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Fantastic Sea Creatures Photographed Up Close and Personal
ANGEL, MONSTER When sea angels hunt, they transform into monsters. The free-swimming slugs, less than an inch long, store six…
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Using propane in air conditioners could prevent 0.1°C of warming
There are expected to be 3.7 billion air conditioners in operation by 2050. Using propane as the refrigerant could prevent…
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Simple chemistry can recycle polystyrene into more valuable products
UV light plus aluminium chloride as a catalyst can break down polystyrene so that it can be turned into a…
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Fueling Patients’ Drive to Treatment [Sponsored]
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‘Gravity Waves’ Offer Hope to Coral in a Warming Ocean
CLIMATEWIRE | A huge computer simulation showing ocean circulation patterns has given scientists new hope that some coral reefs might escape…
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A large nuclear war could leave 5 billion people without enough to eat
The after-effects of nuclear war would be catastrophic for agriculture. Simulations show billions of people could starve depending on the…
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Nuclear war would cause yearslong global famine | Science
A nuclear war would disrupt the global climate so badly that billions of people could starve to death, according to…
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Here’s How Some Species Will Survive Climate Change
Every middle-school student learns the dogma: a species is defined as a group of organisms that interbreed and produce fertile…
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NASA’s UFO Study Isn’t Really Looking for Space Aliens
Across his years of studying auroras, University of Calgary physicist Eric Donovan had periodically seen pictures and data showing something…
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Saiga antelopes have increased 10-fold after mass die-off in 2015
More than a million large-nose antelopes now roam the Kazakhstan steppe, a big rebound from the 130,000 animals left after…
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Newfound Brain Switch Labels Experiences as Good or Bad
For as long as she can remember, Kay Tye has wondered why she feels the way she does. Rather than…
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Are space scientists ready for Starship—the biggest rocket ever? | Science
A version of this story appeared in Science, Vol 377, Issue 6607.Download PDF NASA’s Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite…
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News at a glance: South Korea’s lunar orbiter, the U.S. monkeypox response, and a lost Earth-science satellite | Science
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Your simple throat is the reason you don’t sound like a chimp | Science
When it comes to the plumbing required to produce human speech, less is more. A new study suggests our larynx…
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No music training? No problem: Even novices intuit complex music theory | Science
Your co-worker’s annoying humming may be more virtuosic than you think. People without musical training naturally improvise melodies that have…
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The Arctic Is Warming Four Times Faster Than the Rest of the Planet
CLIMATEWIRE | One study after another is coming to the same conclusion about the rapidly warming Arctic: It’s heating up a…
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What Scientists Say about the Historic Climate Bill
On a sultry June day, climate scientist James Hansen testified in front of a committee of the U.S. Senate, telling…
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Researchers Created a Potion that Turns Loud Lions into Placid Pussycats
Karen Hopkin: This is Scientific American’s 60-Second Science. I’m Karen Hopkin. They say that lions are the king of the…
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Telehealth Is Key to Trans Health Care
Trans and gender-diverse youth across the country are scared, struggling and dying, and our duty is to address this crisis.…
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Newfound Molecular Switch Signals a Thumbs-up or Thumbs-down in the Mouse Brain
For as long as she can remember, Kay Tye has wondered why she feels the way she does. Rather than…
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Covid-19 vaccines in pregnancy are not linked to an increased risk of miscarriages or stillbirths
The risks of catching covid-19, or being vaccinated against it, during pregnancy have been debated throughout the pandemic, with research…
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Why Thinking Hard Wears You Out
A workday filled with a string of mentally demanding tasks can leave you feeling drained. After long hours of mentally…
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Cornea made from pig collagen gives people who were blind 20/20 vision
Twenty people who were legally blind or visually impaired received a transplant of a cornea made from pig collagen. All…
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Losing parts of our voice box may have helped humans evolve to speak
Unlike people, 43 species of monkeys and apes are known to have so-called vocal membranes, which may prevent them from…
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How Much Will the Climate Bill Reduce Emissions? It Depends
CLIMATEWIRE | The sudden unveiling of the Senate climate bill two weeks ago launched a race among emissions modelers. Their calculations,…
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Why thinking hard for several hours can leave you mentally exhausted
Prolonged concentration may cause a compound called glutamate – which can be harmful at high levels – to accumulate in…
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Nearby star’s midlife crisis illuminates the future of our own Sun | Science
Soon after European astronomers developed the first telescopes at the start of the 17th century, they observed dark spots speckling…
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Mentally exhausted? Study blames buildup of key chemical in brain | Science
You know the feeling. You’ve been cramming for a test or presentation all day, when suddenly you can’t remember simple…
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T. rex’s unusual eye sockets helped it evolve a powerful bite
Some large, meat-eating dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus rex had keyhole-shaped eye sockets, and reconstructions suggest this helped them bite with…
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If T. Rex’s Beady-Eyed Glare Terrifies You, It Should
It was an unlucky dinosaur that came face-to-face with the beady-eyed glare and giant, toothy grimace of the iconic Tyrannosaurus…
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What Is the New Langya Virus, and Should We Be Worried?
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. A new virus,…
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How to Recognize Heat Illness and Stay Cool during Extreme Weather
The ill effects of heat kill more people in the U.S. than those of any other weather phenomenon, according to…
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Shrimp Sounds Could Lure Baby Oysters to Build New Reefs
Oyster reefs once carpeted much of the seafloor, filtering water, stabilizing shorelines and providing habitats for a vast array of…
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Vegetarian women have 33 per cent higher risk of breaking a hip
A large study tracking women in the UK finds that vegetarians have a higher risk of breaking a hip compared…
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Half of Buenos Aires’s methane emissions may come from one landfill
Around of a fifth of global methane emissions come from rotting landfills. Satellites have now spotted some particularly large emitters…
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When Students Acquire Spatial Skills, Their Verbal Abilities Get a Boost
Conventional testing can underestimate a student’s learning ability. Sociocultural barriers, test anxiety and differences in rates of brain development can…
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Reaching the Root of Disparities in Cancer Care [Sponsored]
This podcast was produced for the AstraZeneca YOUR Cancer program by Scientific American Custom Media, a division separate from the…
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When Students Learn Spatial Skills, Their Verbal Abilities Get a Boost
Conventional testing can underestimate a student’s learning ability. Sociocultural barriers, test anxiety and differences in rates of brain development can…
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Langya virus: How serious is the new pathogen discovered in China?
Thirty five people are known to have been infected by Langya henipavirus in the Shandong and Henan provinces of China…
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Almost No One in Kentucky Has Flood Insurance, Hindering Recovery
CLIMATEWIRE | Kentucky residents who are struggling to rebuild after devastating flooding face huge financial obstacles because almost nobody in the…
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Sponges can ‘sneeze’ and other sea creatures eat their mucus
Despite having no nerves or muscles, sea sponges slowly contract to squeeze sand and debris out of the openings they…
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How effective is the monkeypox vaccine? Scientists scramble for clues as trials ramp up | Science
When monkeypox suddenly started spreading globally in May, the world was fortunate in one respect: a vaccine was available. MVA,…
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Webb telescope reveals unpredicted bounty of bright galaxies in early universe | Science
The James Webb Space Telescope has only been watching the sky for a few weeks, and it has already delivered…
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U.S. Department of Energy research gets a surprise boost in inflation-reduction bill | Science
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) science programs are poised to get a windfall of $1.5 billion over 5 years…
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Rule change for reporting sexual misconduct could hurt grad students and others | Science
When Allison Cipriano read the U.S. Department of Education’s recently proposed amendments to Title IX, the federal statute prohibiting sexual…
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Researchers decipher mysterious ancient recipe for bronze | Science
In 1976, archeologists excavated more than 1.5 tons of bronze from the 3000-year-old tomb of Fu Hao, a Chinese general…
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Sponges sneeze too, as this video shows | Science
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Cultural Bias Distorts the Search for Alien Life
Since time immemorial, humans have looked to the heavens above to make sense of life below, right here on Earth.…
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Solar roasting: Green chilli experiment shows new way to cook with the sun
An experiment using solar concentrators, which focus sunlight at a point, to roast green chillies suggests it may be possible…
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Drones Bearing Parcels Deliver Big Carbon Savings
Drones that fly packages straight to people’s doors could be an environmentally friendly alternative to conventional modes of transportation. A…
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