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How doctors will handle abortions if mifepristone telehealth access is banned
One in four abortions in the U.S. rely on telehealth access to mifepristone, but antiabortion activists want to ban it
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This sci-fi novel asks—can what you will never know kill you?
There Is No Antimemetics Division explores how to survive when memories and meaning are malleable
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Are humans really selfish? Rewriting the rules of civilization
Author Jeremy Lent argues that human society runs on a flawed, exploitative worldview—and that embracing interconnectedness could enable a more sustainable future
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Iran threats expose the aging fleet that repairs undersea Internet cables
A small, aging fleet repairs the fiber-optic cables that carry data around the globe, and conflict zones can slow that work to a crawl
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Tiny quantum computers could help create giant telescopes
Advances in quantum technology might allow astronomers to circumvent age-old issues that limit the size of optical observatories
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The Viruses Causing New Outbreaks Are Much Less Familiar to Science
The types of Ebola and hantavirus panicking officials are very different from the species identified decades ago, raising new questions about how to respond.
2 DAYS AGO
Threat of Explosion From Toxic Chemical Tank Lessened, Officials Say
The risk of a large explosion has been averted, officials say. But a smaller blast remains possible, and 16,000 people remain displaced.
21 HOURS AGO
Fish Sleep a Lot Like Us. (They Even Nap.)
By tracking eye movements in zebrafish, researchers identified four different types of sleep, analogous to the complex sleep patterns of humans and other animals.
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN21 HOURS AGO
Gigantic ‘little red dot’ threatens to upend cosmic history
Debate still swirls around the nature of "little red dots," black holes glimpsed in the early universe by the James Webb Space Telescope. A controversial new weigh-in may settle the matter
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN20 HOURS AGO

‘Universal’ aging clocks offer new clues to longevity
A new study could help identify promising treatments to extend the human lifespan, researchers say
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN20 HOURS AGO

NASA’s Jared Isaacman unveiled the first moon base rovers and landers
At an event at NASA Headquarters event, space agency officials unveiled the first rovers and landers headed to the future site of its planned lunar south pole outpost
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN18 HOURS AGO

The secret to immortality might be a sea cucumber
The discarded fragments of this creature apparently refuse to die, leading researchers to claim immortality
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN17 HOURS AGO

A quantum computing system’s perfect randomness could keep your secrets safe
Generating and confirming the randomness of qubits could lead to breakthroughs in computer data encryption
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN3 HOURS AGO

The ‘age of gravitational astronomy’ is here
A record-setting collection of precisely measured gravitational waves reveals new information about how black holes behave and evolve
3 HOURS AGO
Genetic Scores are Booming. But Will Anti-Discrimination Laws Cover Your DNA?
As predictive medicine advances, legal scholars warn that decades-old federal guidelines could set up a potential clash between your genes and your job.