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Humans Just Pushed Earth across Another 'Planetary Boundary' Earth has breached a critical boundary for ocean acidification, with potentially grim effects for ocean ecosystems and human livelihoods

Earth has breached a critical boundary for ocean acidification, with potentially grim effects for ocean ecosystems and human livelihoods

Can You Solve Math’s Knottiest Puzzles? Learn the fundamentals of the burgeoning field of knot theory while solving some puzzles along the way

Learn the fundamentals of the burgeoning field of knot theory while solving some puzzles along the way

Warp Speed! How Some Galaxies Can Move Away from Us Faster Than Light When space itself expands, weird things can happen—like galaxies breaking the universe’s ultimate speed limit

When space itself expands, weird things can happen—like galaxies breaking the universe’s ultimate speed limit

A Silent Chamber at Nokia Bell Labs Reveals How Sound Shapes Memory, Emotion and Human Experience Step into a room so quiet you can hear your own heartbeat—and your nervous system.

Step into a room so quiet you can hear your own heartbeat—and your nervous system.

Every year, the Ig Nobel Prizes honor the weirdest and most wonderful science out there—like studying how drunk bats fly or the physics of perfect pasta. It’s all real research, and it’s all hilariously brilliant. Because sometimes science makes you laugh… then think.

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Jane Goodall was one of my first scientific idols. She reminded us that the natural world is not simply an object of study but a living, breathing subject: "In a flash of 'outsight' I had known timelessness and quiet ecstasy, sensed a truth of which mainstream science is merely a small fraction."

Tylenol Is One of the Most Commonly Used Kids' Meds. Is It Safe? President Trump says Tylenol is not safe for young children. Here’s what the science says about acetaminophen

I wrote about what we know about the safety of Tylenol (acetaminophen) in kids (spoiler alert: it's fine): www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-t... Thanks to @megha.bsky.social for editing

How Many Humans Have Ever Lived? The Math May Surprise You Is it really possible that half of all people who have ever been age 65 or older are still alive today? We explore the amazing mathematics of demography to find out

Is it really possible that half of all people who have ever been age 65 or older are still alive today? We explore the amazing mathematics of demography to find out

Jane Goodall, Trailblazing Primatologist and Chimpanzee Conservationist, Has Died The anthropologist was famous for her pioneering research with chimpanzees and her influence on conservation

“I think chimpanzees have helped people understand that we are part of and not separated from the animal kingdom, and that has opened the way to having respect for the other amazing beings with whom we share the planet.” —Jane Goodall, @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/jane...

Demetre Daskalakis Saw the CDC Change from the Inside—And He’s Sounding the Alarm The former director of a CDC center reveals how political ideology is undermining science, threatening vaccine policy and endangering public health across the U.S.

"You see CDC being torn apart, 2,000 people who are no longer there, years of experience, centers that are being demolished." @drdemetre.bsky.social discusses the dire state of US public health w/ @feltman.bsky.social on @sciam.bsky.social Science Quickly: www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/epis...

Jane Goodall, Trailblazing Primatologist and Chimpanzee Conservationist, Has Died The anthropologist was famous for her pioneering research with chimpanzees and her influence on conservation

Jane Goodall, Trailblazing Primatologist and Chimpanzee Conservationist, Has Died

The anthropologist was famous for her pioneering research with chimpanzees and her influence on conservation

www.scientificamerican.com/article/jane...

Jane Goodall, Trailblazing Primatologist and Chimpanzee Conservationist, Has Died The anthropologist was famous for her pioneering research with chimpanzees and her influence on conservation

The anthropologist was famous for her pioneering research with chimpanzees and her influence on conservation

How Scientists Finally Found a Treatment that Slows Huntington’s Disease After years of heartbreak, researchers have found an experimental treatment that can slow the progression of Huntington’s disease, according to early results from a small clinical trial

After years of heartbreak, researchers have found an experimental treatment that can slow the progression of Huntington’s disease, according to early results from a small clinical trial

How Scientists Finally Found a Treatment that Slows Huntington’s Disease After years of heartbreak, researchers have found an experimental treatment that can slow the progression of Huntington’s disease, according to early results from a small clinical trial

After yrs of disappointment scientists have made a genuine advance in treating Huntington's. The new gene therapy slowed disease progression by 75%. But it's still experimental and will likely be $$, @parshallison.bsky.social reports for @sciam.bsky.social: www.scientificamerican.com/article/firs...

Is Life inside Enceladus? Saturn’s Ocean Moon Is Awash with Biology’s Raw Ingredients A fresh analysis of old data has found rich organic chemistry within the hidden ocean of Saturn’s moon Enceladus

Now on @sciam.bsky.social: A fresh look at old Cassini data shows surprising chemical complexity brewing within Enceladus. This time we've found oodles of chonky organic molecules that could be precursors to (or byproducts of) even chonkier biomolecules.

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Demetre Daskalakis Saw the CDC Change from the Inside—And He’s Sounding the Alarm The former director of a CDC center reveals how political ideology is undermining science, threatening vaccine policy and endangering public health across the U.S.

Today on Science Quickly for @sciam.bsky.social: @drdemetre.bsky.social on how the CDC has decayed from a trusted source of health information to "an ideology propaganda machine that’s Orwellian"—and what we can do about it

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These Microbes Are Eating Mining Waste—And Pulling Out Valuable Metals Biomining uses engineered microbes to harvest critical minerals

Biomining uses engineered microbes to harvest critical minerals

Demetre Daskalakis Saw the CDC Change from the Inside—And He’s Sounding the Alarm The former director of a CDC center reveals how political ideology is undermining science, threatening vaccine policy and endangering public health across the U.S.

The former director of a CDC center reveals how political ideology is undermining science, threatening vaccine policy and endangering public health across the U.S.

Is Life inside Enceladus? Saturn’s Ocean Moon Is Awash with Biology’s Raw Ingredients A fresh analysis of old data has found rich organic chemistry within the hidden ocean of Saturn’s moon Enceladus

A fresh analysis of old data has found rich organic chemistry within the hidden ocean of Saturn’s moon Enceladus

Tylenol Is One of the Most Commonly Used Kids' Meds. Is It Safe? President Trump says Tylenol is not safe for young children. Here’s what the science says about acetaminophen

President Trump says Tylenol is not safe for young children. Here’s what the science says about acetaminophen

You don't want to miss this wild story from @danvergano.bsky.social 🧪 🔭

12,000-Year-Old Life-Sized Camel Etchings Reveal a Lost World in the Desert Camels in ancient Arabia may have led hunter-gatherers through deserts once thought uninhabitable

Camels in ancient Arabia may have led hunter-gatherers through deserts once thought uninhabitable

NASA’s First-Ever Alien-Hunting Space Telescope Could Enlighten Our New Dark Age The Habitable Worlds Observatory is poised to tell us whether Earthlike planets are common—if it can get off the ground

The Habitable Worlds Observatory is poised to tell us whether Earthlike planets are common—if it can get off the ground

NASA’s First-Ever Alien-Hunting Space Telescope Could Enlighten Our New Dark Age The Habitable Worlds Observatory is poised to tell us whether Earthlike planets are common—if it can get off the ground

Now on @sciam.bsky.social: NASA’s next-gen Habitable Worlds Observatory may be our best chance to find alien life. But can a nation busy ripping itself apart unite to launch a mission to solve life’s cosmic mysteries? By @nadiadrake.bsky.social (and me).

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The Mystery of Ghostly Will-o’-the-Wisps May Finally Be Solved A phenomenon called microlightning may explain ghostly blue marsh lights

A phenomenon called microlightning may explain ghostly blue marsh lights

Mildly Menacing Mating Calls Lead to Discovery of New Gecko Species Scientists found new gecko species hidden in plain sight in pristine deserts of southern Africa, thanks to their loud, barking mating calls

🧪 Scientists found new gecko species hidden in plain sight in pristine deserts of southern Africa, thanks to their loud, barking mating calls

Mildly Menacing Mating Calls Lead to Discovery of New Gecko Species Scientists found new gecko species hidden in plain sight in pristine deserts of southern Africa, thanks to their loud, barking mating calls

You NEED to see and hear these cute little barking geckos and I won't let you talk yourself out of it: 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/six-...

A Hurricane Is Saving the U.S. from a Tropical Storm In a version of the Fujiwhara effect, Hurricane Humberto is pulling Tropical Storm Imelda eastward and away from the U.S.

Tropical Storm Imelda could have been really bad for the Carolinas. Except there was a Category 4 hurricane around to pull Imelda away from the coast. Here's that weird phenomenon explained: 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...

A Hurricane Is Saving the U.S. from a Tropical Storm In a version of the Fujiwhara effect, Hurricane Humberto is pulling Tropical Storm Imelda eastward and away from the U.S.

In a version of the Fujiwhara effect, Hurricane Humberto is pulling Tropical Storm Imelda eastward and away from the U.S.