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How Hong Kong 'Sees' Invisible Tailpipe Emissions and Pulls Polluters Off the Road
The city has deployed a system of sensors to flag highly polluting vehicles. Nearly all of them have been repaired, helping to clean Hong Kong’s air.
3 years, 10 months ago
This Maine Farm Is Harvesting the Sun's Power while it Picks the Blueberries
In Rockport, Me., an array of nearly 11,000 solar panels will soon begin a solar harvest as the sweet berries growing below them ripen on the bush.
3 years, 10 months ago
Tracking Outbreaks through Sewers, and Kids' Vaccines on Hold Again: COVID Quickly, Episode 24
Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and J…
3 years, 11 months ago
The Romantic Temptation of the Monogamous Prairie Vole
The small rodents are one of the few known monogamists in the wild—and their faithfulness was put to the test in a lab.
3 years, 11 months ago
Answering an Age-Old Mystery: How Do Birds Actually Fly?
Equally surprising is the fact that we still do not know how birds actually stay airborne.
3 years, 11 months ago
More Kids Get COVID, Long Haulers and a Vaccine Milestone: COVID Quickly, Episode 23
Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and J…
3 years, 11 months ago
What Is the Shape of This Word?
What shape do you see when you hear “ bouba ”? What about “ kiki ”? It turns out that nonsense words that evoke certain shapes have something to say …
3 years, 11 months ago
Tiger Sharks, Tracked over Decades, Are Shifting Their Haunts with Ocean Warming
Using a combination of fishing data and satellite tracking, scientists found that the sharks have shifted their range some 250 miles poleward over th…
3 years, 11 months ago
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How Marine Wildlife Can Coexist with Offshore Wind [Sponsored]
Harnessing the wind to blow back emissions is not without its own impacts, so researchers are developing technologies to coexist with whales and othe…
3 years, 11 months ago
COVID Quickly, Episode 22: Colds Build COVID Immunity and the Omicron Vaccine Delay
Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and J…
3 years, 11 months ago