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The Applause for Jaws despite Flaws

Fifty years ago the movie Jaws scared beachgoers and demonized sharks. Now, howe...

The Applause for Jaws, Despite Flaws

Fifty years ago, the movie Jaws scared beachgoers and demonized sharks. Now, how...

How to Help Kids Navigate Our Dangerous World—With Science

Research has shown ways parents can help children cope with the stressors of mod...

New Infrared Contacts Let You See in the Dark

Straight out of science fiction, these contact lenses convert infrared light int...

Hurricane Season Is Soon—NOAA Says It’s Ready, but Weat...

As hurricane season approaches, thousands of weather and disaster experts have r...

COVID Vaccines Face Potential New Limits from Trump Adm...

Despite the fact that vaccines against COVID have already undergone strict safet...

The Creepy Calculus of Measuring Death Risk

Meet micromorts and microlives, statistical units that help mathematicians to ca...

Hypervelocity Stars Hint at a Nearby Supermassive Black...

Some stars streaking through the Milky Way at millions of kilometers per hour pr...

DolphinGemma Could Enable AI Communication with Dolphins

A large language model for dolphin vocalization could let us better understand t...

Why Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ Won’t Shield the U.S. from Nu...

The White House’s $175-billion plan to protect the U.S. from nuclear annihilatio...

A Public Health Researcher and Her Engineer Husband Fou...

Mildred Weeks Wells and her husband figured out that disease-causing pathogens c...

Trump Leaves Disaster-Struck States Waiting Weeks for S...

States and cities struck by deadly tornadoes and floods are begging the Trump ad...

How Much Ultraprocessed Food Do You Eat? Blood and Urin...

A new study suggests blood and urine samples could provide an objective measure ...

Bird Flu Vaccine for Cows Passes Early Test

Researchers have tested an mRNA vaccine against avian influenza in calves with p...

Saturn Has 274 Known Moons—Thanks in Large Part to This...

Scientific American spoke with the astronomer who has contributed to the discove...

Vitamin D May Slow Cells’ Aging by Protecting DNA

Vitamin D supplements may help prevent the loss of telomeres, DNA sequences that...

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