Joey Chestnut was in the zone, experiencing a competitive performance of a lifetime. Even when he was just a minute…
Archaeologists excavating a cave in the mountains of central Mexico have unearthed evidence that people occupied the area more than…
Originally published in November 1919 Credit: Scientific AmericanAdvertisement “France’s task of beating swords into ploughshares included the conversion of tanks…
Scientific American July 2020Backup seeds—held in storage as insurance against climate change—come from nearly every country in the worldThe Svalbard…
In 1968 an exhibit entitled Cybernetic Serendipity: The Computer and the Arts was held at the Institute of Contemporary Arts…
In an attempt to cut short a brainstorming session with my collaborators, I joked recently that “we should stop exploring…
Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft is nearly home. Having collected samples from the asteroid Ryugu last year, the spacecraft is just months…
[Sounds of the Panama rainforest] “So what you’re listening to now, that’s a recording from the rainforest.” That’s Marc Holdereid,…
Originally published in August 1846 Credit: Scientific AmericanAdvertisement “It is well known that there is a constant emission of hydrogen…
Hurricane-prone states are experiencing some of the nation’s sharpest increases in COVID-19 infections, raising fears that a major storm will…