Science Quiz: Doing a 180
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Neurotic Cats, One-Eyed Aliens and Hypnosis for Liars Are among the Historical Gems Reported in Scientific American
Scientists are trained to thoroughly investigate their new ideas. Sometimes, however, their…
'The Smithsonian Institution owns the Discovery.' Museum resists Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' plan to move space shuttle to Houston
A provision in President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” orders the Air and Space…
Powerful US-Indian NISAR radar satellite launches to track tiny changes on Earth's surface (video)
The U.S. and India just sent a powerful new set of radar eyes into the sky.
The NISAR satellite, a…
James Webb Space Telescope finds giant, lonely exoplanets can build their own planetary friends without a parent star
Our parochial view of planets orbiting a central star — so familiar because it is the layout seen…
Ancient 'superfood' discovered in 2,500-year-old bronze jars in southern Italy
Globs of sticky goo discovered in the bottom of 2,500-year-old bronze jars from southern Italy have…
Watch 1,000 baby spiders devour their mothers and aunties alive in stomach-turning, first-of-its-kind footage
Filmmakers have captured first-of-its-kind, spine-chilling footage of young spiders cannibalizing…
Why Ticks and Lyme Disease Are Soaring This Summer
I’d done everything you’re supposed to do to avoid a tick bite: Tucked permethrin-impregnated…
Google has turned 2 billion smartphones into a global earthquake warning system — it's just as effective as seismometers
Google has harnessed motion sensors on more than 2 billion smartphones to create an earthquake…