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What caused the magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Japan?
The quake, which has caused damage to several roads and buildings, occurred along a strike-slip fault
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICANA DAY AGO

Scientists get best-yet glimpse of Betelgeuse’s companion star
After decades of hints and speculation, scientists have at last unveiled the hidden companion to the iconic star Betelgeuse
21 HOURS AGO
In This Costa Rican Forest, Monkeys Come Face-to-Face With A.I.
CapuchinAI, a portable testing station equipped with a touch screen and facial recognition software, could help scientists study primate intelligence in the wild.
A DAY AGO
How to Predict the Weather in Our Era of Freakish Storms
The computer models meteorologists use aren’t 100 percent accurate. But natural weather forecasters seem to have a sixth sense for sudden squalls.
18 HOURS AGO
An Anthropic Claude AI Model Finds Flaws in Tough-to-Crack Encryption Algorithms
Claude Mythos Preview discovered new attacks in testing against weakened cryptographic algorithms, which protect online financial transactions, private communications and more.
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN20 HOURS AGO

How mental exhaustion changes the choices you make
Neuroscientists show how the brain weighs effort against reward when we're mentally fatigued
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN17 HOURS AGO

Why Einstein's theories of relativity make time travel possible
Physicists, mathematicians and philosophers have been exploring the possibility of going forward to the future or back to the past
14 HOURS AGO
‘OnlyMarms’: Marmots Are on OnlyFans to Raise Money for Research
A team of scientists uploaded videos of the squirrel-like rodents in the wild on the adult-content site OnlyFans to raise money amid government budget cuts.
13 HOURS AGO
Gunther von Hagens, Creator of Polarizing ‘Body Worlds’ Exhibits, Dies at 81
A German scientist, he developed a process for turning corpses into posable figures. His shows drew millions of visitors, and many detractors.
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN2 HOURS AGO

Math’s acclaimed ‘einstein tile’ finds a new home among physicists
Discovered by an amateur mathematician in 2022, this strange construct can tile an infinite surface without repeating. But can it be useful in the real world?