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Algorithms really do create political polarization—and this AI tool let users avoid it

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In my January 23, 2026, “The Universe” column, I wrote about some of the biggest bangs the universe has to offer: exploding stars, hiccupping magnetars, stellar disruptions and colliding black holes. These all deserve deeper dives, but…

Four fresh astronauts are on their way to the International Space Station (ISS). On Friday at 5:15 A.M. EST, Crew-12 launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla., onboard a spacecraft on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, kick-starting a day-long journey to orbit.

Forget roses—name a roach after your valentine instead

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Last year, physicists created a time crystal—atomic arrangements repeating motion patterns—visible to the naked eye. But the latest research on this quantum eccentricity might represent more than a few steps forward.

This…

Join the Great Backyard Bird Count—for science!

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman.

There is something about a good kiss that can stick with you, that can give you butterflies even decades later. For the past few…

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Scientists have taken a major step toward treating spinal cord injuries that cause paralysis.

In lab dishes, researchers at Northwestern University grew tiny organoids of the human spinal cord. Then, they injured the samples and administered…