Scientific Americanflipped into Scientific AmericanScience Aerogel Marsscientificamerican.com - Caleb A. Scharf Back in July 2019 an intriguing paper appeared in the journal Nature Astronomy. The article reports on a study undertaken by Wordsworth, Kerber, and …
Scientific Americanflipped into Scientific AmericanScience How Can We Curb the Spread of Scientific Racism?scientificamerican.com - John Horgan A dozen years ago I flew to Europe to speak at a conference on science’s limits. The meeting’s organizer greeted me with a tirade about James Watson, …
Scientific Americanflipped into Scientific AmericanScience Recommended Books, October 2019scientificamerican.com - Andrea Gawrylewski 50 Things to See in the Sky by Sarah Barker Princeton Architectural Press, 2019 ($16.95)
Scientific Americanflipped into Scientific AmericanScience Canada Gets Its First Smilodonscientificamerican.com - Riley Black Ice Age mammals loom large in our imagination. It’s easy to envision a complete collection of mammoths, giant camels, short-faced bears, dire wolves, …
Scientific Americanflipped into Scientific AmericanGenetics Russian “CRISPR-Baby” Scientist Has Started Editing Genes in Human Eggs with the Goal of Altering Deaf Genescientificamerican.com - David Cyranoski, Nature magazine Russian biologist Denis Rebrikov has started gene editing in eggs donated by women who can hear to learn how to allow some deaf couples to give birth …
Scientific Americanflipped into Scientific AmericanHydrogen Momentum Builds for Hydrogen Fuel in Japan, Australiascientificamerican.com - Nathanial Gronewold, E&E News Japan and Australia are expanding their support for hydrogen fuel technology. Hydrogen-powered automobiles will be featured at the annual Tokyo Motor …
Scientific Americanflipped into Scientific AmericanScience What Is Death, Exactly?scientificamerican.com - Ryan Montoya Pronouncing a patient dead in a hospital seems relatively simple: palpate for lack of pulse, determine that the patient's neurological function is …
Scientific Americanflipped into Scientific AmericanScience Can Love Actually Last?scientificamerican.com - Savvy Psychologist Ellen Hendriksen Listener Claire from Los Angeles writes that she and her partner have been together for two years, but recently she’s begun to worry the spark is …
Scientific Americanflipped into Scientific AmericanBiomedicine China Needs Stronger Ethical Safeguards in Biomedicinescientificamerican.com - THE EDITORS China’s high-tech industrialization policy, known as Made in China 2025, purports to take the country to the front ranks of advanced manufacturing in …
Scientific Americanflipped into Scientific AmericanPollution What You Can't See Can Hurt Youscientificamerican.com - Allen L. Robinson Pittsburgh’s air pollution was once so bad that the manufacturing metropolis was labeled “hell with the lid off.” Los Angeles was nicknamed “Smell-A” …
Scientific Americanflipped into Scientific AmericanScience Molecules in Blood Spike Hours before Seizuresscientificamerican.com - Simon Makin More than 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy, and one of its harshest aspects is its unpredictability. Sufferers rarely know when a seizure …
Scientific Americanflipped into Scientific AmericanIcon version of the Flipboard logoScience Your Skull Shapes Your Hearingscientificamerican.com - Christopher Intagliata The resonant properties of your skull can amplify some frequencies and dampen others--and in some cases, affect your hearing. Christopher Intagliata …
Scientific Americanflipped into Scientific AmericanScience Olympic Marathon Moved out of Tokyo over Heat Concernsscientificamerican.com - Nathanial Gronewold, E&E News A fear of punishing heat waves has led the International Olympic Committee to split next year’s Summer Games between two cities. The IOC said …
Scientific Americanflipped into Scientific AmericanScience Olympics Marathon Moved Out of Tokyo Over Heat Concernsscientificamerican.com - Nathanial Gronewold, E&E News A fear of punishing heat waves has led the International Olympic Committee to split next year’s Summer Games between two cities. The IOC said …
Scientific Americanflipped into Scientific AmericanScience Jim Peebles Richly Deserved his Nobel Prizescientificamerican.com - Richard Panek After learning that he’d won the Nobel Prize in Physics on October 8, James Peebles told the New York Times that the possibility had previously …
Scientific Americanflipped into Scientific AmericanScience We Have No Reason to Believe 5G Is Safescientificamerican.com - Joel M. Moskowitz The telecommunications industry and their experts have accused many scientists who have researched the effects of cell phone radiation of "fear …
Scientific Americanflipped into Scientific AmericanSpace Exploration NASA Just Unveiled the Space Suit to be Worn by the First Woman on the Moonscientificamerican.com - Chelsea Gohd, SPACE.com WASHINGTON—NASA on Tuesday (Oct. 15) unveiled new prototypes of the spacesuits that will be worn by the first woman to walk on the moon. In an event …
Scientific Americanflipped into Scientific AmericanScience NASA Just Unveiled the Spacesuit to be Worn by First Woman on the Moonscientificamerican.com - Chelsea Gohd, SPACE.com WASHINGTON—NASA on Tuesday (Oct. 15) unveiled new prototypes of the spacesuits that will be worn by the first woman to walk on the moon. In an event …
Scientific Americanflipped into Scientific AmericanVaccination The U.S. Should Tighten Vaccination Mandatesscientificamerican.com - THE EDITORS As of late August, there had been more than 1,200 cases of measles across 31 U.S. states this year. It's a dispiriting comeback for a disease that …
Scientific Americanflipped into Scientific AmericanStarlink SpaceX’s Starlink Constellation Could Swell by 30,000 More Satellitesscientificamerican.com - Mike Wall, SPACE.com SpaceX’s Starlink internet-satellite constellation may end up being even bigger than we thought—a lot bigger. The company already has permission from …
Scientific Americanflipped into Scientific AmericanHealth Doctors Should Care for Patients and Social Justicescientificamerican.com - Erin Paquette, Angira Patel The medical community responded in force to a recent statement by a former associate dean of curriculum at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman …
Scientific Americanflipped into Scientific American The Color of Noise: What Do Hues Have to Do with Sound?scientificamerican.com - Jeffery DelViscio You have probably already heard, or at least heard of, white noise. Maybe you grew up when televisions were still analog. If so, you might remember …
Scientific Americanflipped into Scientific AmericanSleep Why Do Some People Need Less Sleep? It’s in Their DNAscientificamerican.com - Karen Weintraub We all wish we could get by on less sleep, but one father and son actually can—without suffering any health consequences and while actually …
Scientific Americanflipped into Scientific AmericanScience Extreme Snows in Greenland Caused Ecosystem’s “Reproductive Collapse”scientificamerican.com - Adam Aton, E&E News Scientists are discovering that the Arctic’s rising temperatures might be the second-biggest threat to wildlife. Climate variability is increasing, as …
Scientific Americanflipped into Scientific AmericanHappiness Happier Babies Have an Edgescientificamerican.com - John K. Coffey II Parents and teachers want children to grow up to be happy and successful. In other words, we want children to thrive. As adults, we often think …
Scientific Americanflipped into Scientific AmericanScience Vaginal Fluid Transplants Hold Promise, But Raise Safety Concernsscientificamerican.com - Monique Brouillette Bacterial vaginosis can be devastating. The condition, caused by excessive bacterial growth in the vagina, often results in burning feelings, …
Scientific Americanflipped into Scientific AmericanDNA Tardigrade Protein Protects DNA from Chemical Attackscientificamerican.com - Susanne Bard The Dsup protein protects DNA under conditions that create caustic free radical chemicals.
Scientific Americanflipped into Scientific AmericanScience We're Sorry, Vera Rubinscientificamerican.com - Kelsey Johnson It’s October, which means It’s hard to avoid the annual Nobel Prize announcements and flurry of resulting press. As a woman in science, I’ve learned …
Scientific Americanflipped into Scientific AmericanScience More Grazing Leads to Fewer Fires in the Serengetiscientificamerican.com - Jason G. Goldman The African continent has a wide variety of habitat types, but savanna ecosystems cover roughly half. And where there is savanna, there is fire. …
Scientific Americanflipped into Scientific AmericanScience The Exquisite Precision of Time Crystals - Scientific Americanscientificamerican.com - Frank Wilczek Crystals are nature's most orderly substances. Inside them, atoms and molecules are arranged in regular, repeating structures, giving rise to solids …
