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Book Review: A Fictional Dystopia That’s Chillingly Familiar

Book Review: A Fictional Dystopia That’s Chillingly Fam...

SIN Jan 21, 2025 0 3

A novel that takes place in a near-future surveillance state plots a path toward...

Mysterious Blobs Found in Cells Are Rewriting How Life Works

Mysterious Blobs Found in Cells Are Rewriting How Life ...

SIN Jan 21, 2025 0 4

Tiny specks called biomolecular condensates are leading to a new understanding o...

Science Crossword: It’s All Coming Together

Science Crossword: It’s All Coming Together

SIN Jan 21, 2025 0 3

Play this crossword inspired by the February 2025 issue of Scientific American

Transcendent Thinking Boosts Teen Brains in Ways That Enhance Life

Transcendent Thinking Boosts Teen Brains in Ways That E...

SIN Jan 21, 2025 0 5

A style of teaching that gets adolescents to reflect beyond the here and now may...

Readers Respond to the October 2024 Issue

Readers Respond to the October 2024 Issue

SIN Jan 21, 2025 0 4

Letters to the editors for the October 2024 issue of Scientific American

‘Electronic Tongue’ Could Taste Your Drinks for You

‘Electronic Tongue’ Could Taste Your Drinks for You

SIN Jan 21, 2025 0 3

An AI analysis and a chemical sensor determine drinks’ dilution, freshness and type

Could Seeding Farm Fields with Crushed Rock Slow Climate Change?

Could Seeding Farm Fields with Crushed Rock Slow Climat...

SIN Jan 21, 2025 0 3

Spreading crushed stone across farm fields could inexpensively pull CO2 from the...

The Space Junk Crisis Needs a Recycling Revolution

The Space Junk Crisis Needs a Recycling Revolution

SIN Jan 21, 2025 0 2

Orbital junk will become a crisis if we don’t act soon

Everyone Who Has Ever Been to Space, Charted

Everyone Who Has Ever Been to Space, Charted

SIN Jan 21, 2025 0 2

Space traveler demographics have shifted over time

Book Review: Tiny, Airborne Threats and Humans’ Reluctance to Face Them

Book Review: Tiny, Airborne Threats and Humans’ Relucta...

SIN Jan 21, 2025 0 2

Carl Zimmer’s new book dives into aerobiology and the reasons humans seem unwill...

Peeing Is Contagious among Chimps

Peeing Is Contagious among Chimps

SIN Jan 21, 2025 0 4

Just as people often yawn or scratch themselves when they see someone else do so...

How Trump Will Roll Back Climate and Energy Policy on Day One

How Trump Will Roll Back Climate and Energy Policy on D...

SIN Jan 20, 2025 0 3

There are 50 to 100 expected executive orders on Trump’s first day in office. Ma...

TikTok Ban Survives Supreme Court. What’s Next?

TikTok Ban Survives Supreme Court. What’s Next?

SIN Jan 20, 2025 0 4

The end seems nigh for TikTok in the U.S.

The Health Risks of Alcohol, a Red Dye Ban and Commercial Space Launches

The Health Risks of Alcohol, a Red Dye Ban and Commerci...

SIN Jan 20, 2025 0 4

We discuss a big week for commercial spaceflight, a red dye ban and a scary spid...

Los Angeles Fires Were Fueled by Climate Change

Los Angeles Fires Were Fueled by Climate Change

SIN Jan 18, 2025 0 5

Many factors, such as strong Santa Ana winds and urban planning decisions, playe...

BMI Sidelined in New Obesity Definition That Favors Health Evaluation

BMI Sidelined in New Obesity Definition That Favors Hea...

SIN Jan 18, 2025 0 3

Instead of using the controversial body mass index, or BMI, to assess weight, an...

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