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GTA has always raised anxieties over video games and violence—here’s what the science actually says
The evidence in favor of and against video games promoting aggressive behavior is murkier than you might think
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN21 HOURS AGO

How the brain learns to read is an evolutionary mystery—a new study offers clues
Reading hasn't been around for long, evolutionary speaking. Instead, the brain recruits systems evolved for other purposes
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICANA DAY AGO

How changes to Endangered Species Act regulations could hurt wildlife
Recent changes to the implementation of the Endangered Species Act could put wildlife at risk
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN18 HOURS AGO

See last night’s ‘blood moon’ eclipse from around the world
In a near-total lunar eclipse, the moon turned red-orange for viewers in North America, Europe and Africa
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN16 HOURS AGO

Alpha School’s AI teaching model is expanding. Does it work?
The fast-growing private-school network is handing much of instruction over to artificial intelligence. Researchers say the science is far from settled
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN15 HOURS AGO

Top 10 Roman Space Telescope science breakthroughs
NASA's Roman Space Telescope will open a whole new window on the cosmos. Here are 10 things it's likely to show us
2 DAYS AGO
F.D.A. Approves the Drug Daraxonrasib That’s Poised to Transform Pancreatic Cancer
In a key clinical trial, patients who got the pill, daraxonrasib, lived twice as long as those who got chemotherapy.
18 HOURS AGO
An Experimental Single-Time Treatment Slashed Cholesterol for a Year
A small gene-editing study significantly reduced LDL cholesterol levels, and the results have stuck a year later.
2 DAYS AGO
Dolly Parton’s Other Legacy: A Fortune Given Away, Dollar by Dollar
The country star supported early childhood literacy, disaster relief, the development of the Covid-19 vaccine and more.
A DAY AGO
A.I. Brings Big Gains to Hurricane Forecasts, Google Researchers Say
Analysis by the company’s DeepMind unit suggests that an A.I.-enabled model delivers accurate forecasts a day or more before conventional models can.
A DAY AGO
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope Promises a Breakthrough in Cosmic Exploration
NASA’s latest offering to the stars comes from a legacy of great observatories that enabled decades of discovery and unearthed new mysteries about the universe.
15 HOURS AGO
Narwhals Have Stunning Spiraled Tusks. That’s Not the Only Twist.
X-rays revealed that the tusks have an internal opposing twist, which may help explain how they grow so straight — the only tusks like them in nature.
11 HOURS AGO
A Melting Glacier in Nepal Was a Time Bomb. There Are More to Come.
A geologist reflects on the disaster and explains why rapid warming will make deadly glacial floods far more common.
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN13 HOURS AGO

Where are all the aliens? A new book explores possible answers
Seven Rasmussen, an astrobiologist and author of the new book Cloudy with a Chance of Starships, gives readers a tour of the astonishing science behind modern searches for alien life
2 DAYS AGO
Army Awards $2.2 Billion for ‘Microreactors’ On U.S. Bases
The move is part of the Trump administration’s efforts to spur the country’s largest expansion of nuclear power in more than three decades.