A mosquito’s proboscis — the long, thin bit that pierces the skin — makes an excellent nozzle for fine 3-D printing. The proboscis’ unique geometry and mechanics make it well-suited for the task, researchers report in the Nov. 21 Science Advances The scientists call this “3-D necroprinting.” The term comes from necrobotics, a field that…
You know how it goes: You’re trying to get some shut-eye in your bunk after a long shift of scraping samples of prebiotic material from red rocks in Utopia Planitia, and before you know it, your alarm bell rings. And then you see it woke you up a full 477 microseconds early! Life on Mars…
Ozempic, which contains the GLP-1 drug semaglutide, was initially considered a treatment for type 2 diabetes only Alamy Stock Photo Previously hailed – or derided – as weight-loss aids for the rich and famous, drugs such as Mounjaro, Wegovy and Ozempic took on a far more expansive role in 2025. No longer just considered treatments…
December 11, 2025 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Teen AI Chatbot Use Surges, Raising Mental Health Concerns A new survey offers the clearest national snapshot yet of how U.S. teens are using artificial intelligence By Eric Sullivan edited by Claire Cameron MR.Cole_Photographer / Getty Images Artificial intelligence chatbots are no longer a…
Quantum particles can now be made to carry useful information for longer koto_feja/Getty Images The odd phenomenon of quantum superposition has helped researchers break a fundamental quantum mechanical limit – and given quantum objects properties that make them useful for quantum computing for longer periods of time. For a century, physicists have been puzzled by…
December 11, 2025 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Killer Whales and Dolphins May Team Up to Hunt Salmon Tantalizing observations suggest marine mammals may be teaming up to hunt By Meghan Bartels edited by Andrea Thompson A Pacific white-sided dolphin approaching a northern resident killer whale with a camera mounted to it….
OpenAI founder Sam Altman is featured on Sora Sora/Screenshot There is no doubt that 2025 will be remembered as the year of slop. A popular term for incorrect, weird and often downright ugly AI-generated content, slop has rotted nearly every platform on the internet. It’s rotting our minds, too. Enough slop has accumulated over the…
December 11, 2025 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm U.S. Sunscreens Aren’t Great. The FDA Could Soon Change That The U.S. is considering allowing bemotrizinol, a highly effective UV filter used throughout Europe and Asia, in its sunscreen products for the first time By Lauren J. Young edited by Claire Cameron Sunscreens in…
SNR 0519, the remnant of a supernova that exploded about 600 years ago Claude Cornen/ESA/Hubble & NASA Earth may owe some of its properties to a nearby star that blew up just as the solar system was forming. This pattern, which saw a supernova bubble envelop the sun and shower it with cosmic rays, may…
December 11, 2025 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Before Flowers Existed, These Plants Lured Insects with Heat New research on strange cycad plants offers a glimpse into the prehistoric origins of pollination By Cody Cottier edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier A thermal image of two male cones of the cycad Zamia furfuracea….
