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21 HOURS AGO
Hantavirus Response Shows How Trump Cuts Have Compromised U.S. Preparedness
The Trump administration has slashed funding for infectious disease research and has far fewer employees, including disease detectives, to respond to outbreaks.
A DAY AGO
What My Father’s Experience Taught Me About Memory and the Brain
In the final stages of his dementia, a long-lost memory from childhood returned, perfectly formed. What was going on in his brain?
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICANA DAY AGO

Math and statistics help explain the FBI's “missing scientists” cases
Statistical principles show you don't need a nefarious plot to explain clusters of missing scientists and lab workers
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN19 HOURS AGO

Slower biological aging may tied to getting the same amount of rest each day
Stable rhythms of rest and activity are associated with healthier biological age markers, a new study suggests
19 HOURS AGO
Trump Panel Recommends FEMA Respond to Fewer Disasters
A White House task force also called for speeding up aid, but some of its ideas would require action by Congress to become reality.
18 HOURS AGO
Trump Administration Lifts Ban on ‘Cyanide Bombs’ on Public Lands
The Bureau of Land Management will allow the use of the spring-loaded traps, which can kill coyotes and other animals that prey on livestock.
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN17 HOURS AGO

Trump administration cut funding to study hantavirus, the virus behind deadly cruise ship outbreak
The Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases were designed to study viruses that could jump from animals to people, including hantavirus, but in 2025 the National Institutes of Health said the work wouldn't continue
21 HOURS AGO
Her Self-Experiment with Drug Detox Almost Broke Her
Against expert advice, people are using new and unpredictable synthetic drugs to experiment on themselves in hopes of becoming free of addiction.
16 HOURS AGO
Renewables Are Gaining on Fossil Fuels, IRENA Report Finds
Sources like wind and solar can now deliver continuous power, according to a new report. And, they’re often a bargain compared with fossil fuels.
A DAY AGO
A Landslide in Alaska Set Off a Tsunami. There May Be More to Come.
Scientists say as glaciers retreat in a warming climate, landslide-generated tsunamis are likely to become more frequent.
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN4 HOURS AGO

David Attenborough celebrates his 100th birthday
David Attenborough once directed programming at the BBC and has hosted numerous award-winning nature documentaries, but he's always stayed down-to-earth, colleagues say
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN2 HOURS AGO

Is Pluto a planet? That’s asking the wrong question
The problem with Pluto isn't its planetary or nonplanetary status—it's our insistence on declaring the world must be one or the other
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN2 HOURS AGO

Scientists make AI play Battleship to help it do science better
AI models and people played "collaborative" Battleship to test strategies for efficiently solving problems
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN3 HOURS AGO

The science behind social media’s peptide obsession
As peptide "stacking" takes over social media feeds, we separate the science from the hype of the Internet's latest wellness obsession
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN2 HOURS AGO

There is no vaccine for deadly hantavirus, but this scientist is working on one
Virologist Jay Hooper is developing a vaccine for the rare rodent virus behind an outbreak on a cruise ship