One evening in late 1997, 11-year-old Claire Lackner walked into her dad’s study looking for an idea for an experiment for her sixth-grade science class. Her dad, Klaus Lackner, happened to be a physicist working on nuclear fusion at Los...
Citations for cash: researchers have identified services where scholars can buy citations to their papers in bulk.Credit: Vergani_Fotografia/Getty Research-integrity watchers are concerned about the growing ways in which scientists can fake or manipulate the citation counts of their studies. In...
August 20, 20244 min readScience Improves When People Realize They Were WrongScience means being able to change your mind in light of new evidenceBy Naomi Oreskes Many traits that are expected of scientists—dispassion, detachment, prodigious attention to detail, putting caveats...
Father Spitzer’s new book delivers comprehensive scientific evidence for Catholicism SAN FRANCISCO — At a time when truth is ever harder to distinguish from lies, Father Robert Spitzer, S.J. takes his mastery of the inextricable ties between science and faith...
Get a head start on fall loungewear shopping! Once the weather starts to get cooler you will be glad you did. After all, what is better than some new comfy clothing to wear in the autumn breezes? If you’re like...
A24 has released the official trailer for the apocalyptic comedy “Y2K,” which stars Jaeden Martell, Rachel Zegler and Julian Dennison. The film, directed by Kyle Mooney, will premiere in theaters on December 6.TrailerThe official trailer for “Y2K” has been released...
Most of the matter in our universe is invisible. We can measure the gravitational pull of this “dark matter” on the orbits of stars and galaxies. We can see the way it bends light around itself and can detect its...
August 20, 20243 min readNew Insights on Dinosaurs, Pain and Carbon CaptureHow we’ll learn more about dark matter, quantum gravity and substitutes for lab animalsBy Laura Helmuth Scientific American, September 2024A 1974 essay called “What Is It Like to Be...
August 20, 20241 min readPoem: ‘Rocket Launch Laconic’Science in meter and verseBy Julie Dillemuth Edited by Dava SobelCountdown metronomic Astronomic diastolic Mental state cyclonic Praying atheist ironicCacophony chaotic Blastoff billowing iconic Liftoff! Spacecraft aeronautic Rocket supersonicOn supporting science journalismIf you're...
August 20, 20244 min readContributors to Scientific American’s September 2024 IssueWriters, artists, photographers and researchers share the stories behind the storiesBy Allison Parshall Tim Quady/Blue Rhino StudioBeth ZaikenWhat Was It Like to Be a Dinosaur?Since childhood, Beth Zaiken (above) has...
