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

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  • Everyone alive may carry DNA from a 'ghost lineage' of human ancestors #Science #Genetics #Evolution

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    Jul 30, 2026

  • Chilean mummies reveal a lost lineage of smallpox #Science #History #Health

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    Jul 30, 2026

  • 3 charts show how extreme heat is costing us hours of lost sleep #Science #Health #Climate

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    Jul 30, 2026

  • Spacecraft will swarm asteroid Apophis during fateful 2029 Earth flyby #Space #Astronomy #Science

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    Jul 30, 2026

  • Bizarre new material discovered in Hiroshima bombing debris #Science #Materials #History

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    Jul 29, 2026

  • Hundreds of ancient, never-before-seen 'earthworks' discovered in the Amazon #Archaeology #History #Amazon

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    Jul 29, 2026

  • A unique cellular trick may explain octopus intelligence #Science #Octopus #Intelligence

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    Jul 29, 2026

  • Astronomers spot best-yet example of a wandering supermassive black hole #Astronomy #BlackHoles #Science

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    Jul 29, 2026

  • Rescue mission to save NASA's Swift space telescope is imperiled in orbit #Space #Science #Technology

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    Jul 29, 2026

  • Neuroscientists pinpoint how smells bring back childhood memories #Science #Neuroscience #Memory

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    Jul 29, 2026

  • Avocado flowers switch sex daily--now we know why #Science #Biology #Botany

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    Jul 29, 2026

  • The ultimate science summer reading list #Science #Reading #Summer

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    Jul 29, 2026

  • Math's acclaimed 'einstein tile' finds a new home among physicists #Science #Math #Physics

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    Jul 29, 2026

  • Why Einstein's theories of relativity make time travel possible #Science #Physics #Relativity

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    Jul 28, 2026

  • How mental exhaustion changes the choices you make #Psychology #Cognition #DecisionMaking

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    Jul 28, 2026

  • Scientists get best-yet glimpse of Betelgeuse's companion star #Astronomy #Space #Science

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    Jul 28, 2026

  • What caused the magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Japan? #Science #Earthquake #Japan

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    Jul 28, 2026

  • Has NASA already found life on Mars? #Space #Mars #Science

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    Jul 27, 2026

  • Can bees sense magnetic fields? #Science #Insects #Biology

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    Jul 27, 2026

  • The best science books to read this summer, according to Scientific American editors #Science #Books #SummerReading

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    Jul 27, 2026

  • 550 years later, scientists claim to have solved what killed Botticelli's muse #History #Art #Science

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    Jul 26, 2026

  • The math of traffic jams and how to avoid them #Science #Math #Traffic

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    Jul 25, 2026

  • SpaceX launches Starship on successful test flight #SpaceX #Starship #Rocketryonautics

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    Jul 25, 2026

  • Fungus made fashion--researchers turn living organisms into textiles #Science #Fashion #Innovation

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    Jul 24, 2026

  • NHTSA considers new car door safety rules after fatal Tesla crashes #Science #Auto #Safety

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    Jul 24, 2026

  • When will the cyclosporiasis outbreaks end? #Health #Outbreak #Science

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    Jul 24, 2026

  • Europe's heat waves are killing thousands--and wringing its soils dry #Science #Climate #Environment

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    Jul 24, 2026

  • How a 99-year-old mathematician unraveled a century-old braid mystery #Math #Science #History

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    Jul 24, 2026

  • Is it possible to regain a sense of smell? These scientists are working on it #Science #Health #Research

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    Jul 24, 2026

  • The Rubin Observatory's greatest legacy will be this 'movie' of the sky #Astronomy #Science #Observatory

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    Jul 24, 2026

  • Sunlight benefits and risks: what science says about healthy sun exposure #Health #Science #Sunlight

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    Jul 24, 2026

  • How lost shipping containers helped map the world's ocean currents #Science #Oceanography #Environment

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    Jul 24, 2026

  • Ancient geology could insulate Iran's nuclear centrifuges under Pickaxe Mountain from bombing #Science #Geology #Nuclear

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    Jul 23, 2026

  • Tansplanted testicular tissue grew sperm in an infertile patient #Science #Health #Reproduction

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    Jul 23, 2026

  • Why environmental groups are suing over SpaceX's land swap deal #Environment #Space #Law

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    Jul 23, 2026

  • Why don't insects live in the ocean? #Science #Insects #Evolution

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    Jul 23, 2026

  • Humans may have spoken 10 times as many languages 2,000 years ago #Linguistics #History #Anthropology

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    Jul 23, 2026

  • Why Tom Hiddleston finds Pompeii so haunting--and so human #History #Archaeology #Culture

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    Jul 23, 2026

  • China's Kimi K3 and the rise of open-weight AI models #AI #OpenSource #Tech

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