What Climate Change Means for Your Garden
Climate change is affecting every aspect of gardening, including what plants thrive where, which can survive multiple years, whether trees bear fruit, and what pests are most threatening
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-climate-change-means-for-your-garden/
How Much Energy Would It Take to Blow the Earth to Smithereens?
A mathematical formula shows what would be needed to reduce the planet to cosmic dust
Pig Kidney Transplanted into Living Human for First Time
Doctors have transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney into a living human patient for the first time ever
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/pig-kidney-transplanted-into-living-human-for-first-time/
What to Know about Measles Outbreaks in the U.S.
A growing number of measles cases in the U.S. has experts worried about how a decline in routine vaccinations could bring back preventable illnesses
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-to-know-about-measles-outbreaks-in-the-u-s/
Can AI Replace Human Research Participants? These Scientists See Risks
Several recent proposals for using AI to generate research data could save time and effort but at a cost
Earth Has More Than One Moon
Quirks of orbital mechanics make a cadre of sun-orbiting asteroids appear to be moons of Earth
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/earth-has-more-than-one-moon/
NASA Slashes Budget for Chandra, Its Greatest X-ray Observatory
The Chandra X-ray Observatory faces a premature end under new funding cuts proposed by NASA—and astronomers aren’t happy
A Completely New Approach to Crops Could Boost Nutrition across Africa
Cary Fowler, the U.S. State Department’s leading figure on global hunger, explains a new way to improve nutritious food supply
Planet-Eating Stars Are Surprisingly Common, New Study Suggests
At least one in a dozen binary stars shows signs of eating their planets
Female Mosquitoes Follow Each Other to Breeding Sites
Aedes aegypti mosquitoes use social cues to decide where to lay their eggs, scientists discover
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/female-mosquitoes-follow-each-other-to-breeding-sites/
Stunning Comet Spiral Offers Glimpse of Icy Snowball at Its Core
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks is hiding a strange spiral in its icy heart—and it may tell scientists about the comet’s innards
61 Unexpected PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found in Food Packaging
A global study identified 61 PFAS chemicals in food packaging that are not authorized for use in such products
High-Profile Geoengineering Experiment Shuts Down
A beleaguered solar geoengineering project failed to conduct field tests because of opposition from environmentalists and Indigenous residents
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/high-profile-geoengineering-experiment-shuts-down/
What the Quest to Build a Truly Intelligent Machine Is Teaching Us
Designing machines to think like humans provides insight into intelligence itself
Florida’s Surgeon General Shows the Danger of Politicizing of Medicine
Florida state surgeon general Joseph Ladapo’s rejection of evidence-based policy stems from political rather than scientific motivations and puts innocent people at risk
As Extreme Heat and Smoke Threaten U.S. Farmworkers, Federal Health Leaders Evaluate Protections
Leaders of the Department of Health and Human Services will meet throughout the spring and summer to help protect farm laborers from heat and wildfire smoke
Why People Aged 65 and Older Should Get a Spring COVID Vaccine
Older people are particularly vulnerable to COVID and should get another vaccine against the disease this spring, doctors say
The Great Debate: Could We Ever Travel through Time?
Our space and physics editors go head-to-head over a classic mind-bending question.
Too Much Trust in AI Poses Unexpected Threats to the Scientific Process
It’s vital to “keep humans in the loop” to avoid humanizing machine-learning models in research
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trust-ai-science-risks/
The Science behind Humpback Whales’ Eerie Songs
Scientists have long wondered how baleen whales make their songs, and a new study has finally uncovered the anatomical workings behind their melodies.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-science-behind-humpback-whales-eerie-songs/