January 7, 2026 4 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Hundreds of Iceberg Earthquakes Rattle Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier Capsizing icebergs are violently clashing with the crumbling end of the Doomsday Glacier By Thanh-Son Pham & The Conversation US Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica is seen in this image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission…
We tend to think of time as scarce, or unruly – either racing away from us or dragging by painfully slowly. As the years pass, it can feel like time is slipping by faster than ever. Thankfully, psychological research is beginning to show how we can reshape our experience of time to make it feel…
January 7, 2026 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Could This Fossil Be the Key Linking Humans, Neandertals and Denisovans? Fossils of a human ancestor from 773,000 years ago may be near the base of the Homo sapiens lineage, representing a common ancestor of modern humans, Neandertals and Denisovans By Stephanie Pappas edited…
Improving mobility is a great goal for 2026 Sally Anderson / Alamy It is that time of year again: New Year’s resolutions. Last year, mine was to run a half-marathon, a goal I had failed to meet many times before. I am pleased to announce that I crossed the finish line in 2025, and learned…
January 7, 2026 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm The Race to Find Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA Just Took a Major Twist Scientists have uncovered genetic evidence that they say may be linked to the Renaissance master, but some experts are more skeptical By Jackie Flynn Mogensen edited by Claire Cameron Portrait of…
A marsh deer escaping a forest fire in Poconé, Mato Grosso, in 2020 Lalo de Almeida Science Museum How can these four pictures be images of the same region? What force could possibly transform the Pantanal – a tropical wetland straddling Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay, full of jaguars, howler monkeys, caiman, marsh deer and a…
CLIMATEWIRE | President Donald Trump is withdrawing the United States from the world’s overarching treaty on climate change in a move that escalates his attempts to reverse years of global negotiations toward addressing rising temperatures. The announcement to sever ties with the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change came as Trump quit dozens of international…
travelpixpro/Getty Images Pledging to lose weight is a common New Year’s resolution, particularly after the excesses of the holiday season. In years gone by, that would mean a new January diet, early mornings at the gym and a host of other habits that often prove hard to stick to. Which is why it is no…
January 8, 2026 1 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Archeologists Just Found a 2,000-Year-Old Battle Trumpet That May Be Linked to Queen Boudica This newly discovered Iron Age instrument may have been played in the Celtic resistance against the Roman Empire By Jackie Flynn Mogensen edited by Claire Cameron © Norfolk Museums Service…
If your windowsills are anything like mine, they are filling up with the first batches of seed sowings for the year ahead. The challenge is that seedlings raised in the cosseted environment of the great indoors are notoriously prone to growing long and leggy, often collapsing just a few weeks after sprouting. But could a…
