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For more than five decades, the Clean Air Act has prevented millions of premature deaths, hospitalizations, and lost work and school days. By one official reckoning…

Horses can smell fear, or at least whether you have scared yourself witless watching a horror movie, according to researchers who say the effect has consequences…

Dog walking is one way in which members of Generation Z are earning extra money on the side.Credit: GettyAmong the youngest people in the workforce —…

January 14, 20261 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmNASA Commits to Plan to Build a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon by 2030The U.S. space agency…

Michael Levin had just started working as a paediatric infectious-disease doctor in London when he received an urgent call from a hospital in Malta. It was…

January 13, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmT. rex Never Stopped Growing, Dinosaur Bone Study SuggestsNew clues hidden inside T. rex bones suggest that…

As the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia marks its 25th anniversary this month, the academic community must confront an uncomfortable truth: we have systematically failed our greatest…

The president of the Royal Society has reignited a row over Elon Musk’s association with the body by arguing that fellows should only be ejected for…

Evolution and breeding have wrought a wide variety of ear lengths in our canine companions.Credit: GettyA gene that is important for human hearing could determine whether…

January 13, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm2025 Wasn’t the Hottest Year on Record. Earth Is Still Barreling to the Climate BrinkGlobal warming surpassed…