There Is Too Much Trash in Space</h1> <article> <h1>There Is Too Much Trash in Space</h1> <p>Fri, 17 May 2024 19:00:00 +0000</p> <p>Debris from spacecraft threatens the burgeoning space economy. We need a global agreement to keep space clean</p> </article> <article> <h1>Slow Response to Bird Flu in Cows Worries Scientists</h1> <p>Fri, 17 May 2024 18:30:00 +0000</p> <p>The H5N1 virus is a long way from becoming adapted to humans, but limited testing and tracking mean we could miss danger signs</p> </article> <article> <h1>Proposed Plastics Law Could Slash Wasteful Packaging</h1> <p>Fri, 17 May 2024 17:00:00 +0000</p> <p>A law proposed in New York State seeks to reduce plastic packaging, ban certain plastic chemicals and mandate that producers of packaged consumer goods fund the recycling or disposal of what they sell</p> </article> <article> <h1>How Does ChatGPT ‘Think’? Psychology and Neuroscience Crack Open AI Large Language Models</h1> <p>Fri, 17 May 2024 16:00:00 +0000</p> <p>Researchers are striving to reverse-engineer artificial intelligence and scan the “brains” of LLMs to deduce the how any why of that they are doing</p> </article> <article> <h1>This Year’s La Niña Could Worsen Atlantic Hurricane Season</h1> <p>Fri, 17 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000</p> <p>Earth is shifting into a La Niña period, changing climate patterns all around the globe</p> </article> <article> <h1>AI Tool Predicts Whether Online Health Misinformation Will Cause Real-World Harm</h1> <p>Fri, 17 May 2024 11:30:00 +0000</p> <p>A new AI-based analytical technique reveals that specific language phrasing in Reddit misinformation posts foretold people rejecting COVID vaccinations</p> </article> <article> <h1>How Can You ‘See’ a Black Hole?</h1> <p>Fri, 17 May 2024 10:45:00 +0000</p> <p>How do astronomers find the darkest objects in the universe?</p> </article> <article> <h1>What’s Turning Cape Cod’s Water ‘Pea-Soup Green’?</h1> <p>Fri, 17 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000</p> <p>Cape Cod’s water is turning “pea-soup green”—and after decades of scientific detective work, we know why.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Egypt’s Famed Pyramids Overlooked a Long-Lost Branch of the Nile</h1> <p>Thu, 16 May 2024 16:30:00 +0000</p> <p>A former stretch of the Nile River, now buried beneath the Sahara Desert, may help scientists understand how Egyptians built the pyramids and adapted to a drying landscape</p> </article> <article> <h1>Device Decodes ‘Internal Speech’ in the Brain</h1> <p>Thu, 16 May 2024 15:30:00 +0000</p> <p>Technology that enables researchers to interpret brain signals could one day allow people to talk using only their thoughts</p> </article> <article> <h1>Do We Have Enough Bird Flu Vaccines for a Potential Pandemic?</h1> <p>Thu, 16 May 2024 15:15:00 +0000</p> <p>The U.S. government has a stockpile of H5N1 vaccines, and several companies could make millions more if needed. But scaling up the supply could take time</p> </article> <article> <h1>Why Do We Sing? New Analysis of Folk Songs Finds Similarities around the World</h1> <p>Thu, 16 May 2024 14:45:00 +0000</p> <p>Across the globe, singing traditions are vast and varied. Their commonalities may help explain how music evolved</p> </article> <article> <h1>Spiderweb Thread Inspires Ultrasmall Microphones</h1> <p>Thu, 16 May 2024 14:00:00 +0000</p> <p>Sound recording could take a cue from arachnid acoustics</p> </article> <article> <h1>The Strongest Solar Storm in 20 Years Did Little Damage, but Worse Space Weather Is Coming</h1> <p>Thu, 16 May 2024 12:00:00 +0000</p> <p>Years of careful planning helped safeguard against last weekend’s severe space weather, but we still don’t know how we’d cope with a monster event</p> </article> <article> <h1>Mental Time Travel Helps Birds Remember Food Stashes</h1> <p>Thu, 16 May 2024 11:00:00 +0000</p> <p>Eurasian Jays use something similar to humans’ episodic memory to remember where they stored their food</p> </article> <article> <h1>How New Science Fiction Could Help Us Improve AI</h1> <p>Thu, 16 May 2024 10:45:00 +0000</p> <p>We need to tell a new story about AI, and fiction has that power, humanities scholars say</p> </article> <article> <h1>Does Quantum Physics Rule Out Free Will?</h1> <p>Thu, 16 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000</p> <p>Everything in the universe may be preordained, according to physics</p> </article> <article> <h1>Goose Bumps, Extra Nipples and Leftover Tails Remind Us of What We Once Were</h1> <p>Wed, 15 May 2024 17:00:00 +0000</p> <p>Human’s evolutionary remnants show us the kinds of animals we used to be</p> </article> <article> <h1>The Comstock Act Originated with Disregard for Women’s Lives. It Still Does Today</h1> <p>Wed, 15 May 2024 14:00:00 +0000</p> <p>Activists who seek to revive this antiquated law share with Anthony Comstock, the Comstock Act’s namesake and progenitor, a similar view of women as subordinate to the decisions of men and God</p> <p></p> </article> <article> <h1>A Cubic Millimeter of a Human Brain Has Been Mapped in Spectacular Detail</h1> <p>Wed, 15 May 2024 13:30:00 +0000</p> <p>Google scientists have modeled all 150 million connections of a fragment of the human brain at nanoscale resolution</p> </article> <article> <h1>Don Pettit, NASA’s Oldest Active Astronaut, Is Going Back to Space</h1> <p>Wed, 15 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000</p> <p>Veteran spacefarer Don Pettit is set to launch this summer on a half-year mission to the International Space Station to perform novel science experiments, snap unique orbital photos, and much more</p> </article> <article> <h1>The Immune System May Struggle to Handle Hotter Summer Temperatures</h1> <p>Wed, 15 May 2024 10:45:00 +0000</p> <p>Heat seems to trigger a sweep of changes in immune system molecules, although researchers disagree on what they might mean</p> </article> <article> <h1>The New ‘Dream Chaser’ Spacecraft Prepares to Visit the International Space Station</h1> <p>Wed, 15 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000</p> <p>Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser is set to make its inaugural trip to orbit to deliver supplies to the International Space Station</p> </article> <article> <h1>A Citrus-Scented Cannabis Compound Reduces Anxiety for Weed Users</h1> <p>Wed, 15 May 2024 09:30:00 +0000</p> <p>New research into weed reveals how a lemon-scented terpene can ease anxiety without reducing the high.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Orcas Just Sank Another Yacht</h1> <p>Tue, 14 May 2024 21:15:00 +0000</p> <p>Orcas have once again attacked and sunk a boat near the Strait of Gibraltar, a behavior that has scientists stumped</p> </article> <article> <h1>April Heat Waves from Gaza to the Philippines Were Made Worse by Climate Change</h1> <p>Tue, 14 May 2024 21:00:00 +0000</p> <p>From Gaza to India to the Philippines, climate change exacerbated often record-breaking extreme heat over the past month</p> </article> <article> <h1>Disasters Displaced More Than 26 Million People in 2023</h1> <p>Tue, 14 May 2024 20:45:00 +0000</p> <p>Floods, wildfires, droughts and earthquakes forced more than 26 million people to leave their homes in 2023</p> </article> <article> <h1>Sun Erupts with Largest Flare of This Solar Cycle, but Auroras Unlikely to Follow</h1> <p>Tue, 14 May 2024 20:15:00 +0000</p> <p>The same massive sunspot cluster that gave Earth multiple nights of stunning aurora displays has now produced the largest flare of the current solar cycle</p> </article> <article> <h1>The Summer of 2023 Was the Hottest in 2,000 Years</h1> <p>Tue, 14 May 2024 15:00:00 +0000</p> <p>Ancient tree rings show that the summer of 2023 was the hottest in the past 2,000 years because of human-caused climate change</p> </article> <article> <h1>How to Disprove a Conspiracy Theory in 7 Steps</h1> <p>Tue, 14 May 2024 14:00:00 +0000</p> <p>Conspiracy theories are everywhere. Here's how you can figure out when you're being fooled</p> </article> <article> <h1>Superheavy Elements Are Breaking the Periodic Table</h1> <p>Tue, 14 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000</p> <p>Extreme atoms are pushing the bounds of physics and chemistry</p> </article> <article> <h1>Strangely Shaped Bubbles Tell the Story of Ice’s Formation and Composition</h1> <p>Tue, 14 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000</p> <p>Bubbles shaped like teardrops, flattened eggs and worms reveal ice’s inner life</p> </article> <article> <h1>Book Review: Imagining a Radical New Relationship with the Mississippi River</h1> <p>Tue, 14 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000</p> <p>The Mississippi River has been manipulated for decades. A new book considers alternative forms of control</p> </article> <article> <h1>Asbestos Is Finally Banned in the U.S. Here’s Why It Took So Long</h1> <p>Tue, 14 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000</p> <p>The carcinogenic effects of asbestos have been known for decades. We should have banned it long ago</p> </article> <article> <h1>Lifting the Veil on Near-Death Experiences</h1> <p>Tue, 14 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000</p> <p>What the neuroscience of near-death experiences tells us about human consciousness</p> </article> <article> <h1>Readers Respond to the February 2024 Issue</h1> <p>Tue, 14 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000</p> <p>Letters to the editors for the February 2024 issue of <i>Scientific American</i></p> </article> <article> <h1>Revolutionary Genetics Research Shows RNA May Rule Our Genome</h1> <p>Tue, 14 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000</p> <p>Scientists have recently discovered thousands of active RNA molecules that can control the human body</p> </article> <article> <h1>Book Review: Your Life Is Ruled by Games You Don’t Even Know You’re Playing</h1> <p>Tue, 14 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000</p> <p>Our overreliance on the simplicity of game logic explains why capitalism got out of control</p> </article> <article> <h1>After Brewing Beer, Yeast Can Help Recycle Metals from E-waste</h1> <p>Tue, 14 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000</p> <p>This beer-making by-product could offer a sustainable way to isolate metals for recycling electronic waste</p> </article> <article> <h1>We Learn and Make Connections Better When Information Comes from People We Like</h1> <p>Tue, 14 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000</p> <p>The way we’re “wired” to learn may divide us</p> </article> <article> <h1>Why Insects Are Lured to Lights in the Night</h1> <p>Tue, 14 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000</p> <p>Moths and other insects aren’t drawn to nighttime illumination for the reasons we think they are</p> </article> <article> <h1>Adolescent Anxiety Is Hard to Treat. New Drug-Free Approaches May Help</h1> <p>Tue, 14 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000</p> <p>Research on the developing brain points to new ways to help young people with anxiety disorders</p> </article> <article> <h1>Contributors to Scientific American’s June 2024 Issue</h1> <p>Tue, 14 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000</p> <p>Writers, artists, photographers and researchers share the stories behind the stories</p> </article> <article> <h1>Is Cold-Water Swimming Good for You?</h1> <p>Tue, 14 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000</p> <p>Though sometimes overstated, the benefits of cold-water swimming are slowly becoming clearer</p> </article> <article> <h1>Humans Are Driving a New Kind of Evolution in Animals</h1> <p>Tue, 14 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000</p> <p>Anthropogenic evolution is affecting species across the planet</p> </article> <article> <h1>Poem: ‘Chrysalis’</h1> <p>Tue, 14 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000</p> <p>Science in meter and verse</p> </article> <article> <h1>Grizzly Bears Will Finally Return to Washington State. Humans Aren’t Sure How to Greet Them</h1> <p>Tue, 14 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000</p> <p>After decades of debate, grizzlies will be reintroduced to the North Cascades</p> </article> <article> <h1>Stolen Bacterial Genes Helped Whiteflies to Become the Ultimate Pests</h1> <p>Tue, 14 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000</p> <p>Rather than relying on bacteria, whiteflies cut out the middleman and acquired their own genes to process nitrogen</p> </article> <article> <h1>Patients Fare Better When They Get Palliative Care Sooner, Not Later</h1> <p>Tue, 14 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000</p> <p>Supportive care is often started late in an illness, but that may not be the best way</p> </article> <article> <h1>Book Review: Rats, Gardens, and Stories from a "Post-Impact" Future</h1> <p>Tue, 14 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000</p> <p>Rats as you’ve never seen them; the journey of restoring a garden; stories from a “post-Impact” future</p> </article> </main></body></html>