Regulating PFAS in water, pi day fun, how whales find their food

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March 14, 2023

Pollution 'Toxic Forever Chemicals' in U.S. Drinking Water to Be Regulated for the First Time The EPA has proposed the first nationwide limits for toxic chemicals called PFAS in the U.S. water supply By Andrea Thompson

Mathematics If the Mathematical Constant Pi Was a Song, What Would It Sound Like? Every year on Pi Day, we have a reason to celebrate one of math's most famous symbols. But this year we speak to someone who has captured it in song. By Jeffery DelViscio | 09:43

Education Math Is More Than Just Numbers: Celebrate Pi Day a Different Way While you savor that apple or key lime pie, consider the many ways math influences our lives By Alissa S. Crans

Animals No One Knows How the Biggest Animals on Earth--Baleen Whales--Find Their Food How do giant filter-feeding whales find their tiny prey? The answer could be key to saving endangered species By Kate Wong

Public Health How to Avoid the Dreaded Norovirus The so-called winter vomiting disease has been closing schools and hitting long-term care facilities this year. Here's what you should know By Lauren J. Young

Evolution Tree Roots May Have Set Off a Mass Extinction The evolution of terrestrial plant roots could have kicked off large-scale extinctions by throwing the planet's mineral cycle into disarray By Joanna Thompson

FROM THE STORE Scientific American Volume 328, Issue 4

FROM THE ARCHIVE Forever Chemicals Are Widespread in U.S. Drinking Water Experts hope that with the incoming Biden administration, the federal government will finally regulate a class of chemicals known as PFASs By Annie Sneed | January 2021

WHAT WE'RE READING What's So Wrong About Human-Robot Romance? By Nicholas Quah | Vulture | Mar. 10, 2023

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