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Some companies and governments want to mine small clumps of rock from the seafloor because they contain critical minerals. Turns out they’re also teeming with life.
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Astronomers saw something strange in a distant star system—or, rather, what’s strange is what they didn’t see. Solving the mystery could reveal new astrophysics
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A major change is coming for America’s mountains, valleys, forests and waters—or at least their official locations and sizes.
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We’ve never seen an El Niño like this one. And it’s possible the gobsmacking heat it’s releasing will push us permanently past a symbolic warming threshold
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Why are climate scientists so worried about this year’s El Niño? We break down what’s driving this historic event and how it could affect weather across the globe.
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Isaac Newton invented infinitesimals, which gave birth to the field of calculus—or so they story goes. But there was another mathematician coming up with the same concept at the same time
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This week, a group of health experts are meeting to discuss whether the U.S. has lost its measles elimination status—something that public health experts say has been obvious for months and could portend worse things to come
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The U.S. war with Iran has raised gas prices everywhere—so much so, in fact, that fossil fuel CO2 emissions are on track to slightly dip in 2026
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Researchers created a new map of the fruit fly brain. Then the Internet found it.
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COP31 just kicked off in Antalya, Türkiye. Here are five things you absolutely need to know about this year’s climate talks
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New clinical trial data suggest Eli Lilly's once-a-day GLP-1 pill, Foundayo, could help treat obstructive sleep apnea—further expanding the potential uses of these drugs beyond weight loss
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Ever wondered how Google Analytics tracks traffic on nearly half of all websites? Here’s how the ubiquitous HyperLogLog algorithm does it.
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Fuzzy “pink noise” may be good for more than just relaxation: playing it at just the right times during sleep might jump-start the flow of your brain’s cleaning fluid.
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A cat fart investigation, a deadly measles case and hackers turning supermarket freezers into heaters. It’s a wild week in science news. Listen now. 🎧
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What do acorns have to do with Lyme disease? New work shows their numbers can predict booms in the tick-carried ailment almost two years in advance.
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NASA is planning to launch a new rover, PROMISE, to the moon as soon as 2028. Promise will help establish the foundations of the agency’s human-crewed Moon Base—here’s what to know
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Finding a needle in a haystack is a metaphor for a task that is nigh impossible. But here at Scientific American, we wanted to know: Exactly how hard is it, really, to find a needle in a haystack?
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Physicists were surprised to discover that quantum effects prevent materials from ever being fully transparent.
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Can you figure out a secret formula—a polynomial with nonnegative whole number coefficients—by plugging in just two numbers? You can choose your second number based on the result of the first query. (Don’t worry, there’s a hint.)
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Foxes can be bred to act like puppy dogs, complete with waggly tails and floppy ears. Now scientists have pinpointed exactly how domestication changes the animals’ brains.
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