New Human Metabolism Research Upends Conventional Wisdom about How We Burn Calories
Metabolism studies reveal surprising insights into how we burn calories—and how cooperative food production helped Homo sapiens flourish
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How Star Collisions Forge the Universe's Heaviest Elements
Scientists have new evidence about how cosmic cataclysms forge gold, platinum and other heavy members of the periodic table
This Spiritual Tradition Could Be the Most Poetic Bereavement Therapy Ever Documented
A mourning ritual of dialogues with the dead speaks to the fragility of theological diversity
The Universe Is Not Locally Real, and the Physics Nobel Prize Winners Proved It
Elegant experiments with entangled light have laid bare a profound mystery at the heart of reality
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Outlook
A Sustainable Economy Depends on Sustainable Materials
Scientists and manufacturers are charting a path toward material sustainability
Why It's So Hard to Recycle Plastic
Here’s how companies and other organizations are trying to make plastics more sustainable
Why Recycling Isn't the Answer to the Plastic Pollution Problem
Recycling can only get us so far to a sustainable plastic future. The real solution to transforming the plastic economy lies in making less in the first place
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Why All 3 R's Are Critical to a Circular Economy
To create a sustainable economy, we need to revamp how we reduce, reuse and recycle products to create less waste
E-Waste Could Become a 'Gold Mine' for Rare-Earth Elements
Mining electronic waste for rare-earth elements while isolating the remaining toxic chemicals could help solve the global e-waste crisis
How Water Cycles Can Help Prevent Disastrous Floods and Drought
To prevent devastating droughts and floods, humanity can tune in to natural solutions to repair water cycles that human development has disrupted
The New Era of Biofuels Raises Environmental Concerns
To realize the potential of biofuels, the industry needs to pay attention to how feedstock crops change soil carbon
How to Construct Buildings That Have a Positive Impact on Climate and Biodiversity
Making buildings part of a circular economy that minimizes the waste of materials could yield huge environmental rewards
Chemists Are Figuring Out How to Recycle Our Clothes
Chemical processes could recycle the cellulose from clothing waste into renewed fibers for garment makers
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- From the Editor
How Metabolism, Heavy Elements and Quantum Entanglement Really Work
- Letters
Readers Respond to the September 2022 Issue
- Advances
Rare Animals' Microbiomes Harbor Survival Secrets
Your Cats Can Tell When You're Speaking to Them
Mighty Morphin' Turtle Robot Goes Amphibious by Shifting Leg Shape
Lab-Made Motors Could Move and Glow in Cells
Ball-Rolling Bumble Bees Just Wanna Have Fun
Storm-Chasing Seabirds Ride Out Hurricanes from Inside
A Supersmeller Can Detect the Scent of Parkinson's, Leading to an Experimental Test for the Illness
Electric Countdown Tells Sleeping Spores When to Wake Up
Predators Act like Butterflies' Eyespots Are Looking Right at Them
Science News Briefs from around the World: January 2023
Bacteria and Fungi Can 'Walk' across the Surface of Our Teeth
- Forum
U.S. Secretary of the Interior: Satellites Will Help Us Fight Climate Change
- The Science of Health
How Diet Builds Better Bones: Surprising Findings on Vitamin D, Coffee, and More
- The Science Agenda
What's on the Horizon for 2023
- 50, 100 & 150 Years Ago
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: January 2023
- Graphic Science
A New Map Tracks the World's Largest Glaciers
- Reviews
If Future Humans Terraformed a New Earth, Could They Get It Right?
- Meter
Poem: 'Weight'
- Mind Matters
Voice Training Is a Medical Necessity for Many Transgender People
- Observatory
Hilaree Nelson Was One of the Greatest Adventurers Ever
- The Universe
The Brightest Gamma-Ray Burst Ever Recorded Rattled Earth's Atmosphere
