Our Brain Typically Overlooks This Brilliant Problem-Solving Strategy
People often limit their creativity by continually adding new features to a design rather than remov…
Slovakia Offers a Lesson in How Rapid Testing Can Fight COVID
One of the countrys top epidemiologists explains how population-wide use of rapid antigen testsin co…
Data Show Shifting Colors of U.S. Rivers
Satellites reveal large-scale changes in rivers hues -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Nature Can Help Us Prepare for the Next Pandemic
In March 2020, Ruth DeFries finished a manuscript more than five years in the making. It turned out …
Biden Says Infrastructure Is the Pillar of his Climate Plan
Clean energy, electric vehicles, stopping methane leaks are all part of infrastructure and job creat…
What Monkeys Can Teach Humans about Resilience after Disaster
Following Hurricane Maria, a Puerto Rican colony of rhesus macaques broadened their social networks.…
How a Carnivorous Mushroom Poisons Its Prey
Scientists have known for decades that oyster mushrooms feasted on roundwormsand theyve finally figu…
Giant radio pulses from pulsars are hundreds of times more energetic than previously believed
Scientists using coordinated observations of the Crab pulsar in a number of frequencies, have discov…
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