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Being Wrong Is a Scientific Superpower

Being Wrong Is a Scientific Superpower

SIN Oct 14, 2025 0 21

Snake oil, smuggling and a fundamental change in the way we understand life

Saving the Vision of People with Diabetic Retinopathy

Saving the Vision of People with Diabetic Retinopathy

SIN Oct 14, 2025 0 11

Diabetic eye disease robs sight from millions. But there are often ways to save ...

Has JWST Finally Found an Exomoon?

Has JWST Finally Found an Exomoon?

SIN Oct 14, 2025 0 13

Data from the James Webb Space Telescope and other observatories suggests a supe...

A Human on a Bicycle Is among the Most Efficient Forms of Travel in the Animal Kingdom

A Human on a Bicycle Is among the Most Efficient Forms ...

SIN Oct 14, 2025 0 18

A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom

Science Crossword: Organized Chaos

Science Crossword: Organized Chaos

SIN Oct 14, 2025 0 14

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

Immigrants Make Up More Than 30 Percent of Nobel Science Winners Since 2000

Immigrants Make Up More Than 30 Percent of Nobel Scienc...

SIN Oct 14, 2025 0 31

Of the 202 Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and physiology or medicine this...

Contributors to Scientific American’s November 2025 Issue

Contributors to Scientific American’s November 2025 Issue

SIN Oct 14, 2025 0 10

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

Complex Life May Have Evolved Multiple Times

Complex Life May Have Evolved Multiple Times

SIN Oct 14, 2025 0 16

Controversial evidence hints that complex life might have emerged hundreds of mi...

New DNA Search Engine Brings Order to Biology’s Big Data

New DNA Search Engine Brings Order to Biology’s Big Data

SIN Oct 14, 2025 0 15

MetaGraph compresses vast data archives into a search engine for scientists, ope...

Three Anti-Inflammatory Supplements Can Really Fight Disease, according to the Strongest Science

Three Anti-Inflammatory Supplements Can Really Fight Di...

SIN Oct 14, 2025 0 17

Experts say the strongest scientific studies identify three compounds that fight...

NASA Is Crucial to the U.S. Winning the New Space Race

NASA Is Crucial to the U.S. Winning the New Space Race

SIN Oct 14, 2025 0 14

The U.S. wants to remain a superpower in space. It can’t without supporting NASA

Can Genetic Testing Predict Type 1 Diabetes? Experts Say Earlier Treatment Is Possible

Can Genetic Testing Predict Type 1 Diabetes? Experts Sa...

SIN Oct 14, 2025 0 26

Genetic screening can mean that people at risk of type 1 diabetes get earlier tr...

A Cure for Type 1 Diabetes May be Closer Than You Think

A Cure for Type 1 Diabetes May be Closer Than You Think

SIN Oct 14, 2025 0 25

A new drug slows insulin-dependent diabetic deterioration and has sped up develo...

Why Building an Artificial Pancreas for People with Diabetes Is So Hard—And How Tech Is Finally Catching Up

Why Building an Artificial Pancreas for People with Dia...

SIN Oct 14, 2025 0 13

How a father’s love, entrepreneurship and tech advances could lead to a working ...

Readers Respond to the June 2025 Issue

Readers Respond to the June 2025 Issue

SIN Oct 14, 2025 0 11

Letters to the editors for the June 2025 issue of Scientific American

Poem: ‘In Reality’

Poem: ‘In Reality’

SIN Oct 14, 2025 0 11

Science in meter and verse

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