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They call this land the Laue. In the late 1800s, part of these 200 acres of grassland inside the Quapaw Nation were allotted to tribal citizen…

March 15, 20264 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmScientists revive activity in frozen mouse brains for the first time‘Cryosleep’ remains the preserve of science fiction,…

A wasp has just flown into your kitchen. Do you: a) scream and run away; b) roll up a magazine and try to bash it; or…

March 15, 20263 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmWhat Bugonia reveals about the real search for aliensIn the Oscar-nominated film Bugonia, Emma Stone’s character is…

Some top US lobbying firms are simultaneously working both sides of the Pfas “forever chemicals” issue, raising serious conflict of interest questions and concerns that their…

Greenhouse gas emissions in Germany have again missed targets set by the Climate Protection Act and barely fell at all in 2025.Emissions decreased by just 0.1%…

Two weeks into the war in Iran, two water desalination plants in the region have been damaged in military operations, raising concerns over the vulnerability of…

[CLIP: Theme music]Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman.Last February, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., was sworn in as the…

Genes capable of creating antibiotic-resistant superbugs have been detected in the UK’s largest lake, which supplies drinking water to about 40% of Northern Ireland.Testing of water…

March 13, 20265 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmHave astronomers found a runaway monster black hole or just a very weird galaxy?Despite years of debate…