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Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Have you heard that an asteroid might—just maybe—smack into Earth sometime in the next few years? The rumors are true, though perhaps not as frightening as you might think. The…

When it comes to erectile dysfunction, sleep is often an overlooked factor, says Petar Bajic, director of men’s health at the Cleveland Clinic’s Glickman Urological Institute. Testosterone is made during deep sleep, and low testosterone is sometimes the culprit for…

A network of airports like Hong Kong International Airport could effectively detect disease outbreaks Yuen Man Cheung / Alamy A global early-warning system for disease outbreaks and even future pandemics is possible with minimal monitoring: testing the waste water from…

February 12, 2025 2 min read Penguins Help to Map Antarctica’s Growing Mercury Threat Molted penguin feathers record mercury infiltrating Antarctica’s food web By Gayoung Lee edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier Gentoo penguins have a wide geographic range, making them…

Stoiber and her colleagues at EWG keep an eye on the consumer-grade water filtration systems available in the US. The organization’s tests have found that common pitcher filters from brands such as Brita and Berkey do not all remove PFAS…

A PsiQuantum silicon wafer containing thousands of quantum devices PsiQuantum On a large table in front of me is some of the world’s most advanced photonic hardware, which may soon drive one of the great technological revolutions of our time.…

The pandemic may have changed people’s outlook on life DisobeyArt / Alamy The covid-19 pandemic gave older people in England a stronger sense of purpose and greater life satisfaction, possibly because it deepened their appreciation for the simple things in…

CLIMATEWIRE | Billions of dollars for rural electric cooperatives are stuck in limbo as the Department of Agriculture continues the Trump administration’s funding freeze, despite federal court orders. The Empowering Rural America program — also known as New ERA, a…

John Preskill has set a challenge for the quantum computing industry Gregg Segal The past decade has seen significant advances and investment in quantum computing, and yet the devices we have today essentially have no practical purpose. That is down…

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. When a hurricane or tornado starts to form, your local weather forecasters can quickly pull up maps tracking its movement and showing where…