September 16, 2025 4 min read Readers Respond to the May 2025 Issue Letters to the editors for the May 2025 issue of Scientific American By Aaron Shattuck Scientific American, May 2025 SPEEDY COMETS “Dark Comets,” by Robin George Andrews, describes a group of objects in our solar system with…
Paul Mescal Talks ‘Deeply Precious’ Relationship With Gracie Abrams
Paul Mescal is keeping details of his relationship with Gracie Abrams close to the vest. In a new Rolling Stone cover story published on Monday, September 15, Mescal, 29, was asked whether there was a “particular moment or milestone” that prompted him and Abrams, 26, to make their romance Instagram…
Kody Brown Didn’t Always Suck at Parenting, Meri Claims
Reading Time: 3 minutes Kody Brown is once again under fire for his abysmal parenting. This time, the callout is coming from Meri. Usually, Kody is is own number-one hype man. But his long-suffering ex does have one piece of praise. She claims that he was a decent dad when…
3 top dividend stocks to consider for passive income now
Image source: Getty Images As someone who values passive income, I understand that I should look at shares of companies that pay dividends. While bearing in mind dividends aren’t guaranteed, here are three for investors to consider if they’re likeminded. Legal & General Looking purely from a yield perspective, Legal…
Roku’s new $250 projector makes movie night mobile
Summary Roku has introduced its first-ever projector, allowing you to take movie night anywhere. The Aurzen Roku TV Smart Projector is available now on Amazon for $250 ($180 after $70 coupon) and runs Roku OS, letting you project all your favorite streaming services. Roku’s projector has an image size of…
Good immune health may come at the expense of chronic inflammation
The immune system may be even more complicated than we thought Corona Borealis Studio/Shutterstock Having a robust enough immune system to live a longer life may come at the cost of chronic inflammation. Some immune cells undergo an inflammatory form of death that evolved to protect us from infections, but…
Linda Hogan Slams Emmys ‘In Memoriam’ For Omitting Hulk
Hulk Hogan’s ex-wife, Linda Hogan, is criticizing the 2025 Emmy Awards for omitting the late wrestler from its “In Memoriam” segment. Linda, 66, suggested to Entertainment Weekly in a story published on Monday, September 15, that Hulk (real name: Terry Bollea) did not make the cut because of his political…
Film Legend Passes Away at 89
Reading Time: 3 minutes We have sad news to report out of Hollywood today: Movie legend Robert Redford has passed away at the age of 89. News of Redford’s passing comes courtesy of his publicist, Cindi Berger, Chairman and CEO of Rogers and Cowan PMK. Robert Redford attends Sundance Institute’s…
Is it too late to buy AI winners Broadcom and Oracle for my Stocks and Shares ISA?
Image source: Getty Images Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) and Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) are two of the hottest artificial intelligence (AI) stocks in the market right now. This month, both have soared on the back of spectacular results. Now, I own a lot of AI stocks in my Stocks and Shares ISA…
Lunar missions may contaminate the moon with hardy Earth microbes
Satellite image of the lunar south pole and Schrödinger basin NASA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY The moon might be more hospitable to life than we thought, increasing the risk of future moon missions contaminating the lifeless lunar surface. Space missions must follow policies on “planetary protection” to avoid contaminating other bodies of…