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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…

Nearly three-quarters of England’s woods are off-limits to the public, buried government documents show.The study by Forest Research, which is a government-funded quango, found that 73%…

How is a legacy preserved, and how is someone forgotten? Determined to make a final name for himself, Nobel Prize–winning chemist Irving Langmuir ventured into science…

As soon as the barrier broke, a flood of poison brought death to the river. Gushing through the fragile wall built to hold back mining waste…

March 13, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmEarth’s spin is slowing at an unprecedented rate, thanks to climate changeRising sea levels are slowing Earth’s…

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