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Smoking is bad for you and you shouldn’t do it. You know both of these things, of course: you’ve been told them in school, on TV…

In the early 1980s, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs described the computer as “a bicycle for our minds”. He was inspired by a Scientific American graphic he’d…

Ministers are examining ways to ease the burden of student loans after weeks of pressure over a policy pulling more people into repayments, the Guardian understands.The…

Ukrainian soldiers test drones in Donetsk, Febuary 2025.Credit: Serhii Mykhalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via GettyMilitary budgets are growing, especially in larger economies. In 2024, global military spending…

February 10, 20261 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmScientists may have discovered a pulsar at the Milky Way’s heart—a result that could reveal new physicsIf…

Imagine that you want to know the most efficient way to make a torus—a doughnut-shaped mathematical object—from origami paper. But this torus, which is a surface,…

Heatwaves and hot days during an Australian summer may seem unremarkable. Days spent at the beach, sunburn and mosquitoes are part of the national psyche, along…

Many doctoral students and early-career researchers do not feel empowered to report poor working conditions or supervisor misconduct.Credit: GettyWhen you spend enough years in academia, you…

Mpox virus particles (purple) seem to be spreading more easily between people.Credit: NIAID/SPLAs mpox continues to spark localized outbreaks in Africa and, on occasion, in other…

A couple of the more disruptive boys in the class put red laces in their Dr Martens, because someone had told them that was how you…