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March 15, 2026 4 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Scientists revive activity in frozen mouse brains for the first time ‘Cryosleep’ remains the preserve of science fiction, but…

An international team of astronomers, including researchers from the University of Toronto, has identified the brightest Fast Radio Burst (FRB) ever observed and traced its origin to a nearby galaxy…

Researchers in China have created one of the most precise clocks ever made – so precise, in fact, that it could soon lead scientists to officially redefine the second. Known…

With so many artificial intelligence (AI) products on offer now, it’s increasingly tempting to offload difficult thinking tasks to chatbots, agents, and other tools. As we chart this new technological…

March 13, 2026 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm AI-designed experiments run by robots hint at a new approach to biology Researchers at OpenAI and Ginkgo Bioworks showed…

Mars looks very different today than it did billions of years ago. Scientists believe the planet once had flowing water, a thicker atmosphere, and a much warmer climate. Now the…

Researchers at Houston Methodist have discovered that a protein tied to neurodegenerative conditions such as dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) also helps control a critical DNA repair process. This…

Based on a novel by Andrew Neiderman, The Devil’s Advocate came out in 1997 with a sterling cast (Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron) and an ingenious premise: what if…

March 13, 2026. Add Us On Google – Add SciAm China just approved its first brain implant for commercial use, a world first Neuracle Medical Technology’s invasive brain-computer interface has…

Ministers are making a £2.5 billion attempt to spark a nuclear fusion revolution that will give Britain “complete energy independence” from the price shocks of foreign wars. On Monday, Lord…

A rock on Mars spilled a surprising yellow treasure after Curiosity accidentally cracked through its unremarkable exterior. When the rover rolled its 899-kilogram (1,982-pound) body over the fragile lump of…

March 14, 2026 4 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Fresh claim of making elusive ‘hexagonal’ diamond is the strongest yet After decades of debate, researchers say that they…

Beauty may lie in the eye of the beholder, but color doesn’t, researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory in the US report in a new study, suggesting perception of color…

Keeping your camera lens clean is essential for capturing sharp, high-quality images. Especially if you’re traveling, dust, smudges and fingerprints can easily get on your lens and degrade the image…

March 14, 2026 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Identical twins on trial: can DNA testing tell them apart? In a French criminal trial, conventional DNA analysis couldn’t…

The comedy duo of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were no strangers to genre mashups. The pair led dozens of films in the ’40s and ’50s that let them deploy…

March 13, 2026 4 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Hoppers‘ beaver expert shares the wild facts of these dam builders How do scientists actually study beavers? How do…

Astronomers have uncovered signs that our Sun may have taken part in a large-scale movement of similar stars that left the inner regions of the Milky Way about 4 to…

Credit: Kevin Frayer/Getty China is pledging to use ‘extraordinary measures’ to support the country’s bid to become a global leader in artificial intelligence, quantum technology and other cutting-edge technological fields,…

Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, the directors behind the cult hit Ready or Not, know that most people really just want that movie again, even though everyone in it (save…

March 13, 2026 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm 24 mice launched to orbit in 2023. What happened to their bodies could help humans better survive in space…

Before we get into today’s AMA, I want to thank everyone who joined me for yesterday’s urgent briefing. Thousands of you tuned in to hear about NVIDIA’s big announcement that…

For someone who’s made as many alien movies as he has, you’d think Steven Spielberg would be a full-on tinfoil-hat believer. But the director of such sci-fi classics as E.T….

March 13, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Earth’s spin is slowing at an unprecedented rate, thanks to climate change Rising sea levels are slowing Earth’s rotation,…

For many years, astronomers have relied on distant supernovae as cosmic beacons to study the universe and test the laws of physics. But while analyzing one particular stellar explosion, Joseph…

TECH DEMO GONE WRONG | MARATHON SHOWROOM PRANK – YouTube Watch On Bungie’s new online sci-fi extraction shooter, “Marathon,” is finally out, and the veteran developers celebrated this by having…

Purdue University’s School of Health Sciences has completed the installation of the first Alpha-E tabletop fusion device in the United States. This acquisition establishes the university as the first domestic…

Illustration of a female Australopithecus sediba carrying an infant JOHN BAVARO FINE ART/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Childbirth was difficult and dangerous for our ape-like ancestors, much as it is for women…

Scientists have found the strongest evidence yet that a black hole and a neutron star collided while moving along an oval shaped orbit instead of the near perfect circles scientists…