Scientific American

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Awe-inspiring advances in science and technology from Scientific American.

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Smoking was supposed to be fading away. Why are young people embracing it again? #Health #Society #Science
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Aug 7, 2026
OpenAI's latest math breakthroughs commit research misconduct, experts say
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Aug 6, 2026
Physicists harness sunlight for quantum entanglement
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Aug 6, 2026
CDC warns of Salmonella outbreak tied to jalapeño peppers sold to Chipotle and QDOBA
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Aug 6, 2026
Can quantum computers solve math's hardest problem?
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Aug 6, 2026
U.S. lawmakers vote to hold Biden's former medical advisor Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress
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Aug 6, 2026
U.S. approves Moderna's mRNA vaccine for flu--the first of its kind
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Aug 6, 2026
Urban landscapes can boost storms--or break them up
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Aug 6, 2026
The Scientific American guide to 2026's total solar eclipse
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Aug 6, 2026
How much of our existence do we owe to sugar?
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Aug 6, 2026
Trump CDC pick Erica Schwartz confirmed to lead nation's top public health agency
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Aug 5, 2026
Elon Musk reveals SpaceX plans to build satellite factories on the moon
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Aug 5, 2026
Neanderthal genes may give modern humans' muscles a boost
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Aug 5, 2026
Scientists discover a 'skinny gene' mutation that acts like Ozempic
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Aug 5, 2026
How living near mountain lions might actually make you safer
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Aug 5, 2026
Spectacular images reveal never-before-seen whirlpools on the sun
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Aug 5, 2026
Mathematicians make a breakthrough on Gauss's riddle, unsolved for 200 years
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Aug 5, 2026
Psilocybin could kick-start anorexia recovery, early results suggest
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Aug 5, 2026
YouTube star Simone Giertz has some life and science lessons to share with you
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Aug 5, 2026
La Brea Tar Pits disgorge rare ice age toad
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Aug 5, 2026
Wormholes could be the key to time travel
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Aug 4, 2026
Newly discovered carnivorous plant is as deceptive as it is deadly
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Aug 4, 2026
Project backed by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos aims to save 100 critically endangered species
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Aug 4, 2026
A SpaceX rocket is about to hit the moon--these videos show what could happen
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Aug 4, 2026
An Ichthyosaur's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day 160 million years ago
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Aug 4, 2026
The U.S. military needs tungsten, but pristine NASA site may stand in the way
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Aug 3, 2026
It's 90 degrees in the Arctic right now
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Aug 3, 2026
Washington's wildfires are a warning for the entire U.S.
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Aug 3, 2026
Cyclospora outbreak tied to two deaths as the parasite-borne illness continues to rage
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Aug 3, 2026
Senate funding resolution seeks to put OMB rule changes to research grants on hold
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Aug 3, 2026
How Antarctica's Blood Falls came to be
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Aug 3, 2026
Daddy long legs perform fellatio--and other wild facts about how these arachnids mate
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Aug 3, 2026
Cyclosporiasis cases surge while new research questions 'protein maxxing'
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Aug 3, 2026
Postpartum psychosis is at the center of the Lindsay Clancy trial. What is it? #Health #MentalHealth #Science
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Jul 31, 2026
AI helped produce two proofs for the same cryptography problem #AI #Cryptography #Science
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Jul 31, 2026
Eating less protein could help you live longer #Health #Longevity #Nutrition
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Jul 31, 2026
How to surf on Saturn's moon Titan #Space #Science #Exploration
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Jul 31, 2026
Secret eruption offers tantalizing glimpse of underwater volcanoes #Science #Volcano #Ocean
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Jul 31, 2026
The untold science and drama of Lewis and Clark's expedition #Science #History #Exploration
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Jul 31, 2026
How flowers shaped the world as we know it #Science #Nature #Botany
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Jul 30, 2026

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