March 10, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm NASA space probe expected to reenter the atmosphere with a chance of raining debris Van Allen Probe A, which studied how our planet has been protected from harmful space radiation, could fall to Earth tonight. Here’s what to know By Jackie Flynn Mogensen edited…
Ryan Gosling as Ryland Grace in Project Hail Mary Jonathan Olley/Sony Pictures Project Hail MaryIn cinemas from 19 March There is so much fun and fascinating stuff in Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir’s novel about a last-ditch attempt to stop our sun from dying, that I felt guilty for abandoning it nary 100 pages in….
Everybody farts. The question is how often? And how much gas is too much gas to pass? Those are questions that arose from frustration with a piece of lab equipment. To see the fart sensor in action, make sure to check out the video at the end! Microbiologist Brantley Hall of the University of Maryland…
A mass of writhing maggots on a decomposing murder victim is not a sight for the squeamish, but for some, it is evidence. A maggot’s age and species can give essential information to forensic entomologists investigating murders. (A single wriggling horse fly maggot, for instance, found on a dead body far from water, gave entomologists…
The advent of farming led to new evolutionary pressures on humans CHRISTIAN JEGOU/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY A study combining the growing number of ancient genomes from living people has given us our best picture yet of how humans have evolved over the past 10,000 years or so. It shows that people in different parts of the…
Taking a blood sample from a wild American alligator is not a clinical procedure. North Carolina native Kemp Burdette describes the process as an “all-hands-on-deck” situation. After rolling up on the gator in a boat and tossing a hook and a lead weight tied to a heavy-gauge fishing line across the beast’s backside, you reel…
Some Samoyed dogs howl along to music Photography by Adri / Alamy Scroll through #SingingDog hashtags on social media, and you will find many clips of hounds howling along to their favourite tunes. But can a canine Callas show any real musicality? That’s the question that psychologist Aniruddh Patel at Tufts University in Massachusetts and…
March 9, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm RFK, Jr.’s overhauled autism advisory board cancels first public meeting The cancellation of a meeting of the committee that guides federal autism research funding follows an announcement that an independent group of autism scientists would meet the same day By Allison Parshall edited by…
Health-conscious people may opt to take a multivitamin, but the jury is out on their benefits Lenar Nigmatullin/Shutterstock A daily dose of multivitamins and minerals has already been shown to slightly slow cognitive decline in people over 60. Now, it appears such supplements might also slow ageing more generally. But this finding relied on an…
March 9, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Taking a multivitamin could slow some signs of aging, new study suggests A new study shows that taking a daily multivitamin could boost longevity, but the results aren’t conclusive By Jackie Flynn Mogensen edited by Claire Cameron Mensent Photography/Getty Images Multivitamins are the most…
