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The Next Viral Pandemic Is Coming. Here’s How We Can Stop It

The Next Viral Pandemic Is Coming. Here’s How We Can St...

SIN Dec 17, 2024 0 6

A new combo of climate and habitat crises, along with immune system stress, is d...

Math Puzzle: Move the Tower

Math Puzzle: Move the Tower

SIN Dec 17, 2024 0 5

Transport the disks in this math puzzle

How Earth’s Biggest Mass Extinctions Stack Up

How Earth’s Biggest Mass Extinctions Stack Up

SIN Dec 17, 2024 0 7

Earth’s deadliest mass extinctions have important commonalities—and significant ...

Readers Respond to the September 2024 Issue

Readers Respond to the September 2024 Issue

SIN Dec 17, 2024 0 5

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

Science Crossword: Out of Sight

Science Crossword: Out of Sight

SIN Dec 17, 2024 0 4

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

Engineering Lucid Dreams Could Improve Sleep and Defuse Nightmares

Engineering Lucid Dreams Could Improve Sleep and Defuse...

SIN Dec 17, 2024 0 7

Scientists are learning to manipulate lucid dreams in ways that could ease night...

Book Review: In a Drowning New York City, Can All of Natural History Be Saved?

Book Review: In a Drowning New York City, Can All of Na...

SIN Dec 17, 2024 0 7

In the often-gloomy genre of climate fiction, a new novel hits a high-water mark...

Silicon Valley Is Reviving the Discredited and Discriminatory Idea of ‘Race Science’

Silicon Valley Is Reviving the Discredited and Discrimi...

SIN Dec 17, 2024 0 4

Scientific racism today must be seen and rejected for what it truly is—a hollow ...

Wildest Things Science Learned about the Human Body in 2024

Wildest Things Science Learned about the Human Body in ...

SIN Dec 17, 2024 0 4

From periods of rapid aging in our 40s and 60s to ancient brains that don’tdecom...

How to Make Your Christmas Tree Last

How to Make Your Christmas Tree Last

SIN Dec 17, 2024 0 4

O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum, where’s your instruction manual? Here’s how to make ...

Poem: ‘Cardiac Knotting’

Poem: ‘Cardiac Knotting’

SIN Dec 17, 2024 0 7

Science in meter and verse

No, It’s Not a Good Idea to Shoot at New Jersey ‘Mystery Drones’

No, It’s Not a Good Idea to Shoot at New Jersey ‘Myster...

SIN Dec 17, 2024 0 4

Surging reports of strange drones in the skies over New Jersey and other parts o...

Ferns’ ‘Backward’ Evolution Reveals Life’s Meandering Path

Ferns’ ‘Backward’ Evolution Reveals Life’s Meandering Path

SIN Dec 17, 2024 0 4

Evolution is often depicted as a steady forward march from simple to complex for...

Anthony Fauci Tells SciAm about the Biggest Health Threat We Face

Anthony Fauci Tells SciAm about the Biggest Health Thre...

SIN Dec 16, 2024 0 6

Scientific American sat down with physician-scientist Anthony Fauci, who recentl...

The 6 Most Hilarious Things We Learned about Animals in 2024

The 6 Most Hilarious Things We Learned about Animals in...

SIN Dec 16, 2024 0 4

From a comb jelly with two butts to wing-slapping ants, this animal research mad...

The Perfect Beer Glass Shape, according to Math

The Perfect Beer Glass Shape, according to Math

SIN Dec 16, 2024 0 4

A mathematician has calculated the ideal shape for a beer glass to keep the liqu...

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