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Coronavirus research requires high-containment labs. Journalist Elisabeth Eaves talks with Scientific American contributing editor W. Wayt Gibbs about her article "The Risks of Building Too Many...
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The disease spreads so fast and is so poorly understood that doctors and researchers are sharing their findings on Twitter and Facebook, not medical journals
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But some experts say author Shinichi Mochizuki failed to fix fatal flaw in solution of major arithmetics problem
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Humboldt squid can rapidly change the pigmentation and luminescence patterns on their skin by contracting and relaxing their muscles, possibly to communicate.
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Humboldt squid can rapidly change the pigmentation and luminescence patterns on their skin by contracting and relaxing their muscles, possibly to communicate.
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Countries were expected to ramp up their emissions reductions goals at the November meeting, now delayed until 2021
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By adjusting for population, researchers have identified rural areas in several states that could be disproportionally affected by COVID-19
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Dating back 67 million years, this representative of the group of modern birds has been dubbed the Wonderchicken. [Not an April Fool's Day joke.]
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A study on isolation’s neural underpinnings implies many may feel literally “starved” for contact amid the COVID-19 pandemic
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Secondary bacterial infections are part of the problem, and we need to ramp up research on new drugs to fight them
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It’s easy to get lost in the hype around new workout devices or protocols that promise maximal results in minimal time
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To make it in urban areas, birds tend to be either large-brained and able to produce few offspring or small-brained and extremely fertile. In natural habitats, most birds brains are of average size.
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The second part of the Trump administration’s vehicle emissions rule, announced yesterday, lowers fuel efficiency requirements
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From online journal clubs to conference updates, social media is changing the dissemination and discussion of biomedicine
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Other countries on lockdown will be watching for a resurgence of infections in Hubei province now that travel restrictions are lifting
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To make it in urban areas, birds tend to be either large-brained that produce few offspring or small-brained and extremely fertile. In natural habitats, most birds brains are of average size.
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Ultracold atomic systems are pushing the boundaries of known physics and may even set the stage for quantum computing
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The unknown influence of climate change has thrown a wrench into efforts to understand the Madden-Julian Oscillation
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It worked for Shakespeare and Isaac Newton during plagues, but let’s not put more pressure on ourselves than we already have
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Meal replacement products like Soylent and Huel have gained a loyal following. But are these all-in-one powders and shakes really a more optimal way to get your nutrition?
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The diets of coyotes varied widely depending on whether they were living in rural, suburban or urban environments--but pretty much anything is fair game.
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Such data offer valuable information and could help track the novel coronavirus—but they risk errors and raise privacy concerns
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The bilateral organism crawled on the seafloor, taking in organic matter at one end and dumping the remains out the other some 555 million years ago.
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Despite privacy concerns, “contact tracing” using GPS data may be our best bet to contain this large and fast-growing pandemic
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It worked for Shakespeare and Isaac Newton during the plague, but let’s not put more pressure on ourselves than we already have
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Here are a few brief reports about science and technology from around the planet, including one about the discovery of an intact chicken egg dating to Roman Britain.
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Human health is obviously crucial, but epidemiological models should not ignore economic and ethical considerations
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Even if we solve the ethical questions about using breakthrough techniques like CRISPR, will all patients have equal access?
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PCR-based tests are being rolled out in hospitals nationwide, and the Food and Drug Administration is fast-tracking novel approaches as well
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Michael Marshall, project director of the Good Thinking Society in the U.K., talks about flat earth belief and its relationship to conspiracy theories and other antiscience activities.
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By entering your health status, even if you're feeling fine, at COVIDNearYou.org, you can help researchers develop a nationwide look at where hotspots of coronavirus are occurring.
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Staple crops are likely to be less affected by measures to control the virus, but farmers growing more specialized ones could feel the pinch
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I don't want talk. I don't want assurances. I want action. I want boxes of N95 masks and other safety gear piling up in hospitals
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He’s grounded in humility and humanity; he uses plain language; he admits uncertainties and failings; and he refuses to make the science overtly political
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The outbreak has made it plain how important it is to explain to the public what we know and what we don’t, clearly and honestly
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When vampire bats feel sick they'll still engage in prosocial acts like sharing food with non-relatives, but they cut back on grooming anyone other than their closest kin.
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A team at Boston Children’s Hospital is searching for ways to boost a vaccine’s effectiveness for those who need it most
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New analyses question whether mysterious gamma-ray and x-ray light in the galaxy actually stems from an invisible mass
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They wouldn’t in cases where these professionals caring for infectious patients, but in other situations, they have
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New rules prohibiting spouses or doulas during labor and delivery in many New York City hospitals are putting vulnerable populations at greater risk
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