Letters to the editors for the December 2023 issue of Scientific American Read The Full Article Here
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Cumulus clouds rapidly dissipate as the land surface cools. This isn’t just good news for eclipse chasers on April 8,…
Solar farms seeded with wildflowers can boost pollinator populations Read The Full Article Here
Scientists from Massey University in New Zealand, the University of Mainz in Germany, Sorbonne University in France, and the Facility…
After NASA’s historic Double Asteroid Redirection Test, a JPL-led study has shown that the shape of asteroid Dimorphos has changed…
When zooming forward, hummingbirds rely on a unique internal “cruise control” Read The Full Article Here
A memory device that temporarily saves quantum information could become an important addition to quantum networks because it would allow…
A remotely controlled robot with an inflatable foot that oozes mucus can crawl across surfaces like a snail, and could…
Spring weather brings welcome conditions for flowers and plant life to bloom across the land. The right mixture of temperature,…
Counterfeiting of various documents, banknotes, or tickets is a common problem that can be encountered in everyday life, even when…
New chip design uses photons rather than electrons to perform calculations, and scientists hope to integrate the technology into future…
Two fossil claws found on Seymour Island reveal that phorusrhacids, or terror birds, lived in Antarctica 50 million years ago…
Scientists believe toe-biting giant water bugs have arrived in Cyprus from the mainland, but they’re not sure why or how.…
Bolstered by impressive clinical trials, some companies are offering ketamine therapy as an employee health benefit – but what risks…
Bakeries in Nigeria which use traditional open ovens fueled by hardwood cut from local forests are contributing to rapid deforestation…
Tricks to produce strange “ordered” ice could reveal new ice forms Read The Full Article Here
Successive and overlapping crises can lead to a lack of information, a flood of information that overwhelms essential information, or…
Blast furnace gas (BFG) is an important by-product energy for the iron and steel industry and has been widely used…
Through DNA sequencing of Tasmanian devils and their tumors, researchers have tracked the genomic interactions between the animals and the…
A giant layer of pumice and ash found buried underwater in the Santorini caldera indicates an eruption in A.D. 726…
Lake sediments reveal the ancient history of Aboriginal people’s use of fire to manage the landscape, a tradition that has…
Researchers have identified how the tick-borne Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus enters our cells. The results are an important step in…
Physical injuries, mental health issues and malnutrition are widespread in Gaza – and major health groups have no firm plans…
These bizarre-looking clouds form in stable atmospheric eddies Read The Full Article Here
Antarctic sea ice cover remains far below average levels for the third year in a row, but researchers are uncertain…
A CABI-led study has revealed that there is evidence of the benefits of chatgroups to human health, which can also…
The origins of Mars’s moons Phobos and Deimos have long been an enigma, but they may have been formed when…
New analyses cast doubt on claims that a meteor witnessed over the South Pacific in 2014 came from another star…
A beleaguered solar geoengineering project failed to conduct field tests because of opposition from environmentalists and Indigenous residents Read The…
Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus lander has failed to awaken following its plunge into lunar night, despite the spacecraft’s solar panels now…