Does taking Tylenol during pregnancy increase risk of autism? The evidence is thin—and entirely correlational. Here's what to know. @sciam.bsky.social 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/does...

Bay Area quake! Get the deets here: 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/magn...

"The fate of the cosmic cannonball is now anyone’s guess," writes @danvergano.bsky.social for @sciam.bsky.social

Right now, millions of birds are migrating south before the onset of the boreal winter. @ksepkalab.bsky.social and I explore the evolutionary origins of this amazing behavior in our article for @sciam.bsky.social! www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...

Chimpanzees get a surprising amount of alcohol from the fruit they eat. This discovery might bolster the "drunken monkey hypothesis" for humanity's love of liquor 🧪🍸

I love how this feature uses graphics to explain the latest thinking on possible Alzheimer's causes and the many treatment targets. @sciam.bsky.social @jenchristiansen.com @estherlandau.bsky.social

What are your thoughts on the logic behind polar geoengineering ideas? @sciam.bsky.social @alecluhn.bsky.social

Dr. Smith also reminded the students and advocates listening: "Nothing for us without us." #FutureOfSickleCell @sciam.bsky.social

I had an incredible discussion on advances in sickle cell research with Amit Jimoh, Jonathan Stiles and Robert Meller in the beautiful auditorium of our host @msmedu.bsky.social #FutureofSickleCell @sciam.bsky.social

Today is the peak of Atlantic hurricane season. And yet, there's not even a hint of a hurricane anywhere in sight. What gives? Some cool weather stuff here: 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/atla...

@sciam.bsky.social is at #Morehouse School of Medicine getting ready for a discussion on cutting-edge new treatments and the road to a cure for Sickle Cell disease. It's going to be a fascinating day, if you're in Atlanta come on by! #FutureOfSickleCell www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-future...

"To know sickle cell disease is to know medicine." Dr. Wally Smith, Florence Neal Cooper Smith Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, encourages #Morehouse School of Medicine students to study the science and join Sickle Cell warriors in their fight. #FutureofSickleCell

Some black holes get extremely massive. Is there an upper limit to their growth?

There’s still time to submit your #SciAmInTheWild tinyurl.com/yfrrp7kb

Find out if you meet one of the eligibility criteria to receive a COVID vaccine this year. The list of qualifying conditions is pretty broad and includes lifestyle risk factors such as physical inactivity: www.scientificamerican.com/article/who-... @meghanbartels.bsky.social

And it's a perfect day to subscribe for just $18/year! www.scientificamerican.com/getsciam/

I am so excited about the advances in treating and potentially curing T1D. Fingers crossed these scale up in my son's lifetime.

My fave #SciAmInTheWild so far. Can you beat aliens? (www.scientificamerican.com/anniversary-...)

Fossil teeth reveal a new species of human ancestor, one that co-existed with the earliest known members of our own genus. I love thinking about how, although Homo sapiens is the only human species around today, for most of human prehistory, multiple human species roamed the earth 🤯 🧪

Gorgeous eyes! #SciAmInTheWild

Love this sunlight feature - light boxes could truly be curative for some autoimmune diseases. And send us your #SciAmInTheWild submissions!

Meltwater from a glacier lake outburst is flooding Juneau, Alaska. Such events are likely to happen more often as climate change destabilizes ice and glacial lakes fill with more meltwater

Daisy can't get enough of Scientific American! #SciAmInTheWild Can't wait to see the submissions. Contest Rules: tinyurl.com/yfrrp7kb

180 years of Scientific American. Join in on the fun by sharing your own selfie of your favorite issue and tag with #SciAmInTheWild. Prizes for the winners!

Anyone feel a tremor in westchester a few minutes ago?

Terrific look-back by @danvergano.bsky.social. Relevant today? In 1950, red scare was fully underway, an official burned 3,000 copies of @sciam.bsky.social claiming they held "atomic secrets." Here's how the pub stood up for science. www.scientificamerican.com/article/u-s-...

Winds from the northwest are blowing cool dry air—but also wildfire smoke—into the Midwest from Canada

For 180 years, Scientific American covers have invited readers on voyages of discovery—from deep oceans to distant galaxies. Now it’s your turn! Capture your own moment of exploration with our photo challenge. Terms & Conditions apply. See official rules: sciam.com/180contest #SciAmInTheWild

“I thought I would be helping people,” says Michael Pasqua, a life scientist and program manager for the EPA’s safe drinking water efforts in Wisconsin. 🧪 (by @meghanbartels.bsky.social in @sciam.bsky.social)

25,669 Northern Gannets in Canada. 134 harbor and gray seals along the coast of Maine. 21 California Condors in the western U.S. Just some of the victims of bird flu spreading through wildlife. by @meghanbartels.bsky.social for @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/bird...

Organ clocks, protein clocks, immune system clocks—the longevity research space is filled with so many new ways to measure biological age. I spoke with @erictopol.bsky.social to discuss the latest in aging tests ⏰ @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...

100 years after the Scopes trial, in which John Scopes was found guilty of breaking a law against teaching human evolution in school, U.S. education is still under attack from the same religiously motivated political forces that led to the Scopes verdict 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/amer...

This is wild! www.scientificamerican.com/article/mous...

Bird flu shouldn't be allowed to blaze through poultry farms. The virus's mortality rate in chickens and the nuances of breeding make this plan ineffective at best. By @sipappas.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/rfk-...

This is such an honest and insightful story - one of my favorites from SciAm's April issue. Paul Marino searches for decades for a diagnosis. www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...

Thanks @coreyspowell.bsky.social for pointing out these gorgeous Blue Ghost images! Here's @meghanbartels.bsky.social's take on the total lunar eclipse seen from the moon. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-...

@leebillings.bsky.social explains the science behind D-Wave's controversial claim of a "quantum advantage" and why quantum hype is dangerous to the field. @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-...

This is phenomenal geology humor (full video at www.instagram.com/reel/DHHL3fI...)

It's hard to get past the cuteness to even think about the science or any implications. @sciam.bsky.social @adampopescu.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/comp...

Yay, my twin sister joined Bsky! @chememichelle.bsky.social

Any guesses? www.scientificamerican.com/game/science...

Have any New Year's resolutions? Here's how long it could take depending on you and the complexity of the activity: www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...

“This is an active investigation where what’s needed is more eyes on the sky," says Christine Kim about reports of the mysterious drones with Enigma Labs. By @leebillings.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...

Today seems like a good day to share this Scientific American story on how vaccines have saved more lives throughout history than any other intervention www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-...

This is a great conversation among people with ADHD sharing workplace advice and tips. One thing that keeps coming up: one solution doesn't work forever; try new things www.askamanager.org/2024/10/succ... by @askamanager.bsky.social

How are you coping today? @meghanbartels.bsky.social spoke with Pauline Boss who coined "ambiguous loss" about how to cope with election grief: www.scientificamerican.com/article/elec...

And something that's going to be important to remember on climate is that absolutely every little bit we do matters. Every tenth, every hundredth of a degree of warming we avoid matters.

Your 2024 Election Rundown, from Health Care to Nuclear Proliferation The outcome of the 2024 U.S. presidential election could reshape policies from health care at home to nuclear proliferation abroad. www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/epis...

I often learn an important thing about my friends while trick-or-treating with them and their kids: Parents have favorite candies they're looking to score too! What's yours? (mine: the mini twizzlers)

Truly bizarre - So many parents were complaining they were hot in their "halloween weather" costumes.