March 5, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Koalas show how species can bounce back from genetic bottlenecks Scientists have discovered a potential path out of devastating genetic bottlenecks that could help these Australian animals, as well as many other vulnerable and endangered species By Meghan Bartels edited by Andrea Thompson Without…
Investing in women’s health is investing in their lives Gates Archive When I was a paediatrician in my native Karachi, Pakistan, I treated so many babies who were born too early because of preeclampsia. They fit in the palm of my hand, their little chests working hard to breathe. We couldn’t always save them. Pregnancy…
March 6, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Michael Pollan explains why AI will never replicate human consciousness Michael Pollan tells Scientific American why the science of consciousness may ultimately be too subject to our own conscious minds to crack By Claire Cameron edited by Jeanna Bryner WhataWin via Getty Images Michael…
Live action video game LANDER 23 Punchdrunk Controls jam, data streams go haywire, smoke pours from every vent. Your Lander 23 spaceship has crashed in hostile territory. You must explore a treacherous world, refuel and return home. Radiation levels are high, time is short and something lurks outside… If this sounds like a review of…
Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. Over the past three and a half decades, journalist and author Michael Pollan has written about a dozen books, many of which are, in some way, a meditation on what it means to be human and how we interact with the…
Now imagine this mantis shrimp in a spacesuit, with a taste for weaponry Shutterstock/Samy Kassem The fourth novel in Adrian Tchaikovsky’s much fêted Children of Time series is nearly with us. And Children of Strife is terrific. Before we get to it in detail, let me say that I will do my best to avoid…
March 7, 2026 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm The surprising science behind why daylight saving time is good for wildlife You might have a love-hate relationship with daylight saving time, but research shows that urban wildlife may stand to benefit By Jackie Flynn Mogensen edited by Claire Cameron Ben Wehrman via Getty…
What’s in the box? Professor25/Getty Images Suppose I showed you a box and asked you to guess what is inside, without providing any more details. You might think this is completely impossible, but the nature of the container provides some information – the contents must be smaller than the box, for example, while a solid…
March 7, 2026 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Hey ChatGPT, write me a fictional paper: these LLMs are willing to commit academic fraud Mainstream chatbots presented varying levels of resistance to deliberate requests for fabrication, study finds By Elizabeth Gibney & Nature magazine Smith Collection/Gado/Getty All major large language models (LLMs) can…
The Gulf Stream ocean current carries warm water from the Gulf of Mexico up the US east coast NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY A gradual northward shift in the Gulf Stream has provided more evidence that the system of currents that keeps Europe warm is weakening. What’s more, modelling suggests that any abrupt shift…
