Governor Makes Personal Plea to Reluctant Arkansans to Get Vaccinated  

The Republican went to Blytheville, Texarkana and other municipalities in the state to allay people’s fears -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-08-04 12:42:48

The Secret behind Songbirds' Magnetic Migratory Sense  

A molecule found in the retinas of European robins seems to be able to sense weak magnetic fields, such as that of Earth, after it is exposed to light. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-08-04 12:03:34

'Breakthrough' Infections Do Not Mean COVID Vaccines Are Failing  

Getting flu again postinoculation is more common than a return case after a COVID shot -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-08-04 10:46:44

Meet the New Yorkers Mapping the City's Heat Islands  

Similar work in San Francisco, Atlanta and other locations is revealing which parts of a city get hottest and why -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-08-04 04:27:46

See Ominous Supercell Storm Clouds as They Barrel across the U.S.  

These storms can unleash hail, lighting and—most notoriously—tornadoes -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-08-04 02:14:45

Deaf Children in Developing Countries Are Getting Inferior Cochlear Implants  

The technology they receive is often obsolete or has never been used in wealthier nations -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-08-03 13:09:48

Future Space Travel Might Require Mushrooms  

The mycologist Paul Stamets discusses the potential extraterrestrial uses of fungi, including terraforming planets, building human habitats—and providing psilocybin therapy to astronauts -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-08-03 08:30:44

See Ominous Supercell Stormclouds as They Barrel across the U.S.  

These storms can unleash hail, lighting and—most notoriously—tornadoes -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-08-03 05:43:53

5G Wireless Could Interfere with Weather Forecasts  

Satellite tracking of water vapor, critical for accurate forecasts, may be foiled by cellphone tower transmissions -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-08-03 03:30:09

Conversations With Black Leaders in STEM  

Black innovators and leaders discuss career paths, mentorship and diversity in science. This speaker series is hosted by the Black Employee Network at Springer Nature, the... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-08-02 14:27:18

Why Do Variants Such as Delta Become Dominant?  

Mutations that make a virus more transmissible are only part of the equation -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-08-02 11:19:11

The Science of Birds  

Birds are fascinating creatures. They descend from dinosaurs, soar the skies and display cognitive abilities once thought to be reserved for humans. It’s easy to understand why so many people... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-08-02 09:52:26

The Best Way to Tax Carbon at the Border  

Legislators need to ensure that domestic and foreign producers face the same costs and incentives -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-08-02 09:45:35

To Understand UAP, We Need Megapixel Imagery  

If any of them represent advanced technology, high-resolution photographs might tell us whether they’re metaphorically labeled “Made in China” or “Made on Exoplanet X” -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-08-02 08:23:20

Can the U.S. and China Cooperate in Space?  

China’s meteoric rise in space science and exploration—along with its new partnership with Russia—is spurring U.S. experts to reconsider a long-standing prohibition on bilateral... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-08-02 07:25:38

Buried 'Lakes' on Mars May Just Be Frozen Clay  

Mineral deposits, not salty water, are the most likely cause of radar reflections spotted beneath the planet’s south pole, a new study finds -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-08-02 04:07:48

Mentorship and Sponsorship Are Crucial for Advancing Inclusion in STEM  

A conversation with Charlotte Owen explores providing opportunities and giving back -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-08-02 03:46:28

Canada's Residential Schools Were a Horror  

Founded to carry out the genocide of Indigenous people, they created conditions that killed thousands of children -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-08-01 11:48:41

50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: August 2021  

Tasty radio; early fake leather -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-08-01 01:09:33

How a Remote Indigenous Community Fought the Pandemic  

Thanks to a response based on local culture and values, India’s Nicobar islanders haven’t had a single infection during the nation’s horrific second wave -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-31 04:44:55

COVID, Quickly, Episode 12: Masking Up Again and Why People Refuse Shots  

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 Fischman catch you up on the... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-30 11:25:35

The 'Hydrogen Olympics' Lit a Torch for the Clean Fuel's Future  

An energy expert explains why Japan—along with much of the rest of the world—is committing to the clean-burning fuel -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-30 10:44:33

Why Do Variants Such as Delta Become Dominant?  

Mutations that make a virus more transmissible are only part of the equation -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-30 08:18:41

Electric School Buses Reduce Pollution, But New Infrastructure Deal Slashed Funding  

Advocates worry that reduced funds will not go to the communities most in need -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-30 02:49:51

The Human Framework for Alien Life  

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what do you think? 2021-07-29 12:53:45

The Question Medical AI Can't Answer  

It’s unable to tell us why it came to a particular decision—and that’s crucial information -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-29 12:24:13

Entire Buildings Can Be Wrapped in Jackets to Save Energy  

Apartment buildings, or blocks of row houses, can be upgraded in one installation -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-29 09:26:15

Act on Climate Emergency Now to Prevent Millions of Deaths, Study Shows  

The human toll of carbon emissions will vastly magnify climate change’s economic costs -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-29 09:17:13

Infrastructure Deal Whittles Down Climate Spending  

The bipartisan legislation includes less funding for public transit and electric vehicles -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-29 05:32:57

Harvard's Avi Loeb Thinks We Should Study UFOs--and He's Not Wrong  

As a SETI scientist, I’m grateful that he has the freedom—and the guts—to go where few would dare to go -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-29 01:02:56

Red States Seek to Block Biden Update to Key Climate Metric  

Ten Republican attorneys general have asked a federal court to keep a revamped social cost of carbon from taking effect -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-28 21:23:53

Why So Many Young People Hate STEM Courses  

Take it from someone who almost gave up on her dream of being a scientist -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-28 12:14:32

The Olympics without Fans Is Harming Athletes' Performance  

Simone Biles drops out of an event, citing the lack of an audience -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-28 11:22:30

China's Space Station Is Preparing to Host 1,000 Science Experiments  

The spaceborne studies will cover diverse topics, from dark matter and gravitational waves to the growth of cancer and pathogenic bacteria -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-28 09:01:13

AI Creates False Documents That Fake Out Hackers  

The algorithm hides sensitive information in a sea of decoys -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-28 01:55:31

Caffeine Boosts Bees' Focus and Helps Them Learn  

By associating caffeinated sugar-water and a target scent, researchers teach bumblebees to stay on task -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-28 01:35:45

A Few Days on Antibiotics Are Often as Good as Weeks, Research Shows  

Shorter courses cause fewer side effects and breed fewer antibiotic-resistant “superbugs” -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-27 19:52:47

The Crucial Vaccine Benefit We're Not Talking about Enough  

They not only prevent people from getting sick; they also cut down on transmission by those who get infected after immunization -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-27 15:31:29

Avi Loeb's Galileo Project Will Search for Evidence of Alien Visitation  

With nearly $2 million in private funding, the controversial new initiative is targeting unidentified phenomena in Earth’s skies and beyond -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-27 13:25:09

The Olympics without Fans Is Harming Athletes' Performance  

Simone Biles drops out of an event, citing the lack of an audience -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-27 07:02:15

This Formula Calculates How Many Calories You Burn If You're Doing Absolutely Nothing  

When it comes to dieting, here’s how to tally the so-called basal metabolic rate -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-27 06:55:21

Learning to Live in Steven Weinberg's Pointless Universe  

The late physicist’s most infamous statement still beguiles scientists and vexes believers -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-27 06:42:14

Enlist the Ocean in Combatting Climate Change, Experts and Advocates Argue  

“Blue carbon” taken up by marine plants and animals is mostly neglected in climate policy, they say -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-27 04:07:01

How Olympic Tracking Systems Capture Athletic Performances  

The 3-D tracking systems used in Tokyo may one day enable digital twins of athletes -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-27 01:30:23

NASA Investigates Renaming James Webb Space Telescope after Anti-LGBT+ Claims  

Some astronomers argue the space agency’s next flagship observatory will memorialize discrimination. Others are waiting for more evidence -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-26 16:28:10

Clouds May Speed Up Global Warming  

They may make both the best and worst-case scenarios for climate change less likely -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-26 13:17:38

Immune Cells Suggest New Alzheimer's Treatment Possibilities  

Brain cells called microglia have different effects as the neurodegenerative disease progresses -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-26 09:37:17

Wild Pigs Release as Much Carbon Emissions as 1 Million Cars  

The invasive animals uproot soil, exposing it to microbes that release greenhouse gases -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-26 08:58:44

Announcing a New Plan for Solving the Mystery of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena  

The newly organized Galileo Project will use a three-pronged approach to replace unreliable eyewitness reports with reproducible scientific observations -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-26 07:46:17

Fauci on COVID Drugs, Vaccines and Getting Back to Normal  

The U.S.’s top infectious disease specialist describes a new Biden administration program to develop and test antivirals—and what he’s most worried about as the nation reopens -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-26 01:29:16

How the Delta Variant Spreads So Quickly  

Viral load is roughly 1,000 times higher in people infected with the Delta variant than those infected with the original coronavirus strain, according to a study in China -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-26 01:05:09

Why an Asteroid Strike Is Like a Pandemic  

Both are low-probability but catastrophic events—and both can be mitigated if we act early enough -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-25 13:58:59

Quantum Mechanics, Plato's Cave and the Blind Piranha  

Can we ever really know the world? -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-24 02:05:55

Heat Wave Death Toll Will Rise With Thorough Count  

The 117 fatalities recorded in the Pacific Northwest so far include only those directly attributed to heat -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-23 11:31:08

Soft Robot Hand Is First to Be Fully 3-D-Printed in a Single Step  

Then it played Super Mario Bros. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-23 03:57:08

How the Delta Variant Spreads So Quickly  

Viral load is roughly 1,000 times higher in people infected with the Delta variant than those infected with the original coronavirus strain, according to a study in China -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-23 02:33:23

'Advanced' Nuclear Reactors? Don't Hold Your Breath  

With little hard evidence, their developers maintain they’ll be cheaper, safer and more secure than existing power plants -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-23 01:54:22

Wildfire Smoke Drives People Indoors, Raising COVID Risk  

The particulates in smoke also cause lung inflammation that may make people more susceptible to the virus -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-22 12:56:59

What to Expect from the Next Major Global Climate Report  

Next month the IPCC will begin releasing its periodic assessment of the state of climate science -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-22 12:40:44

InSight Lander Makes Best-Yet Maps of Martian Depths  

The NASA mission used seismic waves from marsquakes to perform a core-to-crust survey of the planet’s subsurface -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-22 10:33:23

Why Extreme Heat Is So Deadly  

Heat waves kill more people than any other type of severe weather in the U.S. And climate change is making them more frequent and unpredictable -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-22 09:28:22

The Kavli Prize Presents: Understanding Touch [Sponsored]  

Ardem Patapoutian shared the Kavli Prize in Neuroscience in 2020 for answering a basic question: How does touch actually work? -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-22 06:10:01

Weed Shouldn't Be Banned for Elite Athletes, Some Experts Say  

The disqualification of a leading U.S. Olympics candidate has brought the World Anti-Doping Agency’s marijuana prohibition under fire -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-22 06:05:06

For Good Science, You Need Engaged Citizens  

They strengthen the institutions that ensure a strong democracy, leading to rational decisions -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-22 02:39:55

Trans and Queer People in India Should Demand Better Health Care  

The country’s gender and sexual minorities are in urgent need of a supportive public health system -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-21 20:49:16

Western Drought Has Lasted Longer than the Dust Bowl  

Dry conditions have drawn down reservoirs, fueled massive wildfires and stunted crops -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-21 13:47:59

Hardy Microbes Hint at Possibilities for Extraterrestrial Life  

Studies of extreme ecosystems on Earth can guide the search for Martian life and may reveal the fundamental limits of biology -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-21 11:01:37

Moths Have an Acoustic Invisibility Cloak to Stay under Bats' Radar  

New research finds they fly around on noise-cancelling wings -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-21 09:17:20

Australia's Criticisms of Proposal to List Great Barrier Reef as 'in Danger' Don't Stack Up  

The UNESCO World Heritage Site is under pressure from pollution and climate change -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-21 08:53:44

Massive Machines Are Bringing Giant Exoplanets Down to Earth  

Scientists are using football-field-sized lasers, warehouse-sized electromagnets and other immense facilities to reveal the deep secrets of planetary interiors -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-21 04:37:13

Should Children Get COVID Vaccines? What the Science Says  

With vaccination campaigns underway in some countries while others weigh the options, Nature looks at the evidence for vaccinating younger people. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-21 04:19:58

At Least Two Million Children Have Lost a Parent or Grandparent Caregiver to COVID  

That’s at a minimum. The real number could be significantly higher -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-21 03:24:23

These Dinosaurs Had a Complicated Air Conditioner in Their Skull  

Cooling 5,000-pound, armor-plated giants was no small feat. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-21 02:36:37

China Launches World's Largest Carbon Market: But Is It Ambitious Enough?  

Experts welcome the trading scheme, but question whether it is up to the task of helping China achieve its climate goals -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-21 01:53:22

Today's Wildfires Are Taking Us into Uncharted Territory  

Data on 2,000 years of Rocky Mountain forest fires shows skyrocketing damage -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-20 13:11:56

Cities Pledge More Green Space to Combat Urban Heat  

Four U.S. municipalities—Austin, Los Angeles, New Orleans and Seattle—were among those that signed on -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-20 08:23:53

Behold the 'Borg': Massive DNA Structures Perplex Scientists  

Researchers say they have discovered unique and exciting DNA strands in the mud; others are not sure of their novelty -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-20 07:03:37

My Stupid Elbow and the Crisis in Health Care  

A lingering hockey injury forces a science writer to reconsider his criticism of American medicine -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-20 06:44:52

Animal Play Is Delightfully Meaningful  

Brown dwarfs, stuttering, quantum chemistry, and more -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-20 03:33:09

People with COVID Often Infect Their Pets  

New unpublished studies show that dogs and cats with COVID-positive owners frequently have SARS-CoV-2 antibodies -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-20 02:57:34

Play Is Serious Business for Elephants  

Young dogs, apes and other animals develop skills needed to survive and reproduce -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-20 02:38:49

Jeff Bezos Launches into Space on Blue Origin's First Astronaut Flight  

The billionaire and three others take a suborbital trip onboard the craft New Shepard -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-20 02:30:13

The Idea That Trees Talk to Cooperate Is Misleading  

It’s a romantic notion, but pretending they’re like humans could actually harm the cause of conservation -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-19 11:14:43

Concrete Buildings Could Be Turned into Rechargeable Batteries  

But for now, a square meter of the building material holds roughly the energy of two AA batteries -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-19 10:05:16

Space Has Better Internet than Antarctica, But that Might Change  

A proposed fiber optic cable could make it easier for scientists to transmit crucial climate data -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-19 05:20:35

Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin Are Finally Flying to Space  

After nearly twenty years pursuing a lifelong dream of spaceflight, the world’s wealthiest person is at last ready for lift off -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-19 02:34:35

How to Raise Kids Who Don't Grow Up to Be Jerks (or Worse)  

A new book gives science-based advice for parenting kids to be generous, kind antiracists -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-19 01:29:18

To Save Bats and Their Habitats, We Must Protect the Land Rights of Indigenous People  

In the Brazilian Amazon, as in many parts of the world, those who live on the land are best positioned to protect its biodiversity -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-18 09:07:33

Poem: 'Lesson from the West African Lungfish (Protopterus annectens)'  

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

what do you think? 2021-07-17 13:27:27

Thawing Permafrost Is Artificially Chilled to Stabilize Alaska Oil Pipeline  

Damage to support structures raises the threat of an oil spill in a delicate ecosystem that would be difficult to clean up -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-17 12:08:59

How Designer DNA Is Changing Medicine  

A genomic revolution is poised to cure sickle cell and other genetic diseases -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-17 02:21:24

Drought Threatens to Close California Hydropower Plant for First Time  

Shutting down the plant, which has run continuously since 1967, would squeeze already tight electricity supplies -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-16 21:05:27

National Park Nature Walks, Episode 9: Inside a Migratory Bird Sanctuary  

Here is our next installment of a new pop-up podcast miniseries that takes your ears into the deep sound of nature. Host Jacob Job, an ecologist and audiophile, brings you inches away from a... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-16 12:22:08

New Approach Could Boost the Search for Life in Otherworldly Oceans  

“Ecological biosignatures” hold promise for revealing alien organisms that may dwell within icy moons such as Jupiter’s Europa and Saturn’s Enceladus -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-16 08:21:07

Dancing with Robots  

The emerging field of choreorobotics can make humans more comfortable interacting with machines -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-16 04:47:04

Pacific Northwest Heat Wave Killed More than 1 Billion Sea Creatures  

The massive loss could destabilize local marine ecosystems -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-15 11:32:09

The Problem with Pain Scores  

Physicians often ask you to rate your agony on a scale from one to 10—but the response doesn’t necessarily say anything useful -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-15 09:58:02

There Are Few Good COVID Antivirals, but That Could Be Changing  

Developing pills that block the novel coronavirus has been challenging. A new Biden administration program aims to boost the effort -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-15 06:50:02

Kids Get 'Long COVID' Too  

Children can suffer lingering symptoms from the disease, but researchers are still working to determine how frequently and how severely -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-15 04:35:12

China Is Pulling Ahead in Global Quantum Race, New Studies Suggest  

The competition between the U.S. and China over development of quantum technology has implications for both the future of science and the two countries’ political relations -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-15 03:55:03