How RFK, Jr.’s controversial ideas are shaping Americans’ health
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Why Friday the 13th is a mathematical inevitability
Many people shudder at the thought of Friday the 13th. Myths, legends and horror films have turned it…
A smartphone app can help men last longer in bed
Premature ejaculation is thought to affect 1 in 3 men Ievgen Chabanov / Alamy Men who experience premature…
OpenAI and Ginkgo Bioworks show how AI can accelerate scientific discovery
March 13, 2026 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm AI-designed experiments run by robots hint at…
It was a record hot winter for the U.S. despite chilly weather in the east
March 13, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm No U.S. states had a record cold…
Katharine Burr Blodgett’s story shows how a brilliant legacy can be forgotten
How is a legacy preserved, and how is someone forgotten? Determined to make a final name for himself,…
China just approved its first brain implant for commercial use, a world first
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24 mice launched to orbit in 2023. What happened to their bodies could help humans better survive in space
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Single-celled organism with no brain is capable of Pavlovian learning
Stentor coeruleus is a single-celled organism with unexpected abilities MELBA PHOTO AGENCY / Alamy A simple unicellular organism…
Our extinct Australopithecus relatives may have had difficult births
Illustration of a female Australopithecus sediba carrying an infant JOHN BAVARO FINE ART/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Childbirth was difficult…