
Large Hadron Collider Seeks New Particles after Major Upgrade
Long-awaited boosts to the world’s most powerful collider could spur breakthroughs in the hunt for physics beyond the Standard Model
Long-awaited boosts to the world’s most powerful collider could spur breakthroughs in the hunt for physics beyond the Standard Model
Overestimating minority populations can lead to reduced support for diversity and inclusion programs
A new study offers a possible answer to the question “Why me?”
Left unchecked, pricing algorithms might unintentionally discriminate and collude to fix prices
Russia will move forward with lunar exploration without its European partners
Energy stored in the front legs of gangly orb-weaving spiders helps them live to mate another day
Achieving the 30x30 goal, as it is known, requires much more than declaring more national parks
Klára Dán von Neumann enters the netherworld of computer simulations and the postwar Los Alamos National Laboratory
A demonstration with drug design software shows the ease with which toxic molecules can be generated
An amazingly well-preserved fossil suggests the common ancestor of dinosaurs and pterosaurs also had some type of feather or feather precursor
A new bio-inspired algorithm picks out the signal from the noise
High-quality respirators such as N95s and KN95s are now widely available and provide the best protection against COVID, according to experts. Why aren’t more people wearing them?
Scientific American asks experts in medicine, risk assessment and other fields how to balance the risks of COVID with the benefits of visiting public indoor spaces
Weird dental scratches in humans can indicate tool use, but in some macaques, they mean something entirely different
A debate over conflicting measurements of key cosmological properties is set to shape the next decade of astronomy and astrophysics
Veterinarians and rabbit owners are racing to protect bunnies as a hemorrhagic disease spreads
ENIAC, an early electronic computer, gets a makeover
A new two-phase approach to building the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment ignites controversy among particle physicists
The technology could help patients exert control over their medical data
Scientists are beginning to dream of how a new generation of super-heavy-lift rockets might enable revolutionary space telescopes and bigger, bolder interplanetary missions
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