NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover took this selfie at a location nicknamed “Mary Anning” after a 19th century English paleontologist. Curiosity…
Browsing: Science
If pimples are caused by oily skin, why doesn’t a good washing prevent all breakouts? A recent study offers an…
Since ancient times, our gut microbiome, home to a vast number of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and other microorganisms, has been…
Forestry PhD candidate Melanie Sifton examines soil recovered from the Port Lands construction site. Credit: Geoffrey Vendeville, University of Toronto…
Editor’s Note (6/14/22): The current hearings on the January 6, 2021, insurrection, held by a U.S. House of Representatives committee,…
Seven hours is the ideal amount of sleep for people in their middle age and upwards, with too little or…
Credit: CC0 Public Domain What is the common thread among mRNA vaccines, genomic drugs, NASA’s mission to the moon and…
A stream of supercharged particles from the sun recently crashed into Earth with no prior warning. (Image credit: Shutterstock) (opens…
If the stars hadn’t aligned, two of the most remarkable spacecraft ever launched never would have gotten off the ground.…
Credit: Scientific American MIND, July/August 2022Advertisement A fascinating study was published in 2015 showing that in cultures with higher rates…
A large trial is underway to see how much CO2 can be removed from the atmosphere by burying a charcoal-like…
There are trillions of cells in your body, but the cells that you have today are not all the exact…
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Though it’s early in the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, the number of storms is tracking behind…
When it comes to bad exercise habits, not making time to stretch out pre- or post-exercise is top of the…
A southern resident killer whale. Credit: NOAA, Ocean Wise The endangered southern resident killer whale population isn’t getting enough to…
Explorers have discovered the world’s deepest shipwreck after 78 years: a U.S. Navy destroyer escort that sank during World War…
A new form of security identification could soon see the light of day and help us protect our data from…
A team led by scientists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign tracked the rise and fall of SARS-CoV-2 in the…
More than 170 confirmed cases have been recorded in North and South America, Australia, the Middle East, North Africa and…
The High Potential Individual visa is intended to attract graduates from around the world to work in the UK, but…
Every object we see is a mirror to some extent. The glassy surface of a lake on a windless day…
You may have heard of Nordic walking, but what exactly does it entail? The term refers to a low-impact, but…
Fiction Power on Trial In a future where people hold the perpetrators of the climate crisis to account, what has…
Karen Hopkin: This is Scientific American’s 60-Second Science. I’m Karen Hopkin. Think of a top executive at a powerhouse company.…
Credit: Shutterstock Even with plenty of fish in the sea, sea dragons stand out from the crowd. The funky, fabulous…
As race season approaches, many runners have the same goal: go faster. But in a study publishing April 28 in…
As climate change warms the planet, glaciers are melting faster, and scientists fear that many will collapse by the end…
Super quick and easy to prepare, the best meal replacement shakes can provide you with the nutrients your body needs,…
The common blue violet, Viola sororia, is native to eastern North America, including Missouri. This wildflower blooms in early spring,…
Capping production of new plastics can help cut their release to the environment — and also brings other benefits, from…