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Single-Atom Quantum Computer Achieves Breakthrough Mole...

A quantum computer has used a single atom to model the complex dynamics of organ...

New Class of Drugs Blocks Wakefulness Chemical and Offe...

Drugs that target wakefulness, molecules in cannabis and wearable devices that m...

Getting Enough Sleep is Critical for Weight Loss and Ma...

A sleep-medicine specialist explains how restless nights lead to consuming more ...

Sleep Aids Can Be Uneven and Expensive, Leaving Anxious...

When insomnia took hold of this journalist, she relied on her science reporting ...

Medicaid Cuts Will Make Older People Sicker

For people aged 65 and older, Medicaid can provide vital health care—and losing ...

What If Mitochondria Aren’t Only the Powerhouse of the ...

New discoveries about mitochondria could reshape how we understand the body’s re...

Apple Settles Claim for Siri Eavesdropping

Apple is paying $95 million over claims that Siri secretly recorded private chat...

NOAA Has ‘Ground to a Halt’ as Lutnick Has Left Contrac...

A NOAA official says that “everything has ground to a halt” at the agency as sta...

Why the 2025 Tornado Season Has Been So Destructive

Several devastating tornado outbreaks have cut swaths of destruction across the ...

Larger, More Dangerous Hail Is Becoming More Common—Her...

The largest hail tends to form in “supercell” thunderstorms and seems to be beco...

Murderbot’s Cyborg Brain Explained by Neuroscience

What would it take to create a cyborg brain like the one in the new TV show Murd...

Larger, More Dangerous Hail Is Becoming More Common—Her...

The largest hail tends to form in “supercell” thunderstorms and seems to be beco...

Surprising Ways That Sunlight Might Heal Autoimmune Dis...

Sunshine may hold healing rays for a variety of autoimmune diseases such as mult...

June 2025: Science History from 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago

White ants; vacations in the mud

Can We Refreeze the Arctic’s Ice? Scientists Test New G...

Researchers are trying to rebuild sea ice above the Arctic Circle so it can refl...

Readers Respond to the February 2025 Issue

Letters to the editors for the February 2025 issue of Scientific American

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