Climate change has already led to more frequent disasters, such as the recent floods in Mozambique Associated Press/Alamy More than a decade on from the 2015 Paris climate conference, it is hard not to feel that we have, at best, been treading water on climate action. Sure, there are plenty more electric vehicles on the…
February 9, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Elon Musk says SpaceX will prioritize a city on the moon instead of a colony on Mars SpaceX’s decision to focus on establishing a lunar city ahead of building a Mars colony represents a significant shift in Elon Musk’s space exploration ambitions By Claire…
We all struggle with self-control sometimes. We tell ourselves only one more piece of chocolate, one more glass of wine, one more episode of a binge-worthy series before bed, but then carry on regardless. But who, or what, even is this “self” engaging in this push and pull, before giving in to temptation? The cells…
February 10, 2026 4 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm The quirky geology behind Olympic curling stones The rocks used in the Olympic sport of curling come from one island in Scotland and one quarry in Wales. What makes them so special? By Andrea Thompson edited by Seth Fletcher Eve Muirhead of Team Great…
Minuscule marsupial newborns that weigh less than a grain of rice have been filmed crawling towards their mother’s pouch for the first time. Unlike placental mammals, which give birth to much more developed babies, marsupials are born after extremely short gestation periods and must move to a pouch where they attach to a teat and…
February 10, 2026 1 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Scientists may have discovered a pulsar at the Milky Way’s heart—a result that could reveal new physics If a pulsar that may lie at the center of our galaxy is confirmed, it could enable more precise measurements of the spacetime around the Milky Way’s…
Guy Crittenden/Getty Images Time crystals are an oddity of quantum physics, but new calculations show that these bizarre materials could be useful for building very accurate clocks. All crystals are defined by repetition – conventional crystals are made from atoms arranged in repeating patterns, and time crystals have a repeating structure in time. If you…
The oceans are the largest entity on Earth’s surface. All that blue, however, may be dwarfed by an immense reservoir of hydrogen concealed in the planet’s heart. Experiments indicate that enough hydrogen to form dozens of oceans of water may have been entombed in Earth’s core during its formation, researchers report February 10 in Nature…
February 10, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Top medical groups join forces to review vaccine science as CDC faces criticism The American Medical Association is launching an effort to evaluate vaccine safety and effectiveness independently of U.S. government health agencies By Claire Cameron edited by Clara Moskowitz Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images The U.S.’s…
Recent findings have given us a new understanding of when the earliest digging and hunting tools arose RAUL MARTIN/MSF/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every month. When writing headlines for stories about human evolution, the favourite…
