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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, we have an update…

When Donald Trump won the US presidential election in November 2024, Nature asked six leading biomedical researchers to outline their priorities for the incoming administration (A.…

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…

Several hundred feet from the White House, down a concrete path and across a quiet brick courtyard adorned with historical markers lie the doors to a…

Caste in India divides people into hereditary groups.Credit: Nasir Kachroo/NurPhoto via GettyPopular artificial-intelligence (AI) models often reproduce harmful stereotypes about Indian castes, find several studies that…

Credit: querbeet/iStock via GettyWhat is a chatbot’s earliest memory? Or biggest fear? Researchers who put major artificial-intelligence models through four weeks of psychoanalysis got haunting answers…

New therapies for Alzheimer’s disease should target a particular gene linked to the condition, according to researchers who said most cases would never arise if its…

Christmas may be associated with the aromas of oranges and mince pies but our towns and cities also boast special scents during the rest of the…

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman.The Christmas tree feels like a tradition from time immemorial—and in some ways…

Patches of the moon are destined to become spacecraft graveyards where dead lunar satellites and other defunct hardware can be crashed into the ground, far away…