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2 DAYS AGO
New York City’s Latest Famous Family Is a Hoot. Yes, They’re Barn Owls.
The city’s latest feathered extraordinaires are captivating the Upper West Side with their screeches.
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICANA DAY AGO

Lettuce engineered to produce meat proteins
Protein-packed leaves might be the key to better meat alternatives
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICANA DAY AGO

Love blooms on a hostile colony world in As You Wake, Break the Shell
Sci-fi author Becky Chambers on designing believable ecosystems, balancing scientific accuracy with emotional impact and emphasizing empathy over spectacle
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICANA DAY AGO

Nobel week: light-controlled brains, particles from outer space and mirror molecules
Breaking down this year's Nobel Prize–winning science, from switching brain cells on and off with light to catching cosmic neutrinos in Antarctic ice to building mirror-image molecules. Plus, a 194-year-old tortoise's DNA might hold the key to a longer life.
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICANA DAY AGO

A unique shape, a 3D einstein tile, has been discovered
AI helped uncover a special object that can fill space without repeating patterns
A DAY AGO
How Do Cuttlefish Hide? Scientists Search for the Secret to Camouflage.
Cephalopods are masters of camouflage. Scientists want to decipher how the process works in the brain.
18 HOURS AGO
Why Ketamine Immobilizes Some Users
Potent powders can produce a nearly catatonic state, particularly in those who have not tried the drug before.