Moon Saturn’s Rings May Be Ancient After Allscientificamerican.com - Mike Wall, SPACE.com The great Saturn ring debate is far from settled, a new study suggests. For years, scientists have argued about the age of Saturn’s famous rings: Are …
Science The Silenced: Meet the Climate Whistle-Blowers Muzzled by the Trump Administrationscientificamerican.com - Oliver Milman From weakening vehicle emissions to blocking warnings about how coastal parks could flood or the impact on the Arctic, the Trump administration is …
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Climate A New Kind of Climate Leadershipscientificamerican.com - Jane Zelikova, Giana Amador As New York City’s Climate Week NYC, including the United Nations’ Climate Action Summit, approaches, we (a climate change scientist and a climate …
Viruses A Newly Identified Protein May Be the Key to Vanquishing the Common Coldscientificamerican.com - Simon Makin Defending against viruses is one of the thorniest problems in medicine. Vaccines have been a major success story but can still only fend off a …
Vaping Hunt for Cause of Vaping Illness Suggests Multiple Mechanisms of Damagescientificamerican.com - Emily Willingham Experts remain perplexed about what is causing the nationwide outbreak of mysterious vaping-related lung disease that has affected hundreds and …
Science The Closure of a Historic Hospital Is an Ominous Warning Signscientificamerican.com - Soumya Rangarajan Oh that thou mayest be kept from the evil that would overwhelm thee… in the life of righteousness thou mayest be preserved to the end. My soul prays to …
Science Floodwaters Diverted from New Orleans Killed Off Marine Lifescientificamerican.com - Thomas Frank, E&E News The federal government's effort to avoid a flood disaster in New Orleans had catastrophic consequences of its own, causing massive fish kills and …
Sub-Saharan Africa Mapping HIV Prevalence in Sub-Saharan Africascientificamerican.com - Tanya Lewis HIV/AIDS is a primary cause of death in sub-Saharan Africa. It is no longer always a death sentence, thanks to lifelong antiretroviral therapy, but …
Microplastics Microplastics in Fresh Water Mostly Laundry Lintscientificamerican.com - Eliene Augenbraun Microplastic particles are everywhere, but in freshwater systems 60 percent of particles are clothing lint from laundry.
Microplastics Microplastics in Fresh Water Are Mostly Laundry Lintscientificamerican.com - Eliene Augenbraun Microplastic particles are everywhere, but in freshwater systems, 60 percent of particles are clothing lint from laundry.
Science Pterosaurs Were Monsters of the Mesozoic Skiesscientificamerican.com - Michael B. Habib The Mesozoic era, which spanned the time from 251 million to 66 million years ago, is often referred to as the age of dinosaurs. But although …
Science Introducing the October 2019 Issuescientificamerican.com - Curtis Brainard For me, there's nothing particularly special about seeing a small Cessna take to the air. But watching an Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial …
Science Dragon Upscientificamerican.com - Curtis Brainard For me, there's nothing particularly special about seeing a small Cessna take to the air. But watching an Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial …
Dogwood "Dogwood Winter," Meet "Curb Appeal"scientificamerican.com - Remi Shaull-Thompson A professor of mine—a photographer with a zoology degree—introduced me to the term “dogwood winter,” a brief cold snap that interrupts the warming …
Science Marooned: Researchers Will Freeze Their Ship into Arctic Ocean Ice for a Yearscientificamerican.com - Shannon Hall Every autumn the Arctic undergoes a radical metamorphosis. As the sun dips below the horizon one last time—not to rise again until spring—the icy …
Science Drilling Could Cause Extinctions in Alaskan Refuge, Government Plan Saysscientificamerican.com - Adam Aton, E&E News Buried in the Interior Department’s plan to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is an admission that oil and gas development may lead to …
Kids Are Not Hurt by Screen Timescientificamerican.com - Jared Rizzi A study finds no deleterious effects on mental health when kids spend their leisure time texting and engaging in other online activities.
Kids Kids Not Hurt By Screentimescientificamerican.com - Jared Rizzi A study finds no deleterious effects on mental health when kids spend their leisure time texting and engaging in other online activities.
Rock Climbing, Climate Science and Leadershipscientificamerican.com - Ben Santer This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story. I was 18 …
Science Climate Change Is Having Widespread Health Impactsscientificamerican.com - Emily Holden The climate crisis is making people sicker—worsening illnesses ranging from seasonal allergies to heart and lung disease. Children, pregnant people …
Science Rock Climbing, Climate Science and Leadershipscientificamerican.com - Ben Santer I was 18 when I started college at the University of East Anglia in England. I had just completed eight years at a British Army school in Germany. My …
Science 5G Is Coming: How Worried Should We Be about the Health Risks?scientificamerican.com - Kenneth R. Foster Judging from the enthusiastic reception of 5G technology by governments and industry, we are on the verge of a technological revolution. Initially …
Churchill Winston Churchill’s Thoughts on Evolutionscientificamerican.com - Mario Livio In 2016 I had the privilege of being handed a previously unpublished essay by Winston Churchill, entitled Are We Alone in the Universe? That …
Amazing Apple's Amazing New Screenscientificamerican.com - Wade Roush “The manner in which human sense perception is organized, the medium in which it is accomplished, is determined not only by nature but by historical …
Science Drenchable Drones, Prickly Cells and Face-Tracked Chimps: Science GIFs to Start Your Weekscientificamerican.com - Jeffery DelViscio, Kelso Harper You probably know the GIF as the perfect vehicle for sharing memes and reactions. We believe the format can go further, that it has real power to …
Science New Proof Solves 80-Year-Old Irrational Number Problemscientificamerican.com - Leila Sloman Most people rarely deal with irrational numbers—it would be, well, irrational, as they run on forever, and representing them accurately requires an …
Science Did a Jurassic Dinosaur Smoosh a Turtle?scientificamerican.com - Brian Switek Once upon a time, in the Jurassic, there was a turtle. And this turtle got smooshed. By itself, finding a smashed Mesozoic turtle isn’t especially …
Science New Proto-Dinosaur Found in Coloradoscientificamerican.com - Brian Switek What’s almost a dinosaur, but not quite? The answer, as paleontologists have come to understand, is “a silesaur!”, a non-dinosaurian dinosauromorph. …
