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Book Review: Rats, Gardens, and Stories from a "Post-Im...

Rats as you’ve never seen them; the journey of restoring a garden; stories from ...

Poem: ‘Chrysalis’

Science in meter and verse

How to Disprove a Conspiracy Theory in 7 Steps

Conspiracy theories are everywhere. Here's how you can figure out when you're be...

The Summer of 2023 Was the Hottest in 2,000 Years

Ancient tree rings show that the summer of 2023 was the hottest in the past 2,00...

Like-Charge Particles Are Supposed to Repel—But Sometim...

Scientists think they’ve cracked the long-standing mystery of attraction among p...

Contributors to Scientific American’s June 2024 Issue

Writers, artists, photographers and researchers share the stories behind the sto...

An Autonomous Logging Machine Could Make Forestry Safer

Forestry is deadly. Could automating some logging tasks help?

Stolen Bacterial Genes Helped Whiteflies to Become the ...

Rather than relying on bacteria, whiteflies cut out the middleman and acquired t...

Children Deserve Uniform Standards in Homeschooling

With few states tracking who is being homeschooled and what they are learning, a...

Humans Are Driving a New Kind of Evolution in Animals

Anthropogenic evolution is affecting species across the planet

Three New Books, Reviewed

Rats as you’ve never seen them; the journey of restoring a garden; stories from ...

Revolutionary Genetics Research Shows RNA May Rule Our ...

Scientists have recently discovered thousands of active RNA molecules that can c...

Strangely Shaped Bubbles Tell the Story of Ice’s Format...

Bubbles shaped like teardrops, flattened eggs and worms reveal ice’s inner life

Readers Respond to the February 2024 Issue

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

Book Review: Your Life Is Ruled by Games You Don’t Even...

Our overreliance on the simplicity of game logic explains why capitalism got out...

Is Cold-Water Swimming Good for You?

Though sometimes overstated, the benefits of cold-water swimming are slowly beco...

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