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December 30, 20252 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmWhooping Cough Deaths Rise in U.S. as Surge in Infections ContinuesThe brutal respiratory infection has infected tens…

Amanda Nguyen, the Vietnamese-American astronaut who was part of the all-female Blue Origin spaceflight, has opened up about her depression after she experienced a “tsunami of…

You have full access to this article via your institution. Download the December 2025 long read podcastAnecdotal stories suggesting that weight-loss drugs can help people shake…

December 30, 20252 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmNASA’s New Chief Just Put a Fresh Twist on the Texas Space Shuttle SagaNASA’s new boss Jared…

Hospitals, airlines and drug manufacturers are subject to oversight by external regulators, to ensure that consumers receive safe and high-quality services and products. In science too,…

On June 11, 2018, seeking relief from chronic pancreatitis pain, Ashley Romero took what she believed to be half a pill of Percocet. Within minutes, she…

The Roman sage Marcus Aurelius said we should never let the future disturb us. But then he never had a conversation with the futurologist Nick Bostrom…

Universities have three core missions: research, teaching and societal impact. The third is increasingly defined in commercial terms. The number of intellectual property licences has increased…

AI technologies need to be safe and transparent. There are few, if any, benefits from being outside efforts to achieve this. Credit: George Chan/GettyYou don’t need…

Stop Chasing HappinessFrank Martela Allen & Unwin (2025)In 2025, Nature searched for the world’s happiest PhD students, anticipating that they might be in Finland. The Nordic…