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The British government should be stockpiling food, according to a leading expert on food policy, as it is not prepared for climate shocks or wars that…

March 5, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmThe universe is filled with a cacophony of colliding black holesA new catalog of gravitational waves more…

When Bulwal Bilima (BB for short) first arrived at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, she, or possibly he, was lethargic, badly constipated and dehydrated. Named “strong…

March 6, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmMumps infections reveal that vaccine-preventable illnesses are resurging in the U.S.Maryland is one of several states that…

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March 6, 20263 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmNASA changed an asteroid’s orbital path around the sun, a first for humankindSmashing a spacecraft into a…

The place where Norton Wood once stood is now a vast field of decaying wheat stubble. The ancient wood was grubbed up during the second world…

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman.Over the past three and a half decades, journalist and author Michael Pollan…

Humanity is heating the planet faster than ever before, a study has found.Climate breakdown is occurring more rapidly with the heating rate almost doubling, according to…

March 6, 20264 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmPeople who know more about AI art find it less ethicalWhen people understand the system and process…