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An employee at Vaisala holds a gas-sensor component that is being manufactured in the company’s clean room.Credit: VaisalaNeuroscientist Tamara Stawicki woke abruptly to her mobile phone…

Some people who live to a great age put it down to an evening tot of whisky, others to staying out of trouble. Now scientists think…

January 29, 20263 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmHow long you live may depend much more on your genes than scientists thoughtA new analysis suggests…

Experts have created an app that uses artificial intelligence to identify dinosaurs from the footprints left behind after they stomped across the land tens of millions…

Chances are that all your encounters with frozen water—while trudging through slushy winter streets, perhaps, or treating yourself to cool summer lemonades—have been confined to one…

Guinea-Bissau will implement a universal birth-dose policy for the Hepatitis B vaccine in 2027.Credit: Enrique Lopez-Tapia/Nature Picture Library/AlamyPublic health authorities in Guinea-Bissau say that they have…

Let’s say it’s 2036, and scientists are working on a new class of drugs. These medications are mirror-image versions of the molecules your body uses to…

January 22, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmScientists just calculated how many microplastics are in our atmosphere. The number is absolutely shockingA new estimate…

Last December, the U.S. Department of Justice released its first batch of files on disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Among the thousands of…

Researchers have created a list of indicators of toxic masculinity.Credit: GettyHow rife is the problem of ‘toxic masculinity’ in Western societies? A research study run in…