Our Sun Could Someday Reveal the Surfaces of Alien Earths
In the far future, we could reveal detailed views of distant worlds by turning our home star into a gravitational lens -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
The Field of Firearms Forensics Is Flawed
The matching of bullets to guns is subjective, and courts are starting to question it because of testimony from scientific experts -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
Science Must Not Be Used to Foster White Supremacy
It’s scientists’ responsibility to reveal the inherent biases of studies used to disparage Black people and other groups -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
What We Know about the Rise in Monkeypox Cases Worldwide
It is unclear how some people recently diagnosed with the disease became infected with the monkeypox virus or how it is likely to spread -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
Deadly Heat in India and Pakistan "Highly Unlikely" without Climate Change
A weekslong heat wave in India and Pakistan was 30 times more likely because of human-caused warming -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
Science Must Not Be Used To Foster White Supremacy
It’s scientists’ responsibility to reveal the inherent biases of studies used to disparage Blacks and other groups -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
"When Will Kids under Five Get COVID Vaccines?" and Other Questions
Experts address when the youngest children could be eligible for the shots, why that has taken so long, and more -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
Your Phone Could Be Used to Prosecute for Getting an Abortion: Here"s How
Technology editor Sophie Bushwick breaks down the precedent for using your phone to monitor personal health data. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
What Is Monkeypox, the Virus Infecting People in the U.S. and Europe?
A microbiologist explains what is known about this smallpox cousin -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
NASA Hails Starliner Launch Success despite Thruster Glitch
The Starliner team is confident the malfunctions won’t prevent the spacecraft from completing its mission -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
Largest Marsquake Ever Recorded May Be InSight"s Swan Song
NASA’s three-and-a-half-year mission to collect seismic data from Mars is running out of juice -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
What is Monkeypox, the Virus Infecting People in the U.S. and Europe?
A microbiologist explains what is known about this smallpox cousin -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
Climate-Fueled Heat Waves Will Hamper Western Hydropower
Earlier snowmelt can leave less water available to generate power during the height of summer -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
The U.S. Needs Its Local Public Health Officials Back, Stat
COVID misinformation has led to many top scientists leaving their public positions, putting health policy in the hands of people with limited expertise -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
NASA Hails Starliner Launch Success Despite Thruster Glitch
The Starliner team is confident the malfunctions won’t prevent the spacecraft from completing its mission -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
HIV Care Has Improved Dramatically--But Not for Everyone
The HIV/AIDS crisis has lessons for the COVID pandemic and other health inequities -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
Physicists Find a Shortcut to Seeing an Elusive Quantum Glow
Once considered practically unseeable, a phenomenon called the Unruh effect might soon be revealed in laboratory experiments -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
People Who Are Making Health Care More Fair
Four innovators are finding new solutions for the problem of injustice -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
Europe"s Historic Clean Energy Plan Faces a Mining Problem
Securing the needed minerals and metals could be a stumbling block to reaching its ambitious goals -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
If Sea Ice Melts in the Arctic, Do Trees Burn in California?
A new study links sea ice decline with increasing wildfire weather in the Western U.S. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»