Kākāpō Parrots Are Flightless, Adorable and Making a Comeback
DNA sequencing, GPS tracking and tailored diets are slowly restoring New Zealand's endangered kākāpō
Vitamin D Hope and Hype, Cosmic Voids and Preventing Depression
Alaska’s rusting rivers, einstein tiles and the new science of asexuality
Breath Of Life: Bridging the Oxygen Gap in Kenya
After COVID devastated Kenya, oxygen prices began to skyrocket as patients lost their lives. Ruth Mambui, a nurse-entrepreneur, set out to bridge the oxygen gap in the country.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/video/breath-of-life-bridging-the-oxygen-gap-in-kenya/
Why Do Christmas Songs Get Stuck in Your Head So Easily?
If holiday music seems designed in a lab to get stuck on repeat inside your head for all of December, well, it kind of is
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-do-christmas-songs-get-stuck-in-your-head-so-easily/
Do Fainter Lines on Home COVID Tests Mean You're Getting Better?
The colors of lines on COVID tests can show whether you’re getting healthy or staying sick—if they’re interpreted the right way
The Biggest Health and Medicine Stories of 2023
From new uses for weight-loss drugs to the first CRISPR gene editing therapy, these were some of the most impactful health stories of the year
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-biggest-health-and-medicine-stories-of-2023/
The Rings of Uranus Glow in Epic JWST Photo
The James Webb Space Telescope caught its second glimpse of the year of Uranus and its bright-shining rings
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-rings-of-uranus-glow-in-epic-jwst-photo/
First Atlas of Every Mouse Brain Cell Could Improve Neuro Disease Treatments
Several research teams have created an atlas of the mouse brain. The map, which has more than 5,300 cell clusters, should help to improve the treatment of brain diseases
People with Sickle Cell Deserve More Respect from Health Care Providers
New CRISPR-based treatments for sickle cell disease bring hope, but medical providers still marginalize people with this condition far too often
Meet the Young Activists behind the New Youth Climate Lawsuit
Young people are taking action on climate because too many adults are not
Lost 'Woolly Dog' Genetics Highlight Indigenous Science
“Woolly dogs” that were kept by the Coast Salish peoples are now extinct, but researchers were able to see their importance written in the genome of the only known pelt
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/lost-woolly-dog-genetics-highlight-indigenous-science/
Breath Of Life: Bridging the Oxygen Gap in Kenya
After COVID devastated Kenya, oxygen prices began to skyrocket as patients lost their lives. Ruth Mambui, a nurse-entrepreneur, set out to bridge the oxygen gap in the country.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/video/breath-of-life-bridging-the-oxygen-gap-in-kenya/
Young Researchers of Color Need Better Mentors
Universities need to train their faculty to be better mentors to students of color, and to understand these students’ vulnerabilities
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/young-researchers-of-color-need-better-mentors/
Are Orca Whales Friends or Foes?
The stories we tell about orcas might say more about us than about them
https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/are-orca-whales-friends-or-foes/
Why Do We Give Gifts? An Anthropologist Explains This Ancient Human Behavior
Gifts play an important role in human relationships and are about more than consumerism
Sun Unleashes Most Powerful Solar Flare Since 2017
The flare may have been accompanied by a plasma eruption now headed toward Earth
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sun-unleashes-most-powerful-solar-flare-since-2017/
Water Scarcity Changes How People Think
Lacking money makes people focus on the present—but lacking water makes them plan for the future
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/water-scarcity-changes-how-people-think/
An Experimental Treatment Could Help COVID Smell Distortion
An injection that targets nerves in the neck appears to relieve parosmia related to COVID infection in some people, but more rigorous studies are needed
Turns Out Undersea Kelp Forests Are Crucial to Salmon
The beloved fish that feed orcas and humans depend on kelp forests’ unique habitat.
How to See Halos, Sun Dogs and Other Delights of the Daytime Sky
Ice crystals suspended in the air put on a gorgeous show if you know when and where to look