Can Forests Protect Themselves? | Scientific American
In Montana’s northwestern corner, centuries-old trees rise to a late September sky: ancient cedar, giant hemlock, shaggy sharp-needled spruce. Western…
History: October 2023 – Scientific American
1973 Craters on Venus “Venus is pocked with craters. This fact emerges from studies in which short radio waves were…
The American Climate Corps Wants You
The United States is about to embark on an experiment inspired by one of the New Deal’s most popular programs.…
The Chemistry behind Bourbon – Scientific American
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Few beverages have…
Two Thirds of American Kids Can’t Read Fluently
In October 2022, Mississippi reported some exhilarating news. After the state started using phonics to teach reading in 2013, its…
NASA capsule brings sample from asteroid to Earth for the first time in American history: ‘We have touchdown!’
For the first time in U.S. history, samples from an asteroid in deep space that were captured by NASA fell…
Soyuz docks at International Space Station with two Russians, one American
A Russian spacecraft carrying two Russians and an American docked at the International Space Station on Friday after blasting off…