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February 5, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmMenstrual blood can be used to detect HPV, hinting at broader usesA new study shows that blood…

A UK dairy delivery business is to begin collecting unwanted or broken toys, mobile phones and laptops while dropping off milk, orange juice and butter in…

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman.Think of a psychiatric condition, something like attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, panic disorder or anorexia…

British electric charger companies are asking rivals to buy them as they run out of cash amid rising costs and intense competition, according to industry bosses.A…

I get e-mail.Most messages are press releases about astronomical discoveries—okay, scratch that; most of them are spam, but science announcements are an easy second place. But…

Weather agencies and climate scientists have pointed to the possibility of an El Niño forming in the Pacific Ocean later this year – a phenomenon that…

February 7, 20263 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmWhat watching the Super Bowl does to your healthWatching sporting events like the Super Bowl can influence…

There is outrage among some politicians and activists after the US Congress voted to slash $125m for replacing toxic lead drinking water pipes that are particularly…

Prime numbers are like the atoms of mathematics: they are the indivisible building blocks from which all other numbers are composed. For millennia, these numbers, divisible…

Land reform campaigners are alarmed at the increasing use of a legal loophole that allows landowners to conceal the price paid for Highland estates from the…