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What Is Alpha-Gal Syndrome? Symptoms, Causes and Way to Get Tested

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman.Imagine suddenly becoming…

The brain preserves maps of missing hands for years

The brain holds space for a missing limb, even years after it’s…

Does this sculpted head show an ancient hunter-gatherer’s hairstyle?

Carved figure of a face from the Amiens-Renancourt 1 site in FranceStephane…

Atlantic Hurricane Season Has Gone Quiet. Here’s Why

September 10, 20253 min readAt the Peak of Hurricane Season, the Atlantic…

River turbulence can push toxic pollutants into the air

Toxic pollutants from a Southern California river are infiltrating the air. Polluted…

Is Earth’s climate in a state of ‘termination shock’?

Imagine the year is 2050 and the world has devised a way…

How Small, Easy Acts of Joy Improve Happiness and Well-Being

There is no shortage of programs or practices that promise to increase…

A newborn planet munches on gas and dust surrounding its host star

In a first, astronomers imaged a baby planet within a gap in…

How cosmic events may have influenced hominin evolution

Has an asteroid impact influenced the course of human evolution?Anna Ivanova/Alamy This…