Sophie Bushwick
Scientific American
New York, NY, United States
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Controversy Surrounds Blockbuster Superconductivity Claim
Will a possible breakthrough for room-temperature superconducting materials hold up to scrutiny? → Read More
Why We're Suddenly Spotting Spy Balloons
Every question we have about the airborne objects that might or might not be spying on the U.S. → Read More
Chinese Spy Balloon Has Unexpected Maneuverability
An expert explains why it’s so odd that the suspected Chinese spy balloon can change course → Read More
Mighty Morphin’ Turtle Robot Goes Amphibious by Shifting Leg Shape
A turtle-inspired robot can morph its legs to move from land to water and back → Read More
ChatGPT Explains Why AIs like ChatGPT Should Be Regulated
We asked the text-generating AI ChatGPT to talk about its own flaws → Read More
10 Ways AI Was Used for Good This Year
Artificial intelligence can improve health, protect biodiversity and even write wine reviews → Read More
This Sticker Looks Inside the Body
A new stick-on ultrasound patch can record the activity of hearts, lungs and other organs for 48 hours at a time → Read More
Roe v. Wade Was Overturned. Here's how Your Phone Could Be Used to Spy on You.
From figuring out how often you go to the bathroom to potentially being used to prosecute you, your trusty smartphone might not be so trusty in a post-Roe world. → Read More
Record-Breaking Jumping Robot Can Leap a 10-Story Building
To propel itself higher than any known engineered jumper or animal can, it had to ignore the limits of biology → Read More
Russia is having less success at spreading social media disinformation (for now)
But that could change if people tire of defending against an onslaught of misinformation. → Read More
How Much Medieval Literature Has Been Lost?
An ecological model suggests islands are better at preserving literature as well as species → Read More
New Charging Technique Puts Crumbling Batteries Back Together
The method could extend the lifetime of lithium-metal batteries by 30 percent, a new study suggests → Read More
New Sensor Tells You How Well Your Mask Is Working
FaceBit tracks a face covering’s fit and wear time, as well as its wearer’s vital signs → Read More
The Best Fun Science Stories of 2021: Rhythmic Lemurs, a Marscopter and Sex-Obsessed Insect Zombies
Check out the weird and wonderful stories that delighted us this year → Read More
Prep your organs to eat as much food as possible on Thanksgiving
There's a method to the marathon eating. First, make sure you start with a slightly empty but not completely empty stomach. Read on for more tips on how to eat more food on Thanksgiving. → Read More
All Small Electronics Should Have the Same Charging Ports, New E.U. Rule Says
In a bid to reduce waste, a proposed regulation would require phones and other small electronics to switch to USB-C → Read More
How Paralympic Wheelchairs and Prostheses Are Optimized for Speed and Performance
The engineering and designs vary widely from sport to sport and athlete to athlete → Read More
How to preserve flowers in 4 easy ways
To adequately preserve fresh flowers, you’ll need to remove their moisture with a process such as air-drying, pressing, or nuking them in the microwave. → Read More
Soft Robot Hand Is First to Be Fully 3-D-Printed in a Single Step
A soft robotic hand has finally achieved a historic accomplishment: beating the first level of Super Mario Bros. Although quickly pressing and releasing the buttons and directional pad on a Nintendo Entertainment System controller is a fun test of this three-fingered machine’s performance, the real breakthrough is not what it does—but how it was created. The Mario-playing hand, as well as two… → Read More
Concrete Buildings Could Be Turned into Rechargeable Batteries
But for now, a square meter of the building material holds roughly the energy of two AA batteries → Read More