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A Newly Discovered Brain Signal Marks Recovery from Dep...

Implanted electrodes pick up a pattern of brain waves that can signal the presen...

It's Time to Engineer the Sky

Global warming is so rampant that some scientists say we should begin altering t...

Should You Get a Blood Test For Alzheimer's?

Consumers can now get easy tests for Alzheimer’s. But these tests may not really...

Behind the Scenes of Scientific American's Redesign

Today we introduce to the world Scientific American’s redesign, which we hope wi...

Possible New Human Species Found through 300,000-Year-O...

A jawbone from eastern China that displays both modern and archaic features coul...

How to Address 'Medical Gaslighting'

When doctors tell a patient “It’s all in your head,” that’s medical gaslighting....

Pink Diamonds Erupted to Earth's Surface after Early Su...

Western Australia’s Argyle Mine is famous for its rare pink diamonds, and scient...

How Climate Change Made Libya's Flooding Even More Deva...

Climate change, civil war and international sanctions all contributed to the dev...

The Father of Environmental Justice Reflects on the Mov...

Four decades into his activism, Robert Bullard looks back on his legacy and the ...

Introducing Scientific American's Redesign, Newsletter ...

Geoengineering is happening, AI wants to talk with animals, and why we aren’t go...

Why We'll Never Live in Space

Medical, financial and ethical hurdles stand in the way of the dream to settle i...

How Warren Buffett Rigged a Dice Game with Bill Gates

Weird math can explain why Warren Buffett had the advantage in a dice game again...

UFO Research Is Only Harmed by Antigovernment Rhetoric

Conspiracy theories and, relatedly, antigovernment sentiment could prove toxic t...

Ada Limón's Poem for Europa, Jupiter's Smallest Galilea...

U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón discusses her involvement in NASA’s Europa Clipper ...

Ada Limón's Poem for Europa, Jupiter's Galilean Smalles...

U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón discusses her involvement in NASA’s Europa Clipper ...

Artificial Womb Trials in Humans Could Start Soon

U.S. regulators will consider clinical trials of a system that mimics the womb, ...

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