Archives: Scientific American

Meltwater from Greenland churns the ocean, speeding the loss of glaciers like stirring ice cubes in a glass of water

Elegant experiments with entangled light have laid bare a profound mystery at the heart of reality

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A new formation method for rare “lonsdaleite” diamonds may illuminate a better way to produce them on Earth

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Topology, sometimes called rubber sheet geometry, is finding patterns in the brain, drugs and evolution

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The freaky physics phenomenon of quantum tunneling may mutate genes

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The James Webb Space Telescope’s first images of the distant universe shocked astronomers. Is the discovery of unimaginably distant galaxies a mirage, or a revolution?

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New insights from black hole research may elucidate the cosmological event horizon

The same physics that makes quantum computers powerful also makes them finicky. New techniques aim to correct errors faster than they can build up

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A speck-sized beetle overturns assumptions about flight mechanics

New research hints at the biophysical underpinnings of their ability to use Earth’s magnetic field lines to find their way to their breeding and wintering grounds

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