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Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman.In late 2024 Nicola Coughlan, the actor famous for her work on Derry…

Last week, a UN report declared that the world has entered an era of ‘global water bankruptcy’ with many human water systems past the point at…

In February 2007 the Supreme Court heard a case that hinged on about 15 minutes of video evidence from two police vehicles’ dashboard cameras: footage showed…

The research vessel Tarojoq is the biggest research investment by Greenland’s government to date.Credit: Alex RivestThe streets of Nuuk, Greenland, were bustling in November — not…

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman.It’s been more than 500 years since Leonardo da Vinci died. Yet, in…

January 21, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmRFK, Jr.’s assertion that his voice condition is linked to the flu shot is not based in…

The Guardian’s science editor, Ian Sample, talks to Madeleine Finlay about three eye-catching science stories from the week, including a study that suggests positive thinking can…

NASA is quietly ending financial support for independent planetary science advisory groups, according to a letter posted to the agency’s website on January 16.The affected groups…

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman.The French philosopher and scientist René Descartes famously wrote, “I think, therefore I…

January 20, 20263 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmFebruary 2026: Science history from 50, 100 and 150 years agoGiant atoms; corpses for scienceBy Jeanna Bryner…