A Few Days on Antibiotics Are Often as Good as Weeks, Research Shows  

Shorter courses cause fewer side effects and breed fewer antibiotic-resistant “superbugs” -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-27 19:52:47

The Crucial Vaccine Benefit We're Not Talking about Enough  

They not only prevent people from getting sick; they also cut down on transmission by those who get infected after immunization -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-27 15:31:29

Avi Loeb's Galileo Project Will Search for Evidence of Alien Visitation  

With nearly $2 million in private funding, the controversial new initiative is targeting unidentified phenomena in Earth’s skies and beyond -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-27 13:25:09

The Olympics without Fans Is Harming Athletes' Performance  

Simone Biles drops out of an event, citing the lack of an audience -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-27 07:02:15

This Formula Calculates How Many Calories You Burn If You're Doing Absolutely Nothing  

When it comes to dieting, here’s how to tally the so-called basal metabolic rate -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-27 06:55:21

Learning to Live in Steven Weinberg's Pointless Universe  

The late physicist’s most infamous statement still beguiles scientists and vexes believers -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-27 06:42:14

Enlist the Ocean in Combatting Climate Change, Experts and Advocates Argue  

“Blue carbon” taken up by marine plants and animals is mostly neglected in climate policy, they say -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-27 04:07:01

How Olympic Tracking Systems Capture Athletic Performances  

The 3-D tracking systems used in Tokyo may one day enable digital twins of athletes -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-27 01:30:23

NASA Investigates Renaming James Webb Space Telescope after Anti-LGBT+ Claims  

Some astronomers argue the space agency’s next flagship observatory will memorialize discrimination. Others are waiting for more evidence -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-26 16:28:10

Clouds May Speed Up Global Warming  

They may make both the best and worst-case scenarios for climate change less likely -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-26 13:17:38

Immune Cells Suggest New Alzheimer's Treatment Possibilities  

Brain cells called microglia have different effects as the neurodegenerative disease progresses -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-26 09:37:17

Wild Pigs Release as Much Carbon Emissions as 1 Million Cars  

The invasive animals uproot soil, exposing it to microbes that release greenhouse gases -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-26 08:58:44

Announcing a New Plan for Solving the Mystery of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena  

The newly organized Galileo Project will use a three-pronged approach to replace unreliable eyewitness reports with reproducible scientific observations -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-26 07:46:17

Fauci on COVID Drugs, Vaccines and Getting Back to Normal  

The U.S.’s top infectious disease specialist describes a new Biden administration program to develop and test antivirals—and what he’s most worried about as the nation reopens -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-26 01:29:16

How the Delta Variant Spreads So Quickly  

Viral load is roughly 1,000 times higher in people infected with the Delta variant than those infected with the original coronavirus strain, according to a study in China -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-26 01:05:09

Why an Asteroid Strike Is Like a Pandemic  

Both are low-probability but catastrophic events—and both can be mitigated if we act early enough -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-25 13:58:59

Quantum Mechanics, Plato's Cave and the Blind Piranha  

Can we ever really know the world? -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-24 02:05:55

Heat Wave Death Toll Will Rise With Thorough Count  

The 117 fatalities recorded in the Pacific Northwest so far include only those directly attributed to heat -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-23 11:31:08

Soft Robot Hand Is First to Be Fully 3-D-Printed in a Single Step  

Then it played Super Mario Bros. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-23 03:57:08

How the Delta Variant Spreads So Quickly  

Viral load is roughly 1,000 times higher in people infected with the Delta variant than those infected with the original coronavirus strain, according to a study in China -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-23 02:33:23

'Advanced' Nuclear Reactors? Don't Hold Your Breath  

With little hard evidence, their developers maintain they’ll be cheaper, safer and more secure than existing power plants -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-23 01:54:22

Wildfire Smoke Drives People Indoors, Raising COVID Risk  

The particulates in smoke also cause lung inflammation that may make people more susceptible to the virus -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-22 12:56:59

What to Expect from the Next Major Global Climate Report  

Next month the IPCC will begin releasing its periodic assessment of the state of climate science -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-22 12:40:44

InSight Lander Makes Best-Yet Maps of Martian Depths  

The NASA mission used seismic waves from marsquakes to perform a core-to-crust survey of the planet’s subsurface -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-22 10:33:23

Why Extreme Heat Is So Deadly  

Heat waves kill more people than any other type of severe weather in the U.S. And climate change is making them more frequent and unpredictable -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-22 09:28:22

The Kavli Prize Presents: Understanding Touch [Sponsored]  

Ardem Patapoutian shared the Kavli Prize in Neuroscience in 2020 for answering a basic question: How does touch actually work? -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-22 06:10:01

Weed Shouldn't Be Banned for Elite Athletes, Some Experts Say  

The disqualification of a leading U.S. Olympics candidate has brought the World Anti-Doping Agency’s marijuana prohibition under fire -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-22 06:05:06

For Good Science, You Need Engaged Citizens  

They strengthen the institutions that ensure a strong democracy, leading to rational decisions -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-22 02:39:55

Trans and Queer People in India Should Demand Better Health Care  

The country’s gender and sexual minorities are in urgent need of a supportive public health system -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-21 20:49:16

Western Drought Has Lasted Longer than the Dust Bowl  

Dry conditions have drawn down reservoirs, fueled massive wildfires and stunted crops -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-21 13:47:59

Hardy Microbes Hint at Possibilities for Extraterrestrial Life  

Studies of extreme ecosystems on Earth can guide the search for Martian life and may reveal the fundamental limits of biology -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-21 11:01:37

Moths Have an Acoustic Invisibility Cloak to Stay under Bats' Radar  

New research finds they fly around on noise-cancelling wings -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-21 09:17:20

Australia's Criticisms of Proposal to List Great Barrier Reef as 'in Danger' Don't Stack Up  

The UNESCO World Heritage Site is under pressure from pollution and climate change -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-21 08:53:44

Massive Machines Are Bringing Giant Exoplanets Down to Earth  

Scientists are using football-field-sized lasers, warehouse-sized electromagnets and other immense facilities to reveal the deep secrets of planetary interiors -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-21 04:37:13

Should Children Get COVID Vaccines? What the Science Says  

With vaccination campaigns underway in some countries while others weigh the options, Nature looks at the evidence for vaccinating younger people. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-21 04:19:58

At Least Two Million Children Have Lost a Parent or Grandparent Caregiver to COVID  

That’s at a minimum. The real number could be significantly higher -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-21 03:24:23

These Dinosaurs Had a Complicated Air Conditioner in Their Skull  

Cooling 5,000-pound, armor-plated giants was no small feat. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-21 02:36:37

China Launches World's Largest Carbon Market: But Is It Ambitious Enough?  

Experts welcome the trading scheme, but question whether it is up to the task of helping China achieve its climate goals -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-21 01:53:22

Today's Wildfires Are Taking Us into Uncharted Territory  

Data on 2,000 years of Rocky Mountain forest fires shows skyrocketing damage -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-20 13:11:56

Cities Pledge More Green Space to Combat Urban Heat  

Four U.S. municipalities—Austin, Los Angeles, New Orleans and Seattle—were among those that signed on -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-20 08:23:53

Behold the 'Borg': Massive DNA Structures Perplex Scientists  

Researchers say they have discovered unique and exciting DNA strands in the mud; others are not sure of their novelty -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-20 07:03:37

My Stupid Elbow and the Crisis in Health Care  

A lingering hockey injury forces a science writer to reconsider his criticism of American medicine -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-20 06:44:52

Animal Play Is Delightfully Meaningful  

Brown dwarfs, stuttering, quantum chemistry, and more -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-20 03:33:09

People with COVID Often Infect Their Pets  

New unpublished studies show that dogs and cats with COVID-positive owners frequently have SARS-CoV-2 antibodies -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-20 02:57:34

Play Is Serious Business for Elephants  

Young dogs, apes and other animals develop skills needed to survive and reproduce -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-20 02:38:49

Jeff Bezos Launches into Space on Blue Origin's First Astronaut Flight  

The billionaire and three others take a suborbital trip onboard the craft New Shepard -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-20 02:30:13

The Idea That Trees Talk to Cooperate Is Misleading  

It’s a romantic notion, but pretending they’re like humans could actually harm the cause of conservation -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-19 11:14:43

Concrete Buildings Could Be Turned into Rechargeable Batteries  

But for now, a square meter of the building material holds roughly the energy of two AA batteries -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-19 10:05:16

Space Has Better Internet than Antarctica, But that Might Change  

A proposed fiber optic cable could make it easier for scientists to transmit crucial climate data -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-19 05:20:35

Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin Are Finally Flying to Space  

After nearly twenty years pursuing a lifelong dream of spaceflight, the world’s wealthiest person is at last ready for lift off -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-19 02:34:35

How to Raise Kids Who Don't Grow Up to Be Jerks (or Worse)  

A new book gives science-based advice for parenting kids to be generous, kind antiracists -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-19 01:29:18

To Save Bats and Their Habitats, We Must Protect the Land Rights of Indigenous People  

In the Brazilian Amazon, as in many parts of the world, those who live on the land are best positioned to protect its biodiversity -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-18 09:07:33

Poem: 'Lesson from the West African Lungfish (Protopterus annectens)'  

Science in meter and verse -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-17 13:27:27

Thawing Permafrost Is Artificially Chilled to Stabilize Alaska Oil Pipeline  

Damage to support structures raises the threat of an oil spill in a delicate ecosystem that would be difficult to clean up -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-17 12:08:59

How Designer DNA Is Changing Medicine  

A genomic revolution is poised to cure sickle cell and other genetic diseases -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-17 02:21:24

Drought Threatens to Close California Hydropower Plant for First Time  

Shutting down the plant, which has run continuously since 1967, would squeeze already tight electricity supplies -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-16 21:05:27

National Park Nature Walks, Episode 9: Inside a Migratory Bird Sanctuary  

Here is our next installment of a new pop-up podcast miniseries that takes your ears into the deep sound of nature. Host Jacob Job, an ecologist and audiophile, brings you inches away from a... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-16 12:22:08

New Approach Could Boost the Search for Life in Otherworldly Oceans  

“Ecological biosignatures” hold promise for revealing alien organisms that may dwell within icy moons such as Jupiter’s Europa and Saturn’s Enceladus -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-16 08:21:07

Dancing with Robots  

The emerging field of choreorobotics can make humans more comfortable interacting with machines -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-16 04:47:04

Pacific Northwest Heat Wave Killed More than 1 Billion Sea Creatures  

The massive loss could destabilize local marine ecosystems -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-15 11:32:09

The Problem with Pain Scores  

Physicians often ask you to rate your agony on a scale from one to 10—but the response doesn’t necessarily say anything useful -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-15 09:58:02

There Are Few Good COVID Antivirals, but That Could Be Changing  

Developing pills that block the novel coronavirus has been challenging. A new Biden administration program aims to boost the effort -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-15 06:50:02

Kids Get 'Long COVID' Too  

Children can suffer lingering symptoms from the disease, but researchers are still working to determine how frequently and how severely -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-15 04:35:12

China Is Pulling Ahead in Global Quantum Race, New Studies Suggest  

The competition between the U.S. and China over development of quantum technology has implications for both the future of science and the two countries’ political relations -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-15 03:55:03

New Brain Implant Transmits Full Words from Neural Signals  

No spelling out of letters is needed for a paralyzed person to use the first-of-a-kind neuroprosthesis -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-15 03:33:04

Spiders on Tiny Treadmills Give Scientists the Side Eye  

Jumping spiders see more in their periphery than previously known -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-15 03:10:28

Cities 'Game' Federal Program Meant to Reduce Flood Risk  

The program, offering reduced insurance costs, does little to encourage adaptation to sea level rise -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-14 21:04:25

New Space Radiation Limits Needed for NASA Astronauts, Report Says  

Although meant to minimize risks to human health, the proposed new limits would still be exceeded by any conceivable near-future crewed voyage to Mars -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-14 12:51:39

'Inflammation Clock' Can Reveal Body's Biological Age  

Using machine learning, researchers created a tool that might help doctors improve people’s healthy lifespan -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-14 10:52:54

Is Your Office Safe from COVID? What to Know Now That Your Boss Wants You Back  

Workers are anxious because the coronavirus is still infecting people. Here are ways to evaluate the safety of a shared work space -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-14 10:15:06

We Must Protect Our Public Health Agencies from Political Interference  

Some states have passed laws that threaten to undermine these vital resources, and others may follow -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-14 09:30:27

The Neuroscience of Taking Turns in a Conversation  

Research in birds suggests that when one partner speaks, the other partner’s brain is inhibited from talking over them -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-13 09:30:31

What You Know about Trump's Assault on Science Was Just the Tip of the Iceberg  

Help us reveal the rest -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-13 07:39:41

E.U. Set to Unveil First-Ever Carbon Border Tax  

The proposed tax places a fee on planet warming emissions embedded in goods produced outside the union -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-13 07:17:02

The Case for Antiracism  

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what do you think? 2021-07-13 04:22:57

Star Trek's Warp Drive Leads to New Physics  

Researchers are taking a closer look at this science-fiction staple—and bringing the idea a little closer to reality -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-13 01:43:23

COVID Risks at the Tokyo Olympics Aren't Being Managed, Experts Say  

Current prevention measures may not be enough to prevent an outbreak -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-13 01:40:13

How to Tell if Extraterrestrial Visitors Are Friend or Foe  

They’ll most likely be robotic, guided by AI—so we’ll need our own AI to figure it out -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-12 16:01:52

Soaring Temperatures, Wildfire Threaten California's Power Grid  

Residents were asked to limit energy use as another heat dome baked the region -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-12 13:59:12

Virgin Galactic Launches Richard Branson to Space in 1st Fully Crewed Flight of VSS Unity  

SpaceShipTwo make a successful, crewed suborbital test flight to 282,000 feet (86 kilometers) above Earth’s surface -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-12 13:09:53

A New Era of Designer Babies May Be Based on Overhyped Science  

Genetic testing with IVF is being marketed as a means to choose a healthy embryo, despite questions about the soundness of the technology -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-12 09:22:48

Plasma Particle Accelerators Could Find New Physics  

The next big collider will likely rely on novel technology -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-12 02:20:20

Wolves Raised by Humans Can't Understand People like Dogs Can  

Dog puppies are 30 times more interested in unknown humans than young wolves, confirming an evolutionary hypothesis -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-12 01:26:05

The Power of Local Celebrities in the Fight against Vaccine Hesitancy  

They can play a key role in the fight against misinformation -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-11 11:50:40

Exploring Black Sci-Fi, Learning through Color, the Cost of Cooling, and Other New Books  

Recommendations from the editors of Scientific American -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-11 11:06:59

Let's Use the Lessons from COVID to End HIV  

A good start: take testing and prevention out of the clinic and meet people where they are -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-10 10:25:56

In Case You Missed It  

Top news from around the world -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-10 06:22:31

Galileo and the Pope Who Loved Cicadas  

The legendary scientist used the insects’ songs as a metaphor for his theories about the universe. It didn’t go well -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-09 07:12:21

The NFL's Racist 'Race Norming' Is an Afterlife of Slavery  

A statistical manipulation that underpaid Black players in concussion settlements exemplifies American football’s immersion in the legacy of slavery -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-09 04:28:39

Narwhal Tusks Point to Changing Arctic Conditions  

Pollutants have increased, and prey has changed, as the water warms, a chemical analysis of tusks shows -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-09 03:45:19

Mix-and-Match COVID Vaccines: The Case Is Growing, but Questions Remain  

Studies suggest mixing vaccines provokes potent immune responses, but scientists want answers on real-world efficacy and rare side effects -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-09 02:55:22

Cities along the Great Lakes Face Rising Water and Costs  

Climate change could cost municipalities $2 billion in damages through 2025 -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-09 01:12:49

Highest-Energy Particles Yet Arrive from Ancient Crab Nebula  

Astronomers have observed record-breaking photons that strain classical theories of acceleration -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-08 20:24:07

Western Heat Wave 'Virtually Impossible' without Climate Change  

Global warming made such an event at least 150 times more likely a new rapid analysis finds -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-08 15:06:26

Research on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Is Being Stifled  

Funders and peer reviewers are contributing to systemic racism through their biases about members of these populations -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-08 12:19:59

If You Say 'Science Is Right,' You're Wrong  

It can’t supply absolute truths about the world, but it brings us steadily closer -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-08 11:11:33

Aging's True Tactics  

New research pins the maximum length of human life -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-08 09:08:39

Why the NFL Embraced the Racism of 'Race Norming'  

A statistical manipulation that underpaid Black players in concussion settlements exemplifies American football’s immersion in the legacy of slavery -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-08 08:31:27

Fields Medals Are Concentrated in Mathematical 'Families'  

Elite mathematicians tend to pass their prestige down to advisees -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-08 04:34:05

China's Moon Samples Could Revise Lunar Chronology  

Scientists around the world are eager to analyze young lunar rocks -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2021-07-08 01:15:06