Scientific American

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

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The world is less prepared for a pandemic than before COVID. Here's why #Pandemic #Health #Global
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May 18, 2026
See a Lincoln Memorial-sized asteroid pass within just 56,000 miles of Earth today #Space #Astronomy #Science
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May 18, 2026
Trump administration ousts top NIH infectious disease leaders #Science #Health #Politics
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May 18, 2026
The programmer whose code underpins the Internet #Tech #OpenSource #Internet
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May 18, 2026
How marijuana rewires the teenage brain #Science #Neuroscience #Health
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May 18, 2026
Hantavirus cruise ship, PCOS name change, a fish that hides in another animal's 'butthole' #Science #Health #Nature
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May 18, 2026
Did Homo erectus and Denisovans mate? Tooth proteins hint at ancient trysts #Science #Paleontology #HumanEvolution
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May 17, 2026
This small rodent is at the center of theories about the hantavirus outbreak #Science #Health #Outbreak
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May 17, 2026
These ants navigate with a compass tuned to the moon #Science #Nature #Insects
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May 17, 2026
NASA reveals new clues to 2027's Artemis III, the final test mission before a moon landing #Space #Science #Exploration
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May 16, 2026
Scientists catalog the 'fractal dimensions' of more than 130,000 islands #Science #Geography #Math
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May 16, 2026
Hantavirus can persist in semen for years, but that doesn't mean it remains contagious #Science #Health #Virology
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May 15, 2026
A real Mr. Snuffleupagus? Meet the ocean's strangest new fish species #Science #Ocean #NewSpecies
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May 15, 2026
This startup wants to make drugs in orbit. If it succeeds, it could transform the space economy #Space #Science #Economy
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May 15, 2026
How to arm yourself against hantavirus misinformation #Science #Health #Misinformation
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May 15, 2026
Can plants have consciousness? The film Silent Friend reimagines the science #Science #Botany #Consciousness
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May 15, 2026
Asking AI to explain your medical results? What doctors want you to know #AI #Healthcare #Medicine
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May 15, 2026
Are astronomers ignoring some of the cosmos? #Astronomy #Science #Cosmos
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May 15, 2026
Microbe 'cities' may solve a key ocean mystery #Science #Ocean #Microbiology
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May 15, 2026
To celebrate Endangered Species Day, meet the scaly-foot snail, the most metal animal in the world #Science #Animals #Conservation
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May 15, 2026
Why Black women are at greater risk for fibroids and endometrial cancer #Health #Science #Women
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May 15, 2026
U.S. Supreme Court allows mifepristone by mail--for now #Science #Health #Law
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May 14, 2026
There's an 82 percent chance El Niño will 'emerge soon,' NWS says #Science #Climate #Weather
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May 14, 2026
'Golden rule' in abstract art just discovered by mathematicians #Art #Math #Science
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May 14, 2026
Implantable 'living materials' that deliver drugs on demand could help fight infections #Biotechnology #Medicine #Innovation
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May 14, 2026
Doubts grow over theory that bird-watchers' trip to Argentine landfill sparked hantavirus outbreak #Science #Health #Outbreak
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May 14, 2026
NASA's Psyche mission is snapping photos of Mars on its way to an asteroid #Space #Science #NASA
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May 14, 2026
Can helium-3 create a 'gold rush' on the moon? #Space #Helium3 #Mining
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May 14, 2026
The war in Iran is supercharging an ecological crisis in the Persian Gulf #Environment #Geopolitics #MiddleEast
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May 14, 2026
Deep-Earth diamonds reveal trove of never-before-seen minerals #Science #Geology #Minerals
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May 14, 2026
Depression scales may not work the same for highly intelligent people #Science #MentalHealth #Intelligence
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May 14, 2026
2026 FIFA World Cup players and fans at risk of extreme heat, climate scientists warn #ClimateChange #Sports #Science
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May 14, 2026
Almost half of the objects in Earth's orbit is junk--and that's only the stuff we know about #Space #Astronomy #Environment
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May 13, 2026
Can hantavirus spread through the air? What we do and don't know #Science #Health #Research
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May 13, 2026
Americans are increasingly open to using psychedelics for medical reasons #Science #Health #Psychedelics
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May 13, 2026
59,000-year-old Neanderthal tooth may be oldest evidence of dentistry #Archaeology #Paleontology #History
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May 13, 2026
Radar picks up on bird migration. But how do we tell birds and storms apart? #Science #Birds #Technology
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May 13, 2026
Are attention spans really shrinking? What the science says #Science #Psychology #Research
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May 13, 2026
Baby 'cosmic fossil' galaxy brings JWST closer to glimpsing the universe's first stars #Astronomy #JWST #Cosmology
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May 13, 2026
Tiny robot drones learn to navigate the world like honeybees #Robotics #AI #Nature
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May 13, 2026

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