9+ hour, 28+ min ago   (977+ words) A new study tries to map why humans can experience beauty collectively By Deniz Vantansever, Emmanuel A. Stamatakis, Xinyu Liang & The Conversation Justin Paget via Getty Images Stand in front of Turner’s Sun Rising Over Water (1825-30) and something odd tends to…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (774+ words) The case for not filling up every minute of your day By Michael Craig & The Conversation We are via Getty Images You finish a lecture, a meeting, a conversation with someone you care about. And what do you do? You…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (743+ words) Can technology optimize companionship? A novelist imagines the extreme answer Author Sarah Pierce explores dating apps, loneliness and human connection through a novel about a corpse-matching algorithm By Brianne Kane, Fonda Mwangi, Alex Sugiura & Rachel Feltman Rachel Feltman: For Scientific…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (239+ words) In a critical maneuver on Thursday, the mission successfully deployed its two science orbiters—beginning the final phases of its arrival at Mercury By Adam Kovac edited by Claire Cameron An artist’s impression shows the BepiColombo composite spacecraft’s Mercury Transfer…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (392+ words) Mathematician discovers how to fold the smallest origami doughnut How many times do you have to fold a piece of paper to make a doughnut? After decades, a mathematician has determined the most efficient technique By Manon Bischoff edited by…...

2+ week, 10+ hour ago   (993+ words) Our obsession with ‘maxxing’ every aspect of our lives could actually be stressing us out By Jennifer Donnelly & The Conversation US If you want to improve yourself, your health or your lifestyle, you need to do it to the “maxx…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1078+ words) Seasonal changes have more effects on your biology and behavior than you might realize By Masha Remskar & The Conversation US Do you feel like the same person in February as in June? For most people, the answer is a resounding…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (642+ words) Seven Rasmussen, an astrobiologist and author of the new book Cloudy with a Chance of Starships, gives readers a tour of the astonishing science behind modern searches for alien life By Brianne Kane edited by Lee Billings We’ve been looking…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (786+ words) Sperm health may matter more for pregnancy than we realized By Rachel Feltman, Sarah Elizabeth Richards, Fonda Mwangi & Alex Sugiura Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. The good news is that there are tests for DNA…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (231+ words) When fully grown, the octopuses that survive could eat up to four blue crabs per day in the Mediterranean Sea By Gennaro Tomma edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier “We are not introducing a new species but working on strengthening the…...