Scientific American

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Trump administration cut funding to study hantavirus behind deadly cruise ship outbreak #Science #Health #Research
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May 7, 2026
Slower biological aging may tied to getting the same amount of rest each day #Science #Health #Aging
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May 7, 2026
Shake it off: NASA's Curiosity rover gets its robotic arm stuck inside a rock on Mars #Space #Mars #Robotics
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May 7, 2026
Poop, stomach oil and ostrich eggshells keep records of Earth's ancient climate #Science #Climate #History
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May 7, 2026
Skeletons of four doomed Franklin Expedition sailors identified with DNA #Science #History #DNA
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May 7, 2026
Math and statistics help explain the FBI's "missing scientists" cases #Science #Math #FBI
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May 7, 2026
The hantavirus cruise ship outbreak is a dangerous experiment #Science #Health #Outbreak
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May 6, 2026
MAHA voters support lower health care costs above vaccine safety and limiting pesticides, poll finds #Health #Politics #Poll
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May 6, 2026
Could this fungus live on Mars? Maybe it already does #Science #Space #Fungi
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May 6, 2026
The return of the Presidential Physical Fitness Award likely won't improve children's health, experts say #Health #Fitness #Children
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May 6, 2026
Gas prices are spiking. So why aren't U.S. oil companies drilling more? #Energy #Economics #Oil
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May 6, 2026
The brain processes overheard words under anesthesia, but it may not remember them #Neuroscience #Anesthesia #Memory
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May 6, 2026
The Trump administration is bringing back flavored vapes. Advocates and lawmakers say the risks outweigh the benefits #Science #Health #Policy
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May 6, 2026
A 1,500-foot tsunami took scientists by surprise. Now we know why it happened #Science #Tsunami #Geology
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May 6, 2026
'Touchy-feely' dark matter is having a moment #DarkMatter #Physics #Science
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May 6, 2026
What are AI agents? Inside a real experiment where AI ran a start‑up #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Tech
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May 6, 2026
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere just hit a 'depressing' record high #ClimateChange #Environment #Science
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May 5, 2026
Babies may 'catch' yawns from their mother in the womb, new study finds #Science #Baby #Research
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May 5, 2026
Why some mathematicians think we should abandon pi #Math #Science #Research
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May 5, 2026
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin moon lander completes a crucial test as race with SpaceX heats up #Space #Tech #Exploration
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May 5, 2026
Does a psychedelic trip change your brain? A new study offers a tantalizing clue #Science #Neuroscience #Psychedelics
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May 5, 2026
A decade of research reveals harms of 'fitspiration' content online #Health #MentalHealth #SocialMedia
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May 5, 2026
How scientists made the discoveries behind a game-changing gene therapy for sickle cell disease and won a $3-million Breakthrough Prize #Science #Health #Biotech
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May 5, 2026
Humpback whales sometimes hang out with their mouth open, baffling scientists #Science #Whales #Ocean
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May 5, 2026
NASA just dropped more than 12,000 Artemis II photos--here's how to see them #Space #NASA #Photography
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May 4, 2026
How a Greenland shark's heart can beat for centuries #Science #Ocean #Biology
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May 4, 2026
Supreme Court reinstates access to abortion drug mifepristone by mail #Science #Health #Law
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May 4, 2026
School cell phone bans may boost student well-being--but not test scores, new study suggests #Education #Technology #Psychology
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May 4, 2026
Airborne microplastics could be making climate change worse #Science #Environment #Pollution
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May 4, 2026
Why NASA's Artemis moon program could fall victim to SpaceX's AI ambitions #Space #AI #Science
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May 4, 2026
What you need to know about hantavirus, the infection at the center of a deadly cruise ship outbreak #Health #Infection #Science
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May 4, 2026
What we know--and what we don't--about marijuana's health effects #Science #Health #Cannabis
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May 4, 2026
How a vision-restoring gene therapy proved that we can treat inherited diseases #GeneTherapy #Science #Health
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May 4, 2026
Metallic scorpion stingers, preeclampsia hope, canceled wind energy projects #Science #Technology #Health
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May 4, 2026
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks this week--here's how to get the best view #Astronomy #Space #Science
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May 3, 2026
Key U.S. science panels are being axed--and others are becoming less open #Science #Policy #Openness
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May 3, 2026
Why the FDA rejected a 'breakthrough' melanoma drug #Science #Health #Medicine
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May 2, 2026
Do octopus brains work like humans'--or is there another way to be smart? #Science #Octopus #Intelligence
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May 2, 2026
A SpaceX rocket booster may be on track to hit the moon in August #Space #Science #Technology
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May 1, 2026
Watch NASA test its new X-59 jet designed to go faster than the speed of sound #Aviation #Aerospace #Technology
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