Science
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Children’s Risk of Suicide Increases on School Days
Reading about death and suicidality can be distressing. Please read this in a moment where you feel safest and ready…
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How the Inside of a Black Hole Is Secretly on the Outside
Theoretical physics has been in crisis mode ever since 1974, when Stephen Hawking argued that black holes destroy information. Hawking…
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Cheap New Method Breaks Down ‘Forever Chemicals’
Researchers have developed an approach to break down a class of long-lasting chemicals that they say is easier and cheaper than…
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More than half of people infected with omicron may not know it
Out of 210 people who had antibodies suggesting they had recently had the covid-19 omicron variant, more than half were…
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Replacing Lead Water Pipes with Plastic Could Raise New Safety Issues
A landmark federal commitment to fund the elimination of a toxic national legacy—lead drinking water pipes—promises to improve the public…
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Monkeypox Update, And Homing in on Long Covid: COVID, Quickly, Episode 36
Tanya Lewis: Hi, and welcome to Covid Quickly, a Scientific American podcast series! Josh Fischman: This is your fast-track update…
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Using propane in air conditioners could prevent 0.1°C of warming
There are expected to be 3.7 billion air conditioners in operation by 2050. Using propane as the refrigerant could prevent…
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Fantastic Sea Creatures Photographed Up Close and Personal
ANGEL, MONSTER When sea angels hunt, they transform into monsters. The free-swimming slugs, less than an inch long, store six…
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Simple chemistry can recycle polystyrene into more valuable products
UV light plus aluminium chloride as a catalyst can break down polystyrene so that it can be turned into a…
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Fueling Patients’ Drive to Treatment [Sponsored]
This podcast was produced for the AstraZeneca YOUR Cancer program by Scientific American Custom Media, a division separate from the…
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