Scientific American

Scientific American

[:es]Story of Mammoth Survival Is in the Soil[:]

Ancient DNA preserved in soil may rewrite what we thought about the Ice Age
Scientific American

[:es]Queen Bee Sperm Storage Holds Clues to Colony Collapse[:]

Analyzing fluid from queen bees’ specialized sperm sacs can expose stressors
Scientific American

[:es]Is 70 Really the New 60?[:]

People are aging better but not across the board. Education makes a dramatic difference
Scientific American

[:es]Rotating Sails Help to Revive Wind-Powered Shipping[:]

A century-old concept, Flettner rotors, gets a fresh look as shippers cut back fuel
Scientific American

[:es]When Same-Sex Mating Makes Reproductive Sense[:]

Under the right circumstances, indiscriminate mating with both males and females can enhance animals’ evolutionary success
Scientific American

[:es]Scientists Failed to Use Common Sense Early in the Pandemic[:]

The WHO’s initial advice not to wear masks in the fight to contain COVID sowed dangerous confusion
Scientific American

[:es]Why Hatred and ‘Othering’ of Political Foes Has Spiked to Extreme Levels[:]

The new political polarization casts rivals as alien, unlikable and morally contemptible
Scientific American

[:es]Climate Change Is Central to California’s Wildfires[:]

Conservative pundits who tout land management as the main issue fail to see the big picture
Scientific American

[:es]Quantum Time Twist Offers a Way to Create Schrödinger’s Clock[:]

Physicists describe a way to merge quantum theory with Einstein’s special theory of relativity—and even a method to test it experimentally