Scientific American
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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 vaccination schedules would differ, too
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How Conifers and Christmas Trees Secretly Shaped U.S. History
Christmas trees—and conifers in general—have made some surprising cameos throughout U.S. history, author Trent Preszler reveals in his book Evergreen
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Why Humanoid Robots and Embodied AI Still Struggle in the Real World
General-purpose robots remain rare not for a lack of hardware but because we still can’t give machines the physical intuition humans learn through experience
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New Cell Transplant Therapy Restores Insulin Production in Patient with Type 1 Diabetes
Scientists have successfully transplanted gene-edited insulin-producing cells into a man with type 1 diabetes—allowing him to make some of his own insulin without immunosuppressants.
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What Is 'Spoofing'? How a U.S.-Seized Oil Tanker Reportedly Tried to Evade Detection
An oil tanker seized by the U.S. this week reportedly used a technique that scrambled its location, but new advanced visual tracking can help expose such ships’ true coordinates