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On a cloudless sunny day in October 1950, ornithologists Elizabeth and David Lack stood on a mountain pass in the Pyrenees and observed a once-in-a-lifetime spectacle…

March 17, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmA ‘charmed’ new particle is discovered at world’s largest atom smasherThe Large Hadron Collider just produced a…

In the late 1990s in El Salvador, Rodrigo Barraza went in search of every surfer’s dream: a pristine wave, far from the crowds. Down a rough…

March 17, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmThese fish can tell when you’re staringFish may possess the ability to perceive where another being’s attention…

With big oil companies poised to reap billions of dollars in profits from the war in Iran, Democratic lawmakers and progressive groups are calling for a…

new video loaded: How a Melting Glacier Could Affect MillionsAs our climate reporter Raymond Zhong wraps up his reporting trip to Antarctica, he reflects on how…

March 17, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmAn asteroid just exploded above Ohio with the force of 250 tons of TNTEyewitness accounts and videos…

Oil has begun to flow from a controversial California pipeline system for the first time in an more than decade following a Trump administration order, despite…

Scientists spent the first weeks of the year on an expedition to Antarctica to study Thwaites Glacier, which is melting at an alarming rate. If it…

Archbald, Pennsylvania, a borough of fewer than 8,000 people, may soon be home to five massive data centers that, when completed, will rank among the largest…