Digital models of the ancient molluscs Punk ferox and Emo vorticaudum, created from X-ray scans of their fossilsSutton et al. Nature (2025) Fossils of two prehistoric marine molluscs with distinctive spiky “hairstyles” have been discovered and named Punk and Emo....
Paraparticles could appear as vibrations in certain quantum systemsGiroscience/Science Photo Library A group of fundamental particles, long theorised but thought to be physically impossible, might exist after all. Known as paraparticles, they could one day have exotic applications if we...
The CRISPR protein (blue and pink) is hooked up to an RNA sequence (orange) that guides where to cut DNA (purple)Science Photo Library / Alamy Stock Photo The risk of developing many common conditions could be drastically reduced by making...
January 7, 20252 min readFerocious Santa Ana Winds Fuel Explosive Palisades FireThe nature of the Santa Ana winds makes them perfectly suited to spreading flames. The destructive Palisades Fire is the latest exampleBy Andrea Thompson edited by Dean VisserThe Palisades...
Rachel Feltman: Happy new year, listeners! For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, this is Rachel Feltman.Whether you’re an avid backpacker, an occasional park stroller or someone whose relationship with the great outdoors falls somewhere in the middle, you probably already know...
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research.We all know that time seems to pass at different speeds in different situations. For example, time appears to go slowly when we travel...
Since the end of World War II the U.S. has been the unrivaled global health leader through both Republican and Democratic administrations. U.S. public health agencies have set the scientific gold standard for biomedical research, medical product approvals and public...
January 8, 20253 min readHow Periods Can Affect ADHD Symptoms and TreatmentAttention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms worsen right before and during a period, a new study finds, and this could impact treatmentBy Kelso Harper edited by Tanya Lewis Researchers once...
The sun has set—again—on U.S. net neutrality, the principle that all Internet traffic should be treated equally. Last week a federal appeals court panel ruled that the Federal Communications Commission cannot classify Internet service providers, or ISPs, in a way...
It’s relatively easy to poison the output of an AI chatbotNICOLAS MAETERLINCK/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images Artificial intelligence chatbots already have a misinformation problem – and it is relatively easy to poison such AI models by adding a bit of...
