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February 18, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmHow warm weather helped cause the Lake Tahoe avalancheRecord warmth followed by a huge snowfall led to…

January 5, 20263 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmWegovy Weight-Loss Pills Are Now Available in the U.S.—Here’s What That MeansThe first GLP-1 pills for weight…

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. You’re listening to our weekly science news roundup.First up, the European Union’s…

December 4, 2025 Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmWhy Leftover Pizza Might Actually Be HealthierResearchers have discovered that cooling starchy foods—from pizza to rice—creates “resistant starch,” a…

On Wednesday evening at PlayGround Global in Palo Alto, some very smart people who are building things you don’t understand yet will explain what’s coming. This…

Did you sign up for an unlimited internet plan, hoping you’ll never have to worry about data limits anymore? Well, in many cases, these unlimited plans…

The internet kicked off the week the way that many of us often feel like doing: by refusing to go to work. An outage at Amazon…

Tron: Ares, the third live-action film in the long-running sci-fi franchise, hit theaters on Friday. This time around, the story brings the digital beings from the…

Nobel Prizes, COVID Vaccine Updates and Malnutrition in GazaThe CDC updates COVID vaccine guidance and stirs controversy over childhood immunizations. And global health experts warn of…

October 8, 20253 min readScience behind Record-Breaking Everest Blizzard That Trapped HundredsA blizzard that trapped hundreds of trekkers on Mount Everest was truly “off the charts,”…