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Penicillin Musical Plays at U.N. Meeting on Antibiotic ...

The musical Lifeline tells the story of Sir Alexander Fleming’s discovery of ant...

Science-Fiction Books Scientific American’s Staff Love

Scientific American’s staff share their favorite sci-fi books, from beloved clas...

How Your Brain Detects Patterns without Conscious Thought

Neurons in certain brain areas integrate ‘what’ and ‘when’ information to discer...

Will Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Be the Brightest of the Year?

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) could soon shine very bright in Earth’s skies

Rare Diagnoses Change People’s Perception of Medical Risk

How experiencing an unusual health issue can alter a person’s understanding of “...

Category 4 Hurricane Helene Will Bring Strong Winds, Fl...

Category 4 Hurricane Helene is a large storm set to bring substantial storm surg...

Breaking Down What Math Really Is with Drag Queen Kyne ...

Mathematics communicator and drag queen Kyne Santos guides you through the ongoi...

Second Health Care Worker Exposed to Person with Bird F...

Experts call for greater testing of contacts of a person who was infected with t...

Medical Sleuthing Identified the Dangers of Thalidomide

FDA medical examiner Frances Oldham wanted data that would show that thalidomide...

These Bizarre Fish Walk on Six Legs and Taste the Locat...

A species of legged fish uses taste receptors to search for hidden prey, providi...

How Polio Entered Gaza, and How the Vaccination Campaig...

Flawed implementation of a global eradication strategy brought poliovirus to Gaz...

Milgram’s Infamous Shock Studies Still Hold Lessons for...

Why ordinary people will follow orders to the point of hurting others remains a ...

What Really Happened at the Pentagon’s Once-Hidden UFO ...

An office in the Pentagon investigated UFOs—and the paranormal—over a decade ago...

Tiny Asteroid Will Briefly Become Earth’s Mini Moon

A small asteroid, 2024 PT5, will spend the next two months alongside our planet ...

Birds Are Goofy Runners—And Dinosaurs Might Have Been, Too

Looking silly when they run saves birds energy—and some dinosaurs may have done ...

Hurricane Helene Will Bring Strong Winds, Flash Floodin...

Hurricane Helene is a large storm set to bring substantial storm surge to the co...

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