A German start-up aims to give roaches backpacks that control their movements and gather intel so they can be recon soldiers.

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In 1985, the problem was an enormous hole that researchers had discovered in the Earth’s ozone layer, which shields the planet from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet radiation. The culprits were ...

I am a 76-year-old male who is in relatively good health. For the past six months, I have been experiencing diarrhea on and ...

Scientific American spends a lot of time asking questions—to authors on their new science-related books, to scientists in the ...