“Our intuitions are deeply paradoxical. Time heals all wounds, but it is also the great destroyer. Time is relative but also relentless. There is time for every purpose under heaven, but there is ...
The huge Stegosaurus fossil Apex, bought at auction for $44.6 million, has debuted on loan at the American Museum of Natural ...
Life on our planet has experienced many mass extinctions over its 4.5 billion years. Scientists see evidence for at least five major episodes that eradicated creatures great and small. And many ...
“The most puzzling aspect of the recent discovery of a new kind of subnuclear particle at two high-energy-physics laboratories is the particle’s extraordinarily long lifetime of 10 –20 ...
Bhattacharya is not what the NIH needs. This is an opinion and analysis article, and the views expressed by the author or authors are not necessarily those of Scientific American.
People tend to have the sense that their inner thoughts and feelings are much richer than what they are capable of expressing in real time. Elon Musk has spoken publicly about this “bandwidth ...
To run a scientific expedition that travels billions of miles, it takes more than great engineers — it takes a great manager ...
The 2024 release marks the first time since the 1980s that these beautiful birds have lived in the wild. The release is the ...
RFK, Jr., Could Run the Agency That Oversees CDC, FDA and NIH. Here’s What That Means for Public Health RFK, Jr., could restructure the CDC, FDA and NIH in pursuit of his flawed vision of public ...
From a total solar eclipse that captivated our continent to record temperatures that scorched the planet, these were the ...
On average, the shoreline changed at a rate ... A new study in published in Scientific Reports suggests that the perfect cup of coffee is influenced by a complex blend of variables such as bean ...
Short sleepers cruise by on four to six hours a night and don’t seem to suffer ill effects. Turns out they’re genetically built to require less sleep than the rest of us ...