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March 5, 20263 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmHow to ‘spring forward’ for daylight saving time without leaving your body and brain behindAs clocks spring…

It was a particularly heinous crime. Four workers at a cemetery near Chicago dug up more than 100 bodies and dumped the remains elsewhere in the…

Credit: Denis Charlet/AFP via GettyAn identical twin commits a crime and leaves their DNA at the scene. Can DNA testing reveal which twin is the culprit?This…

The conflict in the Middle East has sent energy prices soaring, and for countries that import a high proportion of their fuel, it’s a reminder of…

Injections that reduce weight and treat diabetes could also cut the risk of dying from substance-use disorders.Credit: Jill Connelly/Bloomberg/GettyBlockbuster GLP-1 medications might help people to avoid…

Plants and animals are disappearing at an alarming rate across the planet, with some estimates suggesting a loss of up to 150 species every day. Meanwhile,…

SWOT river observationsThe SWOT mission uses a wide-swath Ka-band radar interferometer (KaRIn) to collect global measurements of key terrestrial surface-water features, such as extent, elevation and…

March 4, 20264 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmPeople who took GLP-1 drugs had lower risk of all kinds of drug and alcohol addictionA large…

Scientists have hailed a potentially life-changing drug for children with a hard to treat form of epilepsy, after promising early clinical trial results.Dravet syndrome is a…

Evo 2 is an AI model designed to read, interpret, and generate sequences of DNA, RNA, and proteins.Credit: Jean-Claude Revy/Science Photo LibraryIn 2008, researchers reported the…