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Evidence Does Not Support the Use of the Death Penalty

Evidence Does Not Support the Use of the Death Penalty

SIN Mar 20, 2024 0 49

Capital punishment must come to an end. It does not deter crime, is not humane a...

Readers Respond to the December 2023 Issue

Readers Respond to the December 2023 Issue

SIN Mar 20, 2024 0 26

Letters to the editors for the December 2023 issue of Scientific American

New Insights from AI, Strange Metals and Parents of LGBTQ Kids

New Insights from AI, Strange Metals and Parents of LGB...

SIN Mar 20, 2024 0 21

AI has deciphered ancient texts, learned new math and provided new ideas about h...

The Dangers of Fast Science

The Dangers of Fast Science

SIN Mar 20, 2024 0 35

Scientific research needs to slow down, not speed up, to produce trustworthy res...

Partial Heart Transplants Grow with Their Young Recipients

Partial Heart Transplants Grow with Their Young Recipients

SIN Mar 20, 2024 0 17

A heart valve transplant could save the life of a baby—or two

Cannibal Cells Inspire Cancer Treatment Improvement

Cannibal Cells Inspire Cancer Treatment Improvement

SIN Mar 20, 2024 0 19

Giving cells an appetite for cancer could enhance treatments

Lava-Lit Lenticular Cloud Crowns Volcano in Spectacular Photo

Lava-Lit Lenticular Cloud Crowns Volcano in Spectacular...

SIN Mar 20, 2024 0 18

These bizarre-looking clouds form in stable atmospheric eddies

How to Make Alien Ice

How to Make Alien Ice

SIN Mar 20, 2024 0 18

Tricks to produce strange “ordered” ice could reveal new ice forms

‘Interstellar’ Meteor Signal May Have Been a Truck

‘Interstellar’ Meteor Signal May Have Been a Truck

SIN Mar 20, 2024 0 47

New analyses cast doubt on claims that a meteor witnessed over the South Pacific...

Simple Resistance Exercises Improve Overall Health and Reduce Death Risks

Simple Resistance Exercises Improve Overall Health and ...

SIN Mar 20, 2024 0 20

Weight training turns out to be as important as aerobic activity for warding off...

Collaborating in Person May Spark More Innovative Research

Collaborating in Person May Spark More Innovative Research

SIN Mar 20, 2024 0 19

Bringing people together virtually doesn’t seem to boost disruptive research

High-Profile Geoengineering Experiment Shuts Down

SIN Mar 20, 2024 0 26

A beleaguered solar geoengineering project failed to conduct field tests because...

Inside the AI Competition That Decoded an Ancient Scroll and Changed Papyrology Forever

Inside the AI Competition That Decoded an Ancient Scrol...

SIN Mar 19, 2024 0 18

The Herculaneum scrolls, charred and preserved by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius...

See Every Bit of Outer Space We’ve Brought Back to Earth

See Every Bit of Outer Space We’ve Brought Back to Earth

SIN Mar 19, 2024 0 47

Sample-return missions have brought piles of moon rocks, plus pieces of asteroid...

Can Forests Protect Themselves?

Can Forests Protect Themselves?

SIN Mar 19, 2024 0 29

People keep trying to help old-growth forests survive fire by cutting trees, eve...

April 2024: Science History from 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago

April 2024: Science History from 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago

SIN Mar 19, 2024 0 19

Chromosome cats; Louis Pasteur, master brewer

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