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New Satellite Will Track Methane Super Emitters

Tanager-1 is the first in a series of satellites that aim to pinpoint major emitters of carbon dioxide and methane, major greenhouse gases

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-satellite-will-track-methane-super-emitters/

Bird Flu Is Infecting Pet Cats. Here’s What You Need to Know

As bird flu spreads in cats, cows and other animals, it has more opportunity to adapt to easily infect humans

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bird-flu-is-infecting-pet-cats-heres-what-you-need-to-know/

How Food Banks Prevent Climate Change by Averting Carbon Emissions

Redistributing food to food banks before it’s tossed or wasted doesn’t just fight hunger—such efforts also fight climate change

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-food-banks-prevent-climate-change-by-averting-carbon-emissions/

1 in 4 Unresponsive People with Brain Injuries May Be Conscious

More people than we thought who are in comas or similar states can hear what is happening around them, a study shows.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/1-in-4-unresponsive-people-with-brain-injuries-may-be-conscious/

The WHO Declared Mpox a Global Health Emergency. Here's Where the Virus Is Spreading and What Vaccines and Treatments Exist

A new type of mpox has infected thousands in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other African countries, but vaccines and treatments are hard to come by

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-who-declared-mpox-a-global-health-emergency-heres-where-the-virus-is/

How to See Sunspots with Your Own Eyes

Surging solar activity means enormous sunspots are in the space-weather forecast. Here’s how to view them safely

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-see-sunspots-with-your-own-eyes/

Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs Came from beyond Jupiter

New evidence points to a carbonaceous asteroid from the outer solar system as the culprit for Earth’s most recent mass extinction

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/asteroid-that-killed-the-dinosaurs-came-from-beyond-jupiter/

Ants Bite Off Each Other's Limbs to Save Them from Deadly Infections

Carpenter ants carry out lifesaving amputations on their colony siblings to save them

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ants-bite-off-each-others-limbs-to-save-them-from-deadly-infections/

Postal Service Ignoring Heat Risks to Mail Carriers, Investigation Finds

Internal records show the U.S. Postal Service has tried to get workers out of air-conditioned offices. The allegations come one year after the agency was accused of falsifying heat-training records

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/postal-service-ignoring-heat-risks-to-mail-carriers-investigation-finds/

Three of the Strangest Paradoxes in Mathematics

A barber shaves all men who don’t shave themselves. Does he shave himself? Mathematics offers explanations for this and other curious contradictions

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/three-of-the-strangest-paradoxes-in-mathematics/

Three of the Strangest Paradoxes in Mathematics

A barber shaves all men who don’t shave themselves. Does he shave himself? Mathematics offers explanations for this and other curious contradictions

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/three-of-the-strangest-paradoxes-in-mathematics/

Three of the Strangest Paradoxes in Mathematics

A barber shaves all men who don’t shave themselves. Does he shave himself? Mathematics offers explanations for this and other curious contradictions

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/three-of-the-strangest-paradoxes-in-mathematics/

Google’s Project Green Light Uses AI to Take on City Traffic

A Google experiment to improve stoplights shows early positive results. But AI-assisted software won’t replace human traffic engineers just yet

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/googles-project-green-light-uses-ai-to-take-on-city-traffic/

Brain-to-Speech Tech Good Enough for Everyday Use Debuts in a Man with ALS

A highly robust brain-computer interface boasts low error rates and a durability that allows a user to talk all day long

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/brain-to-speech-tech-good-enough-for-everyday-use-debuts-in-a-man-with-als/

Cleaned Up Shipping Emissions Have Revealed Additional Global Warming

New shipping regulations set limits on sulfur in maritime fuel, reducing harmful pollution but inadvertently ceasing a cooling effect on Earth’s climate

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cleaned-up-shipping-emissions-have-revealed-additional-global-warming/

SpaceX Set to Launch First-Ever Crew over Earth's Poles

Launching in late 2024, the Fram2 mission will be the first human spaceflight to explore the planet's polar regions

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/spacex-set-to-launch-first-ever-crew-over-earths-poles/

SpaceX Set to Launch First-Ever Crew over Earth's Poles

Launching in late 2024, the Fram2 mission will be the first human spaceflight to explore the planet's polar regions

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/spacex-set-to-launch-first-ever-crew-over-earths-poles/

SpaceX Set to Launch First-Ever Crew over Earth's Poles

Launching in late 2024, the Fram2 mission will be the first human spaceflight to explore the planet's polar regions

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/spacex-set-to-launch-first-ever-crew-over-earths-poles/

Stonehenge’s Strangest Rock Came from 500 Miles Away

A new analysis of Stonehenge’s “Altar Stone” suggests Neolithic people walked or sailed some 500 miles to transport the six-ton boulder

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/stonehenges-strangest-rock-came-from-500-miles-away/

Meet Saturn’s ‘Death Star’ Moon and the Intriguing Ocean It May Hide

The possibility of liquid water beneath the surface of Saturn’s moon Mimas may offer clues to how such seas form, and another spot to search for life

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/meet-saturns-death-star-moon-and-the-intriguing-ocean-it-may-hide/