
How Indigenous Groups Are Using 3-D Technology to Preserve Ancient Practices
To safeguard fragile cultural objects, some groups are replicating them with digital models

How Indigenous Groups Are Using 3-D Technology to Preserve Ancient Practices
To safeguard fragile cultural objects, some groups are replicating them with digital models

The Science Is Clear: Gun Control Saves Lives
By enacting simple laws that make guns safer and harder to get, we can prevent killings like the ones in Uvalde and Buffalo


How Much Medieval Literature Has Been Lost?
An ecological model suggests islands are better at preserving literature as well as species

Researchers Analyzed Folk Music like It Was Mutating DNA: They Found Amazing Parallels between Life and Art
Using software designed to align DNA sequences, scientists cataloged the mutations that arose as folk songs evolved

Popular Health Claims, Such as a Woman’s Fertility Dropping at Age 30, Are Wildly Overblown
People should be skeptical of big claims based on only one study and dig a little deeper

Poem: ‘Death Cap’
Science in meter and verse

Sometimes Science Is Wrong
Research is a self-correcting process, but that fact is often lost on the public

Pompeii’s Ruins to Be Reconstructed by Robot
An ambitious project is underway to develop a robot with enough smarts, strength and sensitivity to restore fragmented archaeological remains

Nonfiction Is Cool, and Our Kids Know It
Changes in publishing have altered this genre for the better, so put some books on your holiday list

Long Overlooked, Benjamin Banneker Is Recognized for Work on Cicadas and against Slavery
The Black naturalist’s research in the 1700s was respected but not accepted, just like his petition to Thomas Jefferson to end oppression

Heavy Metal Science Songs: A Spotify Playlist for Halloween
Scientific American has curated a flesh-ripping, bone-crunching two hours of metal tracks inspired by science

YouTube’s Plan to Showcase Credible Health Information Is Flawed, Experts Warn
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