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How THC, the Psychoactive Compound in Weed, Gets You High
18 April 2025 @ 8:00 pm
Most people know weed gets you high—but do you know how THC actually does it?
Lifesaving Alzheimer’s Research Delayed by Trump Funding Cuts
18 April 2025 @ 7:10 pm
The Trump administration is freezing, delaying and revoking funding for dementia research, setting back discoveries of potential future treatments
Researchers Discover New Color That’s Impossible to See without Lasering Your Retinas
18 April 2025 @ 6:00 pm
Researchers discover a new color outside the range of human color vision, but you have to laser your retinas to see it
Trump Tariffs Hit Oil Companies despite Administration‘s Support for Fossil Fuels
18 April 2025 @ 4:45 pm
Liberty Energy, founded by Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, reports falling profits, and the industry cites tariffs as a driver
Trump Administration's Science Cuts Come for NSF Funding
18 April 2025 @ 4:00 pm
The National Science Foundation, which funds key science and engineering research, is the latest U.S. agency to be disrupted by Elon Musk’s DOGE
Microplastics Make It into Your Food through Plant Leaves
18 April 2025 @ 2:30 pm
New evidence shows plant leaves absorb airborne microplastics, a previously overlooked route for the particles to enter crops that has implications for ecology and human health
What Causes Severe Morning Sickness, and What Treatments Exist?
18 April 2025 @ 1:00 pm
Scientists discovered two genes involved in hyperemesis gravidarum, a condition that can cause extreme nausea and vomiting during pregnancy. Now they're looking into treatments
NASA’s Next Major Space Telescope Is Ready to Launch. Trump Wants to Kill It and Other Vital Science
18 April 2025 @ 11:00 am
Amid harsh cuts, the Trump administration has proposed canceling the nearly ready-to-launch Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
What Are ORCs? Astronomers Still Don’t Know
18 April 2025 @ 10:45 am
ORCs—odd radio circles—are one of the weirdest recent discoveries in the heavens above
Scientific American Editor Gary Stix Talks about His 35 Years of Editing the Magazine
18 April 2025 @ 10:00 am
Hear takeaways from 35 years at Scientific American from Gary Stix, our recently retired mind and brain editor.