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March 19, 20264 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmWhen did plate tectonics on Earth begin? New research finds some of the earliest cluesScientists have found…

Social media apps such as Instagram and TikTok, which encourage algorithm-driven scrolling, are worse for mental health than platforms such as Facebook and WhatsApp, which prioritise…

There were “missed opportunities” that could have prevented the death of a woman with severe mental illness from “sustained inhalation of smoke” after a fire in…

Selling artwork was one way of making extra money that PhD students reported in the poll.Credit: Klaus Vedfelt/GettyA cost-of-living crisis is compelling some PhD researchers to…

March 16, 20263 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmCrabs are cannibalizing one another with surprising rapacity in parts of the Chesapeake BayA 37-year study in…

There has been a sharp rise in the number of jobless young people in the UK citing health problems as the reason they are not working,…

Ohio State University moved quickly to find its new president, elevating Ravi Bellamkonda from the administrative ranks to replace Ted Carter, who stepped down in scandal…

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%…

In Europe, the diversity of plants was greatest in the years before the Black Death, at a time when small farms and pastures existed alongside grasslands…

Donald Trump’s policies are likely to drive soaring rates of lung disease and premature death, according to a wide-ranging new study by pulmonary specialists and public…