Science

Trump’s ‘Iron Dome’ Space Weapons Plan Ignores Physics and Fiscal Reality

“There is always a well-known solution to every human problem—neat, plausible, and wrong,” according to H. L. Mencken. Today we…

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Penguins Help to Map Antarctica’s Growing Mercury Threat

February 12, 2025 2 min read Penguins Help to Map Antarctica’s Growing Mercury Threat Molted penguin feathers record mercury infiltrating…

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Elon Musk Can Find His $2-Trillion Federal Spending Cut in Nuclear Weapons

February 5, 2025 4 min read Elon Musk Can Find His $2-Trillion Federal Spending Cut in Nuclear Weapons DOGE’s Elon…

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Trump Funding Freeze Could Set Disaster Recovery Back ‘for Years’

CLIMATEWIRE | The federal government Tuesday shut down the online system it uses to distribute billions in disaster aid after…

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Scientific American’s 10 Most Anticipated ‘Microhistories’ Coming Out in 2025

The new year can be a clean slate, giving us an opportunity to reinvent ourselves as someone who reads more.…

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Migrating Birds Sing to Team Up with Other Species

January 15, 2025 3 min read Migrating Birds Sing to Team Up with Other Species Songbirds may socialize across species…

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What the End of U.S. Net Neutrality Means

The sun has set—again—on U.S. net neutrality, the principle that all Internet traffic should be treated equally. Last week a…

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Do We Live in a Special Part of the Universe?

Ever since humans started gazing at the heavens through telescopes, we have discovered, bit by bit, that in celestial terms…

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Wikipedia Searches Reveal Differing Styles of Curiosity

December 24, 2024 2 min read Wikipedia Searches Reveal Differing Styles of Curiosity Mapping explorers of Wikipedia rabbit holes revealed…

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Please Don’t Take Moral Advice from ChatGPT

Should I tell my friend their boyfriend is cheating on them? Should I intervene when I hear an off-color joke?…

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