Stories by Tulika Bose

Two SciAm editors duke it out to see if wormholes and multiverses could in fact exist.

A scientist who does whale necropsies — or in layman's terms, whale autopsies — tells us why so many dead whales are washing up on beaches. 

Two of the foremost experts on witch hunts talk about the link between the formation of domestic labor and the rise of witch hunting.

The AI GPT-4 has emergent abilities—but that’s not why it’s scary. 

The “mother of dark matter” was a force of nature—and a forceful advocate for other women who wanted to dedicate their career to the cosmos.

Vera Rubin went from a teenager with a cardboard telescope to the “mother of dark matter.” Some of her colleagues and mentees weigh in on her fascinating life and how she was a champion for women in astronomy.

A vaccine pioneer tells us that shots to protect against RSV—a dangerous virus for babies and older people—are finally nearing approval.

We slammed a $330-million spaceship the size of a dairy cow into an asteroid the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza. Here’s what we’re learning about how our first step in planetary defense could save us in the future.

Hosts Josh Fischman and Tanya Lewis explore the pandemic’s mental health toll on teens and young adults. They also delve into the effectiveness of telehealth, which has been booming since the start of the pandemic.

From space aliens to foreign surveillance, we spoke to experts to find out what’s really going on with the balloon brouhaha.

A new era in Scientific American audio history is about to drop starting next week. Get ready for a science variety show guaranteed to quench your curiosity in under 10 minutes.

What really happens to our bodies when we age—and could we find a way to slow it down?

Medical influencer Joel Bervell is challenging racism in health care, one TikTok at a time.

Vaccines saved New York City billions of dollars, and China faces public fury over its strict virus-control policies.

Scientific American technology editor Sophie Bushwick explains how Iran is using surveillance tech against vulnerable citizens.

Crystal Lee grew up the granddaughter of Navajo medicine men. As COVID wreaked havoc on her community, she decided to act

On this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, Josh Fischman gets COVID, and President Joe Biden says the pandemic is over.

This is our second back-to-school special episode of COVID. Quickly. Today we talk about two big issues: the low vaccination rates among the littlest kids and how long you should quarantine after being sick (actually).

This is our back-to-school special episode of COVID, Quickly. We’ll talk about why COVID testing is about to become a school problem—and about whether or not kids are at risk for long COVID.

Why do we pay attention to the quality of our drinking water but not to our indoor air? Scientific American senior health editor Tanya Lewis explains how and why this matters.

We do not have a theory to tell us everything about how a black hole works, but new research is shedding a least some light on one of their many mysteries.

On this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we take a few minutes to talk about the other virus making headlines—and then return to long COVID.

On this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we talk about getting reinfected with the coronavirus just a month or two after an earlier bout—and the difference that trusting others can make in a pandemic.

A new subpopulation of Greenland polar bears offers insights into how this species might hang on as Arctic ice disappears.