Are You Tired of Feeling Cynical? Give Hopeful Skepticism a Try
Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, this is Rachel Feltman.No one wants to be a sucker. But do most of us go too...
How Many Planets Are in the Solar System?
When I was a kid, there were nine planets.Now we know of thousands! But that includes exoplanets, alien worlds that orbit alien suns. Only...
The Looming AI Energy Crisis
January 31, 20254 min readAI’s Energy Demands Threaten a Nuclear Waste NightmareReviving nuclear power plants to power AI threatens an avalanche of nuclear wasteBy...
Who Is Trump’s Pick for Acting FAA Chief, Chris Rocheleau?
January 31, 20253 min readWho Is Trump’s Pick for Acting FAA Chief, Chris Rocheleau?Chris Rocheleau, Trump’s pick for acting head of the Federal Aviation...
This Asteroid Probably Won’t Hit Earth—But We May Need to Assume...
In late December astronomers using the Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in Chile observed a new asteroid near our planet. Dubbed 2024...
The Math Mystery That Connects Sudoku, Flight Schedules and Protein Folding
Computer science seemingly rides a curve of unstoppable progress. Mere decades took us from vacuum tubes to microchips, dial-up to high-speed Internet and Office...
HMPV Cases Are Rising Across Asia, but Experts Say Not to...
January 6, 20254 min readHMPV Cases Are Rising Across Asia, but Experts Say Not to PanicA common respiratory virus called human metapneumovirus, or HMPV,...
How to ‘Catch’ Prime Numbers
Prime numbers have captivated mathematicians for centuries with their unpredictable and seemingly random distribution. In a groundbreaking preprint study, researchers devised a novel method...
Biden Awards Three Climate Experts Nation’s Highest Science Honor
January 6, 20252 min readBiden Awards Three Climate Experts Nation’s Highest Science HonorRichard Alley, Lawrence Edwards and David Tilman were among the two dozen...
The Real Reason People Don’t Trust in Science Has Nothing to...
January 6, 20255 min readThe Real Reason People Don’t Trust in Science Has Nothing to Do with ScientistsPropaganda works, is the real upshot of...
