Keeping indoor spaces comfortable takes a lot of power. About half the energy Americans use in their homes goes toward…
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Hundreds of scientists around the world are looking for ways to treat heart attacks. But few started where Hedva Haykin…
Astronomers using the SMARTS 1.5-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab, have uncovered…
This is Science, Quickly, a podcast from Scientific American. I’m Stefano Montali. If I asked you to visualize, say, Harry…
New research from the Centre for Cancer Immunology at the University of Southampton, published ahead of World Cancer Day (4…
A lawsuit in Texas not only has the potential to further restrict abortion access in the United States — but…
Credit: University of New Mexico Trickle-down economics may have more than one meaning in New Mexico. The traditional definition explains…
CLIMATEWIRE | There’s a growing consensus among climate scientists that in order to avoid the worst effects of global warming, humanity…
Credit: Dr. Louise Boronyak and Bradley Smith Since European colonization, farmers have often viewed dingoes as the enemy, waging war…
Take apart your laptop screen, and at its heart you’ll find a plate patterned with pixels of red, green, and…
There’s a floating garbage dump orbiting Earth, and it’s getting fuller every year. Space debris — known colloquially as space junk…
If you’ve ever heard the term “alpha wolf,” you might imagine snapping fangs and fights to the death for dominance.…
When I went vegetarian a decade ago, I found it pretty painless to pass on most animal-based dishes. Burgers? Plant-based…
On balance, science tends to follow a slow and incremental path: new observations build on previous findings, often over many…
GPT-4 is built by OpenAIGSTech / Alamy Stock Photo The AI behind popular chatbot ChatGPT has been updated to a…
If she hits just the right pitch, a singer can shatter a wine glass. The reason is resonance. While the…
Graphical abstract. Credit: Science of The Total Environment (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162600 Brazil must protect and restore its dry forests and…
Few threats are more damaging to a vineyard or citrus grove than a blight of sharpshooters. The half-inch-long insects are…
This artist’s conception illustrates a supermassive black hole (central black dot) at the core of a young, star-rich galaxy. Now…
The luminous, hot star known as Wolf-Rayet 124 (WR 124)IMAGE: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team About 15,000…
The CT-scanned skull of a 319-million-year-old fossilized fish, pulled from a coal mine in England more than a century ago,…
An illustration of Mariana Trench, the deepest point on Earth. (Image credit: DOERS)The deepest depths of the sea are found…
CLIMATEWIRE | A panel of climate experts convened by the United Nations is calling for international regulations to extend into the…
Tanya Lewis: Hi. I’m Tanya Lewis. Josh Fischman: And I’m Josh Fishman. We’re Scientific American’s senior health editors. Lewis: Welcome…
[]A gold pendant recently unearthed in Denmark bears the earliest known inscription featuring the Norse god Odin.[]Archaeologists think the pendant…
“Man is a wolf to man,” wrote the English philosopher Thomas Hobbes. And given the atrocities we inflict on one…
Energy-efficient ways of cooling buildings and vehicles will be required in a changing climate. Researchers at Linköping University have now…
Aerogel that will be used to stabilize the fission fuel in the new FFRE. Credit: NASA / Ryan Weed Novel…
Giving experiences like ice skating as gifts and cutting down on food waste will keep your Christmas greenMassimo Borchi/Atlantide Phototravel/Getty…
Headaches are extremely common and they can take many forms, ranging from mild to debilitating and lasting minutes to days.…