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Some caterpillars have evolved with antifreeze in their body cavity, allowing them to become cater-Popsicles to survive cold winters. But climate change could threaten that.بقلم Kate Furby

Vera Rubin went from a teenager with a cardboard telescope to the "mother of dark matter." Some of her colleagues and mentees weigh in on her fascinating life, and how she was a champion for women in astronomy.بقلم Tulika Bose,Clara Moskowitz,Jeffery DelViscio

Post-COVID symptoms can linger for months or years, and more and more evidence points to problems with the nervous system.بقلم Josh Fischman,Tanya Lewis,Kelso Harper

Music made with artificial intelligence could upend the music industry. Here’s what that might look like.بقلم Allison Parshall

Google’s new AI model can generate entirely new music from text prompts. Here’s what they sound like.بقلم Allison Parshall

Machine-learning algorithms are getting so good that they can translate Western instruments into Thai ones with ease.بقلم Allison Parshall

In the inaugural episode of Cosmos, Quickly, we blast off with Lt. Gen. Nina Armagno of the Space Force, who is charged with protecting our space in space, particularly from Russia and China.بقلم Lee Billings,Clara Moskowitz,Jeffery DelViscio

The burgeoning field of “digital bioacoustics” is helping us understand animals like never before.بقلم Sophie Bushwick,Kelso Harper

A vaccine pioneer tells us that shots to protect against RSV—a dangerous virus for babies and older people—are finally nearing approval.بقلم Josh Fischman,Tanya Lewis,Tulika Bose

Every year on Pi Day, we have a reason to celebrate one of math’s most famous symbols. But this year we speak to someone who has captured it in song.بقلم Jeffery DelViscio

We slammed a $330-million spaceship the size of a dairy cow into an asteroid the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza. Here’s what we’re learning about how our first step in planetary defense could save us in the future.بقلم Lee Billings,Tulika Bose

Some animals’ babies physically relax when their parents whisk them away from danger. The same thing works for tiny, wailing humans.بقلم Karen Hopkin

Scientists partnered with tiger sharks to map seagrass—the unsung hero of ocean conservation.بقلم Joseph Polidoro

Hosts Josh Fischman and Tanya Lewis explore the pandemic’s mental health toll on teens and young adults. They also delve into the effectiveness of telehealth, which has been booming since the start of the pandemic.بقلم Josh Fischman,Tanya Lewis,Tulika Bose

Researchers who study aphantasia, or the inability to visualize something in your “mind’s eye,” are starting to get a sense of how to accurately measure the condition and what it may mean for those who have it.بقلم Stefano Montali

From space aliens to foreign surveillance, we spoke to experts to find out what’s really going on with the balloon brouhaha.بقلم Sophie Bushwick,Tulika Bose

Successfully mitigating the impacts of climate change will rely heavily on innovation in science and technology.بقلم Scientific American Custom Media

Science might be redefining what “life out there” really means.بقلم Clara Moskowitz,Sarah Scoles

How romance affects our well-being is a lot more complicated than “they lived happily ever after.”بقلم Shayla Love

In fair zoo-ona, a pair of star-cross’d pandas take their life. And we learn about whether or not animals can fall in love.بقلم Shayla Love

Are you “anxious,” “avoidant” or “disorganized?” So-called attachment styles have taken the Internet by storm. But it turns out there’s a lot more to unpack than people think.بقلم Shayla Love

Host Shayla Love dives into the true story behind the now infamous 36 questions that lead to love.بقلم Shayla Love

A new era in Scientific American audio history is about to drop starting next week. Get ready for a science variety show guaranteed to quench your curiosity in under 10 minutes.بقلم Jeffery DelViscio,Tulika Bose

Scientific American ’s short-form podcast has been going for 16 years, three months and seven days, counting today. But it’s time for us to evolve.بقلم Jeffery DelViscio

A new study puts the “brain drain hypothesis”—the idea that just having a phone next to you impacts your cognition—to the test to see if the science passes muster.بقلم Shayla Love

The verdict is in: female dogs actively evaluate human competence.بقلم Karen Hopkin

A massive storm slammed into Alaska’s western coast, and there was no ice to stop it.بقلم Emily Schwing

Concertgoers danced more when music was supplemented with low-frequency bass tones.بقلم Karen Hopkin

Vaccines saved New York City billions of dollars, and China faces public fury over its strict virus-control policies.بقلم Tanya Lewis,Josh Fischman,Tulika Bose,Jeffery DelViscio

Recordings of more than 50 species of turtles and other animals help scientists reassess the origins of acoustic communication in vertebrates.بقلم Pakinam Amer

Researchers put this ancient critter through a subzero gauntlet to learn more about what happens to their internal clock while surviving the extreme.بقلم Ashleigh Papp

From the ashes of the giants of Big Basin Redwoods State Park arise a history of fire suppression and real questions about what happens to the forests in a drought-stricken West Coast going forward.بقلم Sarah Goodwin,Shannon Behrman

In this new episode of our coronavirus podcast, we discuss a study that looked at the effects of Paxlovid on long COVID symptoms, and we also talk new bivalent boosters and immunity.بقلم Tanya Lewis,Jeffery DelViscio

New research shows that bees “buzz” in more than the way you might think.بقلم Shayla Love

New Zealand’s erect-crested penguin lays two eggs but rejects the first one—the opposite of how most birds prioritize their offspring.بقلم Christopher Intagliata

COVID, flu and RSV are surging. Here’s what you need to know to protect yourself.بقلم Tanya Lewis,Jeffery DelViscio

Scientific American technology editor Sophie Bushwick explains how Iran is using surveillance tech against vulnerable citizens.بقلم Sophie Bushwick,Tulika Bose

As recent advances improve the prospects of detecting and catching lung cancer early, a new challenge arises: how to ensure people worldwide, regardless of their socioeconomic circumstances, benefit from new clinical tools.بقلم Scientific American Custom Media

In a new episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we talk about the variants that are likely to be around this winter and how boosters help even if you’ve already had the disease.بقلم Josh Fischman,Tanya Lewis,Jeffery DelViscio

New research shows that birds of prey attempting to grab a bat from a roiling mass of the flying mammals have developed a way to cope with the confusion.بقلم Karen Hopkin

Rats kept awake after exploring novel objects remembered the original items but not where they’d seen those objects, raising interesting questions about human sleep.بقلم Karen Hopkin

In this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we talk about why we’ve had years shaved off our average collective life since 2020. Also, we talk about “mabs” and why you might want to know what they are.بقلم Josh Fischman,Tanya Lewis,Jeffery DelViscio

Early-stage lung cancers are not only difficult to diagnose—they’ve also proved difficult to curatively treat.بقلم Scientific American Custom Media

A surprising new gene discovery in coyotes may help conserve the critically endangered wolf.بقلم Fionna M. D. Samuels

On this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, Josh Fischman gets COVID, and President Joe Biden says the pandemic is over.بقلم Josh Fischman,Tanya Lewis,Tulika Bose

A study of orb-weaving spiders shows that the arachnids’ webs pick up a range of sounds—and that they are always “listening” for vibrations coming in over them.بقلم Karen Hopkin

Chomping on food takes so much energy that it shaped human evolution. Our ancestors spent many hours a day chewing, which may have shaped our teeth and jaws.بقلم Christopher Intagliata

New research has discovered the first case of acoustic mimicry between a mammal and an insect—an acquired skill that could just save certain bats’ skin.بقلم Karen Hopkin

This is our second back-to-school special episode of COVID. Quickly . Today we talk about two big issues: the low vaccination rates among the littlest kids and how long you should quarantine after being sick (actually).بقلم Josh Fischman,Tanya Lewis,Jeffery DelViscio,Tulika Bose

It turns out that making new views of the universe accessible to those with vision impairment has required some deep thought—and carefully chosen words.بقلم Camilo Garzón