NASA's Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Ends Mission on the Red Planet after 3 Years

NASA’s enterprising Mars helicopter and its remarkable 72 flights offered a new vision of planetary exploration

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa-rsquo-s-mars-helicopter-ingenuity-ends-mission-on-the-red-planet-after-3-years/

64,000 Pregnancies Caused by Rape Have Occurred in States with a Total Abortion Ban, New Study Estimates

Researchers calculated the number of pregnancies resulting from rape in states where abortion was banned throughout pregnancy after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/64-000-pregnancies-caused-by-rape-have-occurred-in-states-with-a-total-abortion-ban-new-study-estimates/

Lions Are Changing Their Hunting Strategy because of Ant Invasion

Big-headed ants are invading new territories in Kenya—and the consequences are rippling through the whole ecosystem, scientists have found

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/lions-are-changing-their-hunting-strategy-because-of-ant-invasion/

Renewable Power Set to Surpass Coal Globally by 2025

Renewable energy will surpass coal power by 2025 and, with nuclear energy, will account for nearly half the world’s power generation by 2026, the International Energy Agency forecasts

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/renewable-power-set-to-surpass-coal-globally-by-2025/

Robotic Dinosaur Tests How Dinos (and Birds) Got Wings

Scientists built a robotic dinosaur to terrify grasshoppers, all in hopes of understanding how truly pathetic wings could offer prehistoric animals an evolutionary advantage

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/robotic-dinosaur-tests-how-dinos-and-birds-got-wings/

Your Body Has Its Own Built-In Ozempic

Popular weight-loss and diabetes drugs, such as Ozempic and Wegovy, target metabolic pathways that gut microbes and food molecules already play a key role in regulating

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/your-body-has-its-own-built-in-ozempic/

Inside the Crime Rings Trafficking Sand

Organized crime is mining sand from rivers and coasts to feed demand worldwide, ruining ecosystems and communities. Can it be stopped?

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sand-mafias-are-plundering-the-earth/

China's New Dark Matter Lab Is Biggest and Deepest Yet

The world’s deepest and largest underground laboratory is scaling up its search for dark matter

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/chinas-new-dark-matter-lab-is-biggest-and-deepest-yet/

Toilet Taboos Can Make Scientific Fieldwork Dangerous

Reluctance to talk about bathroom breaks can make fieldwork uncomfortable and even dangerous. Some scientists want that to change

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/toilet-taboos-can-make-scientific-fieldwork-dangerous/

Climate Concern Grows Nationwide, Even in Some Republican States

A national survey shows Americans are increasingly worried about global warming. But partisan politics continues to drive a wedge between red and blue states

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/climate-concern-grows-nationwide-even-in-some-republican-states/

Groundwater Is Declining Globally, but There Are Hopeful Exceptions

The most detailed global look at groundwater yet shows a lot of loss but also stories of success in restoring some aquifers

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/groundwater-is-declining-globally-but-there-are-hopeful-exceptions/

A Wild Claim about the Powers of Pi Creates a Transcendental Mystery

Mathematicians cannot determine whether multiplying pi by itself repeatedly might produce a whole number

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-wild-claim-about-the-powers-of-pi-creates-a-transcendental-mystery/

Unprecedented Supernova Survey Underscores Dark Energy Mystery

The Dark Energy Survey has released a long-awaited analysis based on more than 1,500 supernovae. It suggests our laws of gravity just might be correct after all—or perhaps not

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/unprecedented-supernova-survey-underscores-dark-energy-mystery/

Ozempic and Other Weight-Loss Drugs Are Sparking a Risky New War on Obesity

The world has launched into an era of injectables not just to treat obesity but to manage weight. Is that all good news?

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ozempic-and-other-weight-loss-drugs-are-sparking-a-risky-new-war-on-obesity/

Some Adults May Need a Measles Booster

Measles is extremely infectious. Vaccines provide good protection, but some adults may need a top-up shot

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/some-adults-may-need-a-measles-booster/

Turning Doctors into Climate Health Advocates Is Good for Patients

Harvard researchers found that most doctors and nurses who took a course in community organizing believed they could help combat climate change’s negative impacts on health

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/turning-doctors-into-climate-health-advocates-is-good-for-patients/

Waiting for the 'White Water'

In Nigeria, one community that has never had potable water finally gets it.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/video/waiting-for-the-white-water/

AI Program Finds Thousands of Possible Psychedelics. Will They Lead to New Drugs?

Researchers have doubted how useful AI protein-structure tool AlphaFold will be in discovering medicines—now they are learning how to deploy it effectively

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ai-program-finds-thousands-of-possible-psychedelics-will-they-lead-to-new-drugs/

A Comic Guide to the Evolution of Ancient Cells into Complex Brains

“The anus was a prerequisite for intelligence” said one biologist

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-comic-guide-to-the-evolution-of-ancient-cells-into-complex-brains/

Giant Ultrafaint Galaxy Could Offer Dark Matter Clues

A ghostly giant galaxy called Nube may become a testbed for esoteric theories of dark matter

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/giant-ultrafaint-galaxy-could-offer-dark-matter-clues/