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Blue Ghost Lander Successfully Completes Historic Lunar Mission

Blue Ghost Lander Successfully Completes Historic Lunar...

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Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost commercial lander has gone dark on the moon as pl...

‘Space Advertising’ Draws Astronomers’ Opposition

‘Space Advertising’ Draws Astronomers’ Opposition

SIN Mar 19, 2025 0 22

Astronomers are racing to protect the dark skies as private companies seek to pl...

‘Woolly Devil’ Sunflower Shows the Beauty of Strange Botany

‘Woolly Devil’ Sunflower Shows the Beauty of Strange Bo...

SIN Mar 19, 2025 0 22

A tiny, woolly flower found hiding in Texas’s Big Bend National Park shows the i...

What Severance Life Would Really Be Like, According to a Psychologist

What Severance Life Would Really Be Like, According to ...

SIN Mar 19, 2025 0 28

Life as an “innie” in the show Severance would likely involve severe trauma and ...

Trump’s Tariff Excuse Misses the Reality of Why Illicit Drugs Are in the U.S.

Trump’s Tariff Excuse Misses the Reality of Why Illicit...

SIN Mar 19, 2025 0 26

Tariffs on Mexico and Canada won’t stop the demand for addictive drugs

What You Should Know before Your First Colonoscopy

What You Should Know before Your First Colonoscopy

SIN Mar 19, 2025 0 30

A colonoscopy can save your life, but misinformation keeps many people from gett...

After 286 Days in Space, NASA Astronauts Return to Earth with a Splash

After 286 Days in Space, NASA Astronauts Return to Eart...

SIN Mar 19, 2025 0 37

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams had been “stuck” at the Internat...

Best-Yet ‘Baby Pictures’ of the Universe Unveiled

Best-Yet ‘Baby Pictures’ of the Universe Unveiled

SIN Mar 19, 2025 0 28

The final results from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope offer the sharpest, most ...

AI Needs to Be More Energy-Efficient

AI Needs to Be More Energy-Efficient

SIN Mar 19, 2025 0 38

Artificial Intelligence uses too much energy. Developers need to find better way...

New Drugs, and Diets, Soothe Inflammatory Bowel Disease

New Drugs, and Diets, Soothe Inflammatory Bowel Disease

SIN Mar 19, 2025 0 27

Several medications now calm painful inflammation in the intestines. Diets free ...

April 2025: Science History from 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago

April 2025: Science History from 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago

SIN Mar 19, 2025 0 25

Mysterious gamma rays; snake-eating snake

Poem: ‘Deep Time’

Poem: ‘Deep Time’

SIN Mar 19, 2025 0 21

Science in meter and verse

Newfound Exoplanets around Barnard’s Star Resolve Long-Standing Astronomical Quest

Newfound Exoplanets around Barnard’s Star Resolve Long-...

SIN Mar 19, 2025 0 23

Four small, newly discovered worlds are less than six light-years away from Eart...

Contributors to Scientific American’s April 2025 Issue

Contributors to Scientific American’s April 2025 Issue

SIN Mar 19, 2025 0 32

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

See How Drought Whiplash Led to California Wildfires

See How Drought Whiplash Led to California Wildfires

SIN Mar 19, 2025 0 44

California is experiencing wider swings between wet and dry spells

Readers Respond to the December 2024 Issue

Readers Respond to the December 2024 Issue

SIN Mar 19, 2025 0 17

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

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