Category Archives: Research

MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW – MAY/JUNE 2026 PREVIEW

MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW: The Nature issue features Technology remade the world. Now what? As we work to understand how much our own ingenuity has created an increasingly unnatural world, we’re also confronting tough choices about what to preserve—and how. Plus: Killer microbes from the mirror universe and fresh fiction from Jeff VanderMeer.

Colossal Biosciences said it cloned red wolves. Is it for real?

The red wolf has long been a contentious species. The debate over its preservation got even messier last year, when Colossal said it had cloned the animal.

The problem with thinking you’re part Neanderthal

The idea that modern humans inherited DNA from Neanderthal ancestors is one of the 21st century’s most celebrated discoveries in evolution. It may not be that simple.

Digging for clues about the North Pole’s past

To understand what the future holds for Earth’s northernmost waters, scientists are burrowing deep below the seabed.

SCIENCE MAGAZINE ———– APRIL 16, 2026 Preview

SCIENCE MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Grand Connection’ – Timing of Colorado River’s arrival crystallizes….

Ancient lake’s flood may have etched the Grand Canyon

Mineral grains show Colorado River filled a basin at the canyon’s head millions of years ago

Differences in ribosomes may help explain human diversity

Mutations in genes for cells’ protein factories linked to traits such as height and weight

Rise of farming, cultural shifts supercharged human evolution

Sweeping study finds rapid genetic change in past 10,000 years

Fog, a research ‘underdog,’ gets serious attention

California effort will study the future of a vital water source in a warming world

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN MAGAZINE – MAY 2026

Scientific American

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Your Heart In Flames’ – A radical new take on Cardiovascular Disease could save lives…

The hidden cause of heart disease is inflammation

Immune system overreactions may be the true culprit of cardiac illness—and lifesaving drugs can calm them down

How strange new ‘altermagnets’ could rewrite physics

How birds survived the dinosaurs’ doomsday

Space hotels are coming soon

Inside the labs where chemists engineer luxury perfumes

How a lost 1812 wristwatch sparked a 200-year race in precision engineering

SCIENCE MAGAZINE ———– APRIL 9, 2026 Preview

Science issue cover

SCIENCE MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Active Matter’ – Mapping the organization of rods in motion.

Mars mission aims for nuclear propulsion—on a tight deadline

Fission-powered space flight, a 60-year dream, would supercharge Solar System exploration

Trump reprises requests for deep cuts to federal research spending

Science advocates now waiting to see whether Congress will once again refuse

As attacks escalate, Iran’s universities become targets

Air strikes have destroyed or damaged a wide range of academic and commercial research centers

Cash isn’t enough to get scientists to spot errors, project finds

Now the ERROR project is promising an additional incentive: a publication

Pesticides may wreak havoc on the gut microbiome

Disruption of complex intestinal ecosystem could contribute to diabetes and other health issues, scientists say

NATURE MAGAZINE —–MARCH 26, 2026 PREVIEW

Volume 651 Issue 8107

NATURE MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Old Friends’ – Ancient genomes reveal early relationship between dogs and humans…

A single course of antibiotics can cause lingering changes in gut microbes

Microbial diversity loss seen after a course of some commonly prescribed antibiotics can persist for years.

Mighty mini-magnet is low in cost and light on energy use

A compact device can produce a magnetic field that is more than 800,000 times stronger than Earth’s.

Chemical pollutants are rife across the world’s oceans

Compounds that are used to make plastics and personal-care products were found in all types of marine environment, a meta-analysis shows.

Strength persists after a mid-life course of obesity drugs

Muscle mass increased or remained stable relative to body weight in middle-aged mice and humans on GLP-1 drugs.

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN MAGAZINE – APRIL 2026

Scientific American

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘A Galactic Mystery’ – Missing Dark Matter presents a Cosmic conundrum.

Why pristine mountain lakes are suddenly turning green

High in the Rockies, researchers are discovering that wind-borne pollution and rising heat are fueling unprecedented algal blooms by Cody Cottier

The kids are all right

Surprising studies show young people are doing better than previous generations in many ways by Melinda Wenner Moyer

Galaxies without dark matter mystify astronomers

Maria Luísa Buzzo

How the corpse flower came to be so weird

Jacob S. Suissa

New ways to save kidneysThe number of kidney patients is going up

Now Medical Studios, Jen Christiansen

SCIENCE MAGAZINE —- MARCH 5, 2026

SCIENCE MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Bottleneck Recovery’ – Population expansion and genetic reshuffling in koalas…

Stem cell therapies ‘come of age’ with two conditional approvals in Japan

Induced pluripotent stem cells could help treat diseased hearts and brains

AI and quantum now drive NSF grantmaking, officials say

Leaders acknowledge White House role in recent controversial moves

U.S. research agency moves to restrict foreign scientists

Proposed rule at National Institute of Standards and Technology would limit lab access to a few years

Why three scientists said no to Epstein

The warning signs included a web search, a mother’s doubts, and inklings of a “sexist attitude”

MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW – MARCH/APRIL 2026 PREVIEW

MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW: The Crime issue features ‘It’s a bad, bad, bad, bad world out there’. From AI-powered scams to roboticized drug-smuggling submarines. New technologies have supercharged the human knack for wrongdoing, just as they’ve juiced the law’s ability to chase them—challenging privacy and equity along the way. Plus, read about crypto shenanigans, breast biomechanics, heist science, and music that’s really, really deep.

AI is already making online crimes easier. It could get much worse.

Some cybersecurity researchers say it’s too early to worry about AI-orchestrated cyberattacks. Others say it could already be happening.

Welcome to the dark side of crypto’s permissionless dream

Jean-Paul Thorbjornsen is a leader of THORChain, a blockchain that is not supposed to have any leaders—and is reeling from a series of expensive controversies.

How uncrewed narco subs could transform the Colombian drug trade

Fast, stealthy, and cheap—autonomous, semisubmersible drone boats carrying tons of cocaine could be international law enforcement’s nightmare scenario. A big one just came ashore.

Hackers made death threats against this security researcher. Big mistake.

Allison Nixon had helped arrest dozens of members of the Com, a loose affiliation of online groups responsible for violence and hacking campaigns. Then she became a target.

NATURE MAGAZINE – FEBRUARY 5, 2026

Volume 650 Issue 8100

NATURE MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Clear Waters’ – Index offers transparent framework for assessing ocean equity…

Genetically engineered ‘stinkweed’ comes up roses for making seed oil

Field pennycress could become a valuable winter crop, with benefits for both carbon storage and farm profitability.

Light-powered bacteria become living chemical factories

Engineered Escherichia coli could open the door to more sustainable routes to new drugs and other chemicals.

Largest galaxy survey yet confirms that the Universe is not clumpy enough

The six-year results from the Dark Energy Survey highlight unresolved tensions in standard cosmological theory.

SCIENCE MAGAZINE – JANUARY 29, 2026

SCIENCE MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Gone Fishing’ – Social cues inform foraging.

Earthquake sensors buried in the quietest spot on Earth

Beneath the South Pole, two seismometers will probe the planet’s interior and monitor movement of Antarctic ice

Oil helped build Venezuela’s science. Can oil now revive it?

After Maduro, Venezuelan researchers hope to rebuild the industry that supported the country’s scientific workforce

Leading preprint server clamps down on ‘AI slop’

First-time posters to arXiv now need an endorsement from an established author

Magnetic fields cause fluorescent proteins to dim

Effect could lead to MRI-like diagnostics and switchable, remote-controlled drugs