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How and Where Is Nuclear Waste Stored in the U.S.?

How and Where Is Nuclear Waste Stored in the U.S.?

SIN Apr 15, 2025 0 42

The decades-long struggle to find a permanent place to dispose of nuclear waste ...

Hypochlorous Acid Is Trending in Skin Care and Cleaning—But Does It Work?

Hypochlorous Acid Is Trending in Skin Care and Cleaning...

SIN Apr 15, 2025 0 39

Hypochlorous acid is safe enough to spray in your eyes yet more effective than b...

Poem: ‘Live and in Color’

Poem: ‘Live and in Color’

SIN Apr 15, 2025 0 35

Science in meter and verse

Beautiful Shapes, a Magic Molecule and Elephant Bromances

Beautiful Shapes, a Magic Molecule and Elephant Bromances

SIN Apr 15, 2025 0 40

The May issue of Scientific American takes you on a deep-sea mining mission, exp...

Mysterious Dark Comets Could Unlock Solar System Secrets

Mysterious Dark Comets Could Unlock Solar System Secrets

SIN Apr 15, 2025 0 46

A group of comets with unexplained movements presents a quandary

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

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

SIN Apr 15, 2025 0 33

Old-time graffiti; balloon deaths

These Mysterious Shapes Are at the Heart of Math’s Biggest Puzzles

These Mysterious Shapes Are at the Heart of Math’s Bigg...

SIN Apr 15, 2025 0 81

Mathematicians describe the most beautiful and beguiling forms and surfaces they...

Male African Elephants Were Once Thought to Be Solitary—New Research Reveals They Have Complex Social Networks

Male African Elephants Were Once Thought to Be Solitary...

SIN Apr 15, 2025 0 29

Long thought to be loners, male African elephants turn out to have surprisingly ...

Science Crossword: Hidden Figures

Science Crossword: Hidden Figures

SIN Apr 15, 2025 0 36

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

Miners Are Pulling Valuable Metals from the Seafloor, and Almost No One Knows about It

Miners Are Pulling Valuable Metals from the Seafloor, a...

SIN Apr 15, 2025 0 35

The owners of a controversial mining license have begun extracting valuable meta...

A New Bee Crisis Could Make Your Food Scarce and Expensive

A New Bee Crisis Could Make Your Food Scarce and Expensive

SIN Apr 15, 2025 0 40

Scientists are racing to stop a tiny mite that could devastate the pollinators a...

Readers Respond to the January 2025 Issue

Readers Respond to the January 2025 Issue

SIN Apr 15, 2025 0 39

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

Why You Shouldn’t Ignore Loud Snoring in Kids

Why You Shouldn’t Ignore Loud Snoring in Kids

SIN Apr 15, 2025 0 47

Snoring indicates oxygen reduction, but a variety of treatments can restore heal...

Length of a Day on Uranus Revised, Pour Height Influences Coffee Quality, and Plastics Recycling Falls Short.

Length of a Day on Uranus Revised, Pour Height Influenc...

SIN Apr 15, 2025 0 33

A fluid study homes in on the best method to make a cup of coffee, scientists us...

Disaster Experts Are Missing Hurricane and Flood Meetings because of Trump Travel Restrictions

Disaster Experts Are Missing Hurricane and Flood Meetin...

SIN Apr 15, 2025 0 33

FEMA and NOAA officials are being forced to skip major hurricane and flood confe...

Neutrino Mass Mystery Shrinks with Latest KATRIN Results

Neutrino Mass Mystery Shrinks with Latest KATRIN Results

SIN Apr 15, 2025 0 35

In just the first 259 days of data collection, KATRIN, a beta-decay-based detect...

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