Blatten in Switzerland was buried by a landslide in May 2025 ALEXANDRE AGRUSTI/AFP via Getty Images In May, the village of Blatten in the Swiss Alps was destroyed when a huge chunk of a glacier collapsed, but thanks to careful …
Overharvesting has raised conservation concerns for a widely foraged plant, but researchers say that better genetic insights could support more effective protection efforts. For years, the wild ramp community has disagreed about how many kinds there really are. Some have …
A new study led by researchers at McGill University is calling into question a long-standing idea about how dopamine influences movement. The findings suggest a shift in how scientists understand Parkinson’s disease and how its treatments work. The research, published …
If you’ve ever shopped for binoculars as a beginner, you’ll have probably noticed that they all look similar, they’re packed full of jargon about coatings and prisms, and the price tags range from “that’s cheaper than going out for dinner” …
The brightest cosmic object of its kind ever detected may have helped astronomers solve the mystery of powerful, bright blue cosmic explosions. At the heart of the discovery is a signal from a so-called Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transient (LFBOT), …
Alzheimer’s disease spends decades quietly dismantling the brain before a single memory slips. Northwestern University researchers have now pinpointed what appears to be the disease’s opening move: a toxic sub-species of protein clusters that ignites inflammation long before confusion or …
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In fiction, magic makes levitation easy. With a simple swish-and-flick of his wand, Ron Weasley yanks a troll’s club high above its head in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Through graceful martial arts, element benders in TV’s Avatar series …
December 14, 2025 4 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Trump Officials Keep Comparing the U.S.’s Vaccine Schedule to Denmark’s. They’re Missing the Point The U.S.’s and Denmark’s health systems are starkly different, so it makes sense that their …