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Mars may have a huge plume of hot rocks rising towards its surface
Mars has been viewed as a mostly geologically static world, but the planet may have an enormous underground plume of…
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‘Chatty Turtles’ Flip the Script on the Evolutionary Origins of Vocalization in Animals
Pakinam Amer: This is Scientific American’s 60-Second Science. I’m Pakinam Amer. Clicks, clucks, grunts, and snorts—these are not sounds that…
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Ants Can Produce Milk for Their Young (and Old)
For the first time, researchers have observed ants secreting a milk-like fluid that nourishes others in the colony. The research,…
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50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: December 2022
1972 Nobel Prize Repeat “The 1972 Nobel prizes in science and economics have been awarded to 10 investigators. For the…
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Readers Respond to the August 2022 Issue
OCEAN GLOW I read Michelle Nijhuis’s article “The Mystery of Milky Seas” with great interest. I was in the U.S.…
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Why Mauna Loa and Other Hawaiian Volcanoes Are Different from Most
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Hawaii’s Mauna Loa,…
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Heralded Alzheimer’s Drug Works, but Safety Concerns Loom
Researchers have got a first look at phase III clinical trial data for a much lauded experimental Alzheimer’s drug—and although the…
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U.S. Embassies Face Growing Risk from Climate Change, Government Watchdog Says
State Department personnel working at embassies and consulates around the world face heightened safety and security risks from climate disasters—particularly…
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In Canada, scientists are struggling with stagnant funding
OTTAWA, CANADA—Earlier this month, researchers attending Canada’s major annual science policy conference here got some seemingly good news when science…
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A Year of Wonder, Awe and Discovery
Last July, NASA revealed the first images sent back from its highly anticipated new space telescope. Gorgeous photographs of swirling…
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