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Why botulism keeps cropping up in infant formula
The toxin behind two outbreaks in seven months is hard to find—and just a handful of labs are equipped to look for it at all
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Chaotic pigeons are helping redefine what we know about learning
Pigeons seem to defy a century-old psychology law about how rewards and consequences help us learn
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Stunning new image of the Milky Way reveals its glittering heart
This brilliant new image, taken by Europe's Euclid space telescope, offers a preview of the kind of imaging that will be possible with NASA's upcoming Roman telescope
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN19 HOURS AGO

London botanic gardens digitizes 7 million specimens
As Kew Botanic Gardens completes a scan of its collections, AI tools could help in the fight against biodiversity loss
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN18 HOURS AGO

China’s LineShine supercomputer tops global rankings with almost 2 quadrillion calculations per second
The speedy machine displaces the U.S.'s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's El Capitan at the top of the TOP500 rankings of the world's fastest supercomputers
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN17 HOURS AGO

AI finds hidden ECG signal that predicts sudden cardiac death risk
A new model flags people at high risk of sudden cardiac death from a routine ECG—and reveals a warning sign in the heart's electrical activity
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN17 HOURS AGO

What is a Lagrangian used for in physics?
How Emmy Noether's theorem uses the Lagrangian to provide a formula for calculating the quantity of symmetries in a system—like the orbit of planets.
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN16 HOURS AGO

New York City could see its hottest weather in more than a decade
Temperatures in New York's Central Park haven't surpassed 100 degrees Fahrenheit since 2012; but that may be about to change
18 HOURS AGO
N.I.H. Announces World’s Largest Integrated Health Database
It contains more than half a million people’s genomes, paired with clinical records and wearable tech data. That gives researchers unmatched power to study both diseases and treatments.
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN14 HOURS AGO

NASA announces Astrobotic, Intuitive Machines and Firefly to build lunar landers for a future moon base
Three companies will receive a total of $600 million to executive four moon landings, laying the groundwork for a planned crewed outpost on the surface
13 HOURS AGO
The Vera Rubin Telescope Begins Surveying Our Cosmos
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is beginning the widest, deepest survey yet of the southern sky.
13 HOURS AGO
Curiosity, Perseverance and Now Promise? NASA May Send a Mars Rover to the Moon.
As part of plans to establish a lunar base, the space agency may send to the moon a spare test version of the rover — as well as a soccer ball.