, Apollo 11 Astronaut Who Orbited Moon, Dies at 90  

Collins piloted the command module while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin touched down in 1969 -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-04-28 16:05:11

You Can Taste Climate Change in this Awful Beer  

New Belgium Brewing is selling a smoke-flavored brew as a sensory warning about agriculture’s troubles to come -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-04-28 15:50:08

CDC Drops Some Outdoor Mask Advice for Vaccinated People, Based on This Science  

The agency’s latest guidelines are in line with a wealth of evidence that COVID is far less likely to be transmitted outside than indoors -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-04-28 12:47:19

See Stunning Collection of Portraits of Africa's Most Endangered Wildlife  

In his latest book, photographer Joachim Schmeisser gets up close and personal with the continent’s wildest creatures -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-04-28 11:43:16

For Math Fans: Some Puzzles from Game of Life Creator John Conway  

The great British mathematician passed away from COVID-19 last year. To celebrate his memory, here is a small sampling of the recreational mathematics he loved so well -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-04-28 10:40:08

Malaria Vaccine Shows Promise--Now Come Tougher Trials  

Preliminary results suggest the vaccine is up to 77 percent effective in young children, but researchers await larger studies -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-04-28 07:08:02