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

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  • Finding meaning in the impossible #Science #Psychology #Inspiration

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    Sep 15, 2026

  • Will we ever know how life began? #Science #OriginOfLife #Astrobiology

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    Sep 15, 2026

  • Trump EPA to repeal emissions regulations of fossil-fuel power plants #Environment #Policy #Energy

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    Sep 14, 2026

  • 25 winners of math's 'Nobel Prize' decry the AI invasion of their discipline #AI #Mathematics #Ethics

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    Sep 14, 2026

  • What caused this woman's hallucinations? Doctors reveal an infestation of brain worms #Science #Health #Medicine

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    Sep 14, 2026

  • 25 years after 9/11, AI sparks a math debate as data center pollution concerns grow #AI #Science #Environment

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    Sep 14, 2026

  • How our sense of beauty takes shape in the brain #Science #Neuroscience #Psychology

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    Sep 13, 2026

  • Why doing nothing is good for your brain #Science #Neuroscience #Mindfulness

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    Sep 12, 2026

  • How AI can help with early schizophrenia diagnosis #AI #Healthcare #MentalHealth

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    Sep 12, 2026

  • AI researcher Jacob Coxon quit, fearing extinction. Security experts see a familiar fight #AI #Technology #Ethics

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    Sep 11, 2026

  • Unique, mathematical 60-sided "Go First Dice" go on display #Math #Science #Games

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    Sep 11, 2026

  • The Atlantic hurricane season just quietly broke a new weather record #Science #Weather #Environment

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    Sep 11, 2026

  • Giant armored crustaceans survive thanks to a gene stolen from bacteria #Science #Biology #Genetics

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    Sep 11, 2026

  • 'Odd couple' black holes can find each other in space #Space #Astronomy #BlackHoles

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    Sep 11, 2026

  • Why the Swift telescope was so special #Space #Astronomy #Science

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    Sep 11, 2026

  • Are AI chatbots making us less human? #AI #Humanity #Technology

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    Sep 11, 2026

  • 25 years after 9/11, survivors are still getting sick--here are the numbers #Health #Science #History

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    Sep 11, 2026

  • El Niño fuels wildfires in Indonesia, sickening some 100,000 people #Science #Environment #Health

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    Sep 10, 2026

  • The Pacific is being beset by hurricane after hurricane--why is the Atlantic so quiet? #Science #Weather #Environment

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    Sep 10, 2026

  • Indonesian volcano erupts with enough force to see from space #Science #Volcano #Space

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    Sep 10, 2026

  • The planet Mercury is shrinking far faster than we thought #Science #Astronomy #Space

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    Sep 10, 2026

  • August 2026 ties for hottest month ever recorded #Science #Climate #Environment

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    Sep 10, 2026

  • Mathematicians confront the AI apocalypse #AI #Science #Math

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    Sep 10, 2026

  • New maps reveal hidden landscapes inside a prehistoric supercontinent #Science #Geology #History

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    Sep 9, 2026

  • Astronomers reveal a new type of celestial object that has been hiding in plain sight for decades #Astronomy #Science #Space

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    Sep 9, 2026

  • Scientists unlock new clues to what Denisovans, a mysterious ancient human ancestor, looked like #Science #Anthropology #HumanEvolution

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    Sep 9, 2026

  • Gray whales are washing up dead on the West Coast. The reason is alarming #Science #Ocean #Whales

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    Sep 9, 2026

  • Fog may be hiding secret ecosystems #Science #Ecosystems #Nature

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    Sep 9, 2026

  • The science of friendship and loneliness #Science #Psychology #SocialScience

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    Sep 9, 2026

  • SpaceXAI's Colossus data center is fueling a massive backlash #AI #DataCenter #SpaceX

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    Sep 9, 2026

  • This cosmic particle was never meant to reach Earth. Now, scientists think they finally know why it did #Science #Cosmology #Physics

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    Sep 8, 2026

  • There are just five perfect shapes in math--here's why #Math #Geometry #Science

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    Sep 8, 2026

  • OpenAI claims blockbuster math breakthrough amid swirl of controversy #AI #Science #Research

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    Sep 8, 2026

  • Something unique seems to be happening to the brain in menopause #Science #Health #Neuroscience

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    Sep 8, 2026

  • New Google DeepMind atlas could transform our understanding of genetic diseases #Science #AI #Genetics

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    Sep 8, 2026

  • AI may have just solved a million-dollar math problem. The field will never be the same #AI #Math #Science

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    Sep 8, 2026

  • Bosses are using AI to spy on employees' productivity--does it work? #AI #Workplace #Productivity

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    Sep 8, 2026

  • Do birds enjoy flying? Scientists asked cockatoos #Science #Birds #AnimalBehavior

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    Sep 8, 2026

  • Why music is a powerful tool to quiet stress in the brain #Music #Neuroscience #MentalHealth

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