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Chemistry Urgently Needs to Develop Safer Materials

As the story of the Norfolk Southern chemical spill in East Palestine, Ohio, continues to unfold, we are learning how…

2 years ago

The U.S. Needs a Formal Reckoning on the COVID Pandemic

In better times, the U.S. has, with some humility, owned up to its failures. Commissions have investigated tragedies such as…

2 years ago

Why a Blizzard Is Hitting Southern California

It’s not every day that snow closes roads near southern California’s city of Santa Barbara or that flakes fall on…

2 years ago

Building Resilience in the Face of Climate Change [Sponsored]

This podcast was produced for Battelle by Scientific American Custom Media, a division separate from the magazine’s board of editors.…

2 years ago

How the U.S. Is Planning to Boost Floating Wind Power

CLIMATEWIRE | The Biden administration announced initiatives yesterday to prepare states for floating offshore wind — a young but fast-emerging type…

2 years ago

Google’s Quantum Computer Hits Key Milestone by Reducing Errors

Physicists at Google have reached what they describe as their second milestone along the path to a useful quantum computer.…

2 years ago

How to Engineer Buildings That Withstand Earthquakes

Our planet is covered by tectonic plates that are slowly moving around, pushing into or sliding past one another along…

2 years ago

Why Google’s Supreme Court Case Could Rattle the Internet

We’ve all lost countless hours to online recommendation algorithms that suggest we might enjoy watching yet another cat video or…

2 years ago

Love and the Brain: Do Partnerships Really Make Us Happy? Here’s What the Science Says

SUBSCRIBE: Apple | Spotify [CLIP: Music] Shayla Love: I’m going to bring you into a sacred space. It’s a group text…

2 years ago

Global Internet Connectivity Is at Risk from Climate Disasters

The flow of digital information through fiber-optic cables lining the sea floor could be compromised by climate change. That's according…

2 years ago