# Scientific American: latest headlines

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- Type: Magazine
- Country: United States
- Website: https://scientificamerican.com
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- About 5.1 headlines a day
- First to report 0% of 2 shared stories (last 36 hours)

Mostly covers: Health & Science (92%)

## Latest headlines

- Nov 11, 2026, 6:30 AM: [OpenAI’s ‘shepherds’ affirm blockbuster physics result](<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/openais-shepherds-affirm-blockbuster-physics-result/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/928698.md)
  The company’s appointed team of experts has verified and released the groundbreaking AI-generated proof, which validates bedrock assumptions of the Standard Model of particle physics
- Nov 11, 2026, 5:45 AM: [Mountain heights across the country are about to change. Gravity is to blame](<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mountain-heights-across-the-country-are-about-to-change-gravity-is-to-blame/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/883726.md)
  A national system that defines where things are across the country will get a complete overhaul
- Nov 11, 2026, 5:30 AM: [El Niño will push temperatures above 1.5 degrees C. Will we ever come back down?](<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/el-nino-will-push-temperatures-above-1-5-degrees-c-will-we-ever-come-back-down/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/871401.md)
  The astonishing strength of this El Ni&ntilde;o could mean we surpass an important climate threshold—possibly for good
- Nov 11, 2026, 5:00 AM: [What an exceptionally powerful El Niño could mean for hurricanes, drought and flooding](<https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/what-an-exceptionally-powerful-el-nino-could-mean-for-hurricanes-drought-and-flooding/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/849276.md)
  One of the strongest El Ni&ntilde;os ever recorded is pushing the climate into uncharted territory
- Nov 10, 2026, 1:00 PM: [Was Isaac Newton’s contribution to calculus stolen?](<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/was-isaac-newtons-contribution-to-calculus-stolen/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/101115.md)
  Newton accused Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, another mathematical giant of the time, of stealing the concept of infinitesimals. Here’s the real story
- Nov 10, 2026, 11:30 AM: [The U.S. may be on the cusp of losing its measles elimination status](<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-u-s-may-be-on-the-cusp-of-losing-its-measles-elimination-status/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/45599.md)
  Years after being officially eliminated, measles is rampant in the U.S. Could it be back for good?
- Nov 10, 2026, 9:45 AM: [Oil prices are so high that CO2 emissions from fossil fuels are dropping](<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/oil-prices-are-so-high-that-co2-emissions-from-fossil-fuels-are-dropping/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/7969.md)
  The war in Iran has put 2026 on track for a dip in annual fossil-fuel carbon emissions
- Nov 10, 2026, 5:45 AM: [Virtual fruit fly brains can play Doom and trade bitcoin](<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/virtual-fruit-fly-brains-can-play-doom-and-trade-bitcoin/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/7970.md)
  Researchers created a new map of the fruit fly brain. Then the Internet found it
- Nov 10, 2026, 5:00 AM: [5 things to know going into the COP31 climate meeting](<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/5-things-to-know-going-into-the-cop31-climate-meeting/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/7971.md)
  Nearly 200 countries will participate in this year’s climate talks, held in Antalya, T&uuml;rkiye
- Nov 9, 2026, 12:31 PM: [Eli Lilly shows GLP-1 weight-loss pill Foundayo can dramatically improve sleep apnea](<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/eli-lilly-shows-glp-1-weight-loss-pill-foundayo-can-dramatically-improve-sleep-apnea/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/7972.md)
  Foundayo, a daily pill, successfully reduced obstructive sleep apnea, according to clinical trial data
- Nov 9, 2026, 9:15 AM: [The coin-flipping trick that counts the Internet](<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-coin-flipping-trick-that-counts-the-internet/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/7973.md)
  Here’s how the ubiquitous HyperLogLog algorithm works
- Nov 9, 2026, 5:45 AM: [Bursts of ‘pink noise’ during sleep could help your brain clean itself](<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bursts-of-pink-noise-during-sleep-could-help-your-brain-clean-itself/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/7974.md)
  Triggering a flow of the brain’s cleaning fluid could lead to better sleep—and may decrease harmful waste particles
- Nov 9, 2026, 5:00 AM: [Why measles is spreading again, how hackers are targeting freezers, and whether cats fart](<https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/why-measles-is-spreading-again-how-hackers-are-targeting-freezers-and-whether-cats-fart/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/7975.md)
  One story asks whether cats fart. The others are a lot less funny
- Nov 8, 2026, 7:00 AM: [Why do some people hear pitch better than others? Internal noise may be the key](<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-do-some-people-hear-pitch-better-than-others-internal-noise-may-be-the-key/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/7976.md)
  The less internal noise you have, the more reliably you can tell similar sounds apart
- Nov 8, 2026, 6:00 AM: [Acorns—not deer—can predict a rise in Lyme-spreading ticks](<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/acorns-not-deer-can-predict-a-rise-in-lyme-spreading-ticks/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/7977.md)
  Despite deer’s essential role in tick reproduction, looking to acorn numbers instead can forecast Lyme disease booms almost two years in advance
- Nov 7, 2026, 4:45 PM: [NASA reveals new lunar rover, PROMISE, to launch to moon in 2028](<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa-reveals-new-lunar-rover-promise-to-launch-to-moon-in-2028/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/7978.md)
  At a press event on Saturday, the agency’s officials stressed that rovers and other infrastructure will be critical to ensuring human survival on the moon
- Nov 7, 2026, 7:00 AM: [Earth’s rocks have a missing layer spanning up to a billion years. Scientists finally know what happened to it](<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/earths-rocks-have-a-missing-layer-spanning-up-to-a-billion-years-scientists-finally-know-what-happened-to-it/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/7979.md)
  The “Great Unconformity” has puzzled scientists since its discovery in the 1870s
- Nov 7, 2026, 6:00 AM: [The mathematical trick that explains how to find a needle in a haystack](<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-mathematical-trick-that-explains-how-to-find-a-needle-in-a-haystack/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/7980.md)
  We asked a statistics expert how difficult it would be to find a needle in a haystack—the answer is: just as hard as you think
- Nov 7, 2026, 5:30 AM: [Nothing can be fully transparent, physicists discover](<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nothing-can-be-fully-transparent-physicists-discover/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/7981.md)
  Quantum researchers show how materials inevitably absorb light
- Nov 6, 2026, 11:00 PM: [Math Puzzle: Secret formula](<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/math-puzzle-secret-formula/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/7982.md)
  Can you guess the puzzle writer’s secret formula?
- Nov 6, 2026, 1:00 PM: [This brain change can make foxes act like pet dogs](<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/this-brain-change-can-make-foxes-act-like-pet-dogs/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/7983.md)
  Using data from a 1950s Russian experiment, researchers are getting “to the heart of brain programming” in foxes
- Nov 6, 2026, 5:45 AM: [Have astronomers spotted Planet Nine?](<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/have-astronomers-spotted-planet-nine/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/7984.md)
  Archived observations appear to show a moving object in the far-distant outer solar system, but its reality is unclear
- Nov 6, 2026, 5:00 AM: [Kevin Roose says the race to build superintelligence is accelerating](<https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/kevin-roose-says-the-race-to-build-superintelligence-is-accelerating/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/7985.md)
  What happens when a technology becomes more powerful than its creators can fully understand?
- Nov 5, 2026, 1:00 PM: [Ancient humans used cannabis in burial rituals 2,800 years ago](<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ancient-humans-used-cannabis-in-burial-rituals-2-800-years-ago/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/7986.md)
  New findings from a Siberian tomb offer the earliest direct evidence for human marijuana use
- Nov 5, 2026, 11:32 AM: [These are the doctors and scientists elected in the 2026 midterms](<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/these-are-the-doctors-and-scientists-elected-in-the-2026-midterms/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/7987.md)
  Learn more about the scientific community coming into office in January
- Nov 5, 2026, 11:15 AM: [The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is changing the color of the ocean](<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-great-pacific-garbage-patch-is-changing-the-color-of-the-ocean/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/7988.md)
  The ocean’s blue and green hues near the infamous zone of debris have gotten brighter over the past 20 years, satellite data show
- Nov 5, 2026, 7:30 AM: [Hundreds of stunning ice age drawings discovered inside Spanish cave](<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hundreds-of-stunning-ice-age-drawings-discovered-inside-spanish-cave/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/7989.md)
  The find includes 280 engravings, including 55 depictions of animals
- Nov 5, 2026, 6:00 AM: [How George Clinton’s Mothership landed onstage in 1976](<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-george-clinton-mothership-landed-onstage-in-1976/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/7990.md)
  Fifty years after its spectacular debut, George Clinton’s smoke-spewing spaceship remains a marvel of live-music technology and Afrofuturist imagination
- Nov 4, 2026, 5:00 PM: [2026 election results show widespread opposition to AI data centers](<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/2026-election-results-show-widespread-opposition-to-ai-data-centers/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/7991.md)
  Across 10 states this Election Day, voters overwhelmingly backed restrictions on data center development or rejected measures that would have eased their construction
- Nov 4, 2026, 1:00 PM: [The Super El Niño is already soaking the U.S. Expect more flooding to come](<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-super-el-nino-is-already-soaking-the-u-s-expect-more-flooding-to-come/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/7992.md)
  This week Florida and the Four Corners region have been hammered by major rain events, swamping roads and washing away homes
- Nov 4, 2026, 11:30 AM: [Science advocates react to Democrats’ historic midterm rout: ‘It’s a new day in Washington’](<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/science-advocates-react-to-democrats-historic-midterm-rout-its-a-new-day-in-washington/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/7993.md)
  Researchers and advocates say they hope the “blue wave” could signal more accountability after two years of attacks on science
- Nov 4, 2026, 11:15 AM: [Could SpaceX’s retirement of Falcon 9 spark a launch crisis?](<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/could-spacexs-retirement-of-falcon-9-spark-a-launch-crisis/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/7994.md)
  What happens when the most successful rocket in history stops flying? The world is about to find out
- Nov 4, 2026, 11:00 AM: [The polar vortex is about to go haywire](<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-polar-vortex-is-about-to-go-haywire/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/7995.md)
  “Everybody’s hair is on fire in the climate or meteorologist community”
- Nov 4, 2026, 10:56 AM: [What a historic ‘blue wave’ midterm means for climate action](<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-a-historic-blue-wave-midterm-means-for-climate-action/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/7996.md)
  Democrats swept Congress and won in red states. Here are the races that matter most for decarbonization, disasters and data centers
- Nov 4, 2026, 10:45 AM: [NASA’s Swift telescope plunges back to Earth](<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasas-swift-telescope-plunges-back-to-earth/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/7997.md)
  The observatory had spent decades studying powerful cosmic explosions and was the target of an unsuccessful rescue mission earlier this year
- Nov 4, 2026, 10:00 AM: [NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is wobbly—scientists have a fix that could reveal new alien worlds](<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasas-james-webb-space-telescope-is-wobbly-scientists-have-a-fix-that-could-reveal-new-alien-worlds/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/7998.md)
  By modeling the James Webb Space Telescope’s tiny movements, a new technique can reveal up to 15 times fainter alien worlds