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The Kīlauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island erupted on Tuesday in a nine-hour spectacular in which it shot fountains of lava some 1,300 feet into the air, according to the…

Smoking cannabis may do more than make memories fuzzy. It may actually alter how memories form and are recalled. A new study from Washington State University found that people who…

Testing how much pleasure people get when sniffing a lemon could be a novel way to detect Parkinson’s disease Getty Images People with Parkinson’s disease seem less able to enjoy…

①Fusion R&D accelerates, with China’s private fusion financing scale ranking second globally, surpassing 11.5 billion yuan in the first half of 2025, while it was almost zero before 2019; ②Fusion-themed…

March 11, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Where did magic mushrooms come from? Scientists just got closer to an answer Scientists just discovered a new species…

A new kind of blood test promises to find cancer early – sometimes even before symptoms appear. The pitch is compelling: a single sample of blood could scan the body…

Malaria killed about 610,000 people globally in 2024, with most deaths occurring in Africa, where young children remain the most vulnerable. Now, scientists report a potentially game-changing weakness they’ve found…

March 10, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm NASA space probe expected to reenter the atmosphere with a chance of raining debris Van Allen Probe A, which…

Jupiter’s moons can have surprising effects on the world’s displays of auroral lights by “stomping down” on the planet’s gigantic magnetic environment. These surprising effects, detected in observations from the…

March 10, 2026 4 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm What is the ‘acid rain’ in the wake of U.S. bombings in Iran? Iranian residents have reported headaches, difficulty breathing, and…

In the 30 years since Pokémon first captured imaginations worldwide with the release of Red and Blue, the franchise has not only branched into movies, television, and trading cards, but…

Imagine removing everything from the deepest regions of cosmic voids. Take away ordinary matter, neutrinos, dark matter, cosmic rays, and radiation. What remains appears to be nothing but empty space….

Fusion power can potentially provide the world with safe, clean, and renewable power. As recent advances in superconducting magnet fabrication and AI-enabled field optimization propel stellarators from academic endeavors toward…

NASA’s revised plans to send astronauts back to the moon are quickly taking shape. On Feb. 27, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman revealed a new vision for the Artemis program, and…

In the two-way race between the U.S. and China to put humans back on the moon, the lunar south pole is widely considered the most prized place to land. The…

A new study published in Nature Communications reports the detection of an iron sulfate on Mars that may represent a previously unknown mineral. Sulfur is abundant on Mars and commonly…

In an eerie new study, scientists have analyzed the brain activity of mice and used it to reconstruct videos of what the mice had seen. The team, led by researchers…

Pictured: President Donald Trump holds up an executive order on the rapid development, deployment and use of advanced nuclear technologies, on May 23, 2025, in the White House. (Photo by…

March 9, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm RFK, Jr.’s overhauled autism advisory board cancels first public meeting The cancellation of a meeting of the committee that…

Detailed three dimensional reconstructions of a key sensory structure in ctenophores reveal far greater structural and functional complexity than scientists previously recognized. The results suggest that a simple brain like…

One Piece is the final boss of TV watching. The long-running anime series has been going on strong now for over 1000 episodes, and that was technically just Season 1….

NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mission did more than alter the motion of a small asteroid. New research shows the spacecraft’s deliberate collision with the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos in…

Palm reading may not foresee your future, but if you flip your hand around, it could reveal crucial information about how long you may live. According to new research, a…

March 9, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Taking a multivitamin could slow some signs of aging, new study suggests A new study shows that taking a…

Transport for London (TfL) is planning to power parts of the Underground directly from nuclear fusion — aka the sun — through a number of new solar farms that could…

Like young blood, young poop is making headlines for its potential to reverse age-related decline in mice. Now, a new study has flipped the script: The poop of older donors…

The accumulation of tau protein in the brain is a defining feature of Alzheimer’s disease. In a study published March 5 in the Cell Press journal Cell Press Blue, researchers…

March 9, 2026 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Stand Up for Science protests spread to more than 50 cities Speakers at the Stand Up for Science rally…