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24 May 2023, 18:46
U.S. Military Sees Growing Threat in Thawing Permafrost🔗 @ScientificAmericanScientific AmericanU.S. Military Sees Growing Threat in Thawing PermafrostDeputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks visited Alaska this week to see how climate change is undermining infrastructure at Arctic military basesScientific American
24 May 2023, 17:46
People, Not Google's Algorithm, Create Their Own Partisan 'Bubbles' Online🔗 @ScientificAmericanScientific AmericanPeople, Not Google’s Algorithm, Create Their Own Partisan ‘Bubbles’ OnlinePolitically polarized Google users are not steered to partisan sites by the search engine’s algorithm but generally decide to go there on their ownScientific American
24 May 2023, 17:46
The Science Is Clear: Gun Control Saves Lives🔗 @ScientificAmericanScientific AmericanThe Science Is Clear: Gun Control Saves LivesBy enacting simple laws that make guns safer and harder to get, we can prevent killings like the ones in Uvalde and BuffaloScientific American
24 May 2023, 15:47
Why Has a Group of Orcas Suddenly Started Attacking Boats?🔗 @ScientificAmericanScientific AmericanWhy Has a Group of Orcas Suddenly Started Attacking Boats?Killer whales in a group near Spain and Portugal may be teaching one another to mess with small boats. They sank their third vessel earlier this monthScientific American
24 May 2023, 11:46
What the End of the COVID Emergency Means for You🔗 @ScientificAmericanScientific AmericanThe End of the COVID Emergency and What It Means for YouWhat you pay for tests, vaccines, and medicine will changeScientific American
24 May 2023, 11:46
High School Students Need More Sleep and Later School Start Times🔗 @ScientificAmericanScientific AmericanHigh School Students Need More Sleep and Later School Start TimesAfter reading a Scientific American editorial on sleep and school start times, students and their teacher wrote to the editors about their experiences. Their district listened, and school will start later next yearScientific American
24 May 2023, 10:46
Astronomers Have Spotted a Once-in-a-Decade Supernova--and You Can, Too🔗 @ScientificAmericanScientific AmericanAstronomers Have Spotted a Once-in-a-Decade Supernova—and You Can, TooThe death throes of a massive star in the galaxy M101, located just 21 million light-years away from Earth, are entrancing professional and amateur astronomers alikeScientific American
23 May 2023, 19:46
Ongoing Development Is Part of the Colorado River Problem🔗 @ScientificAmericanScientific AmericanOngoing Development Is Part of the Colorado River ProblemUsing “slow water” methods can make the Colorado River Basin and its people more resilientScientific American
23 May 2023, 16:47
Ozone Treaty Delayed Arctic Melting by 15 Years🔗 @ScientificAmericanScientific AmericanOzone Treaty Delayed Arctic Melting by 15 YearsThe Montreal Protocol was intended to save Earth’s ozone layer, but it also helped slow global warming and delayed the melting of Arctic sea iceScientific American
23 May 2023, 16:47
Can NASA's Artemis Moon Missions Count on Using Lunar Water Ice?🔗 @ScientificAmericanScientific AmericanCan NASA's Artemis Moon Missions Count on Using Lunar Water Ice?How realistic is it to expect to find enough ice on the moon to support human habitation?Scientific American
23 May 2023, 15:47
Soft 'Electronic Skin' Mimics Our Sense of Touch🔗 @ScientificAmericanScientific AmericanSoft ‘Electronic Skin’ Mimics Our Sense of TouchA flexible, conductive membrane that can pass sensory information to the brain and muscles is a step towards artificial skinScientific American
23 May 2023, 14:47
JWST Spots Biggest Water Plume Yet Spewing from a Moon of Saturn🔗 @ScientificAmericanScientific AmericanJWST Spots Biggest Water Plume Yet Spewing from a Moon of SaturnThe huge watery cloud spurting from Enceladus could carry the ingredients for life farther into space than previously knownScientific American
23 May 2023, 13:48
The Dunning-Kruger Effect Isn't What You Think It Is🔗 @ScientificAmericanScientific AmericanThe Dunning-Kruger Effect Isn't What You Think It IsThe least skilled people know how much they don't know, but everyone thinks they are better than averageScientific American
23 May 2023, 13:48
Gorillas' Resilience after Early-Life Trauma Holds Lessons for Humans🔗 @ScientificAmericanScientific AmericanGorillas’ Resilience after Early-Life Trauma Holds Lessons for HumansA young mountain gorilla who is able to survive the tough early years may live as long or longer than peers who coasted through their youth without incidentScientific American
23 May 2023, 11:47
Is E.T. Eavesdropping On Our Phone Calls?🔗 @ScientificAmericanScientific AmericanIs E.T. Eavesdropping on Our Phone Calls?Cell phone towers leak radio waves into space, but they’ll be tough for aliens to detectScientific American
23 May 2023, 11:47
These Are the Most Bizarre Numbers in the Universe🔗 @ScientificAmericanScientific AmericanThese Are the Most Bizarre Numbers in the UniverseMost real numbers are unknown—even to mathematiciansScientific American
23 May 2023, 10:48
Gravitational-Wave Search Resumes after Three Years and Lots of Headaches🔗 @ScientificAmericanScientific American
22 May 2023, 21:46
Concrete Made with Shredded Diapers Is Just as Strong and Saves Landfill Space🔗 @ScientificAmericanScientific AmericanConcrete Made with Shredded Diapers Is Just as Strong and Saves Landfill SpaceUsed diapers can replace up to 40 percent of the sand that is typically used in making concrete, lowering costs and keeping more trash out of landfillsScientific American
22 May 2023, 16:46
One Planet, Two Crises: Tackling Climate Change and Biodiversity in the Fight for Our Future🔗 @ScientificAmericanScientific AmericanOne Planet, Two Crises: Tackling Climate Change and Biodiversity in the Fight for Our FutureWorld Biodiversity Day reminds us that the profound crises we confront are just different sides of the same coinScientific American
22 May 2023, 14:48
The Supreme Court Needs the Judicial Reforms We Champion for Everyone Else🔗 @ScientificAmericanScientific AmericanThe Supreme Court Needs the Judicial Reforms We Champion for Everyone ElseThe U.S. should implement the same reforms to its high court that it has called for in other nations, a judicial reform scholar suggests
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