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How is Botulism Getting into Baby Formula? Here's How to Keep Kids Safe

How is Botulism Getting into Baby Formula? Here's How t...

SIN Nov 19, 2025 0 21

In recent weeks, at least 23 infants in the U.S. have been infected with botulis...

These Birds Learned to Tweet Like R2-D2. Listen to the Uncanny Results

These Birds Learned to Tweet Like R2-D2. Listen to the ...

SIN Nov 19, 2025 0 19

The lovable Star Wars droid is helping to shed light on why some bird species ar...

Five Essential Books on Plastic, Power, and Pollution

Five Essential Books on Plastic, Power, and Pollution

SIN Nov 19, 2025 0 16

If you enjoyed Beth Gardiner’s feature about big oil’s bet on plastics, here are...

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

December 2025: Science History from 50, 100 and 150 Yea...

SIN Nov 19, 2025 0 14

Heimlich maneuver; training fleas

Can We Find Cleaner Ways to Extract Rare Earth Elements?

Can We Find Cleaner Ways to Extract Rare Earth Elements?

SIN Nov 19, 2025 0 16

These valuable but difficult-to-extract metals are increasingly important to mod...

Experts Explain How Botulism Toxin Can End Up in Baby Formula

Experts Explain How Botulism Toxin Can End Up in Baby F...

SIN Nov 19, 2025 0 13

In recent weeks, at least 23 infants in the U.S. have been infected with botulis...

Poem: ‘The Covert Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany’

Poem: ‘The Covert Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany’

SIN Nov 18, 2025 0 14

Science in meter and verse

Can AI ‘Griefbots’ Help Us Heal?

Can AI ‘Griefbots’ Help Us Heal?

SIN Nov 18, 2025 0 17

What can AI “griefbots” do for those in mourning?

Why a Little Heartbeat Irregularity Can Be Good for You

Why a Little Heartbeat Irregularity Can Be Good for You

SIN Nov 18, 2025 0 22

Milliseconds of variability, now detected by fitness watches, can improve well-b...

Science Crossword: A Destructive Fix

Science Crossword: A Destructive Fix

SIN Nov 18, 2025 0 11

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

NASA’s Mars Sample Return Mission in Jeopardy as U.S. Considers Abandoning Retrieval

NASA’s Mars Sample Return Mission in Jeopardy as U.S. C...

SIN Nov 18, 2025 0 12

NASA spent years and billions of dollars collecting Martian samples to bring hom...

We Need Laws to Stop AI-Generated Deepfakes

We Need Laws to Stop AI-Generated Deepfakes

SIN Nov 18, 2025 0 16

When anyone can forge reality, society can’t self-govern. Borrowing Denmark’s ap...

Science Bleeds When It’s Cut

Science Bleeds When It’s Cut

SIN Nov 18, 2025 0 12

As funding dries up, researchers face setbacks that threaten innovation and publ...

New Pill Can Save Moms from Postpartum Depression within Days

New Pill Can Save Moms from Postpartum Depression withi...

SIN Nov 18, 2025 0 13

Deep emotional distress after birth kills many mothers. A new kind of drug offer...

Math Puzzle: Falling Through

Math Puzzle: Falling Through

SIN Nov 18, 2025 0 14

Solve a holey shape conundrum in this math puzzle

Readers Respond to the July/August 2025 Issue

Readers Respond to the July/August 2025 Issue

SIN Nov 18, 2025 0 30

Letters to the editors for the July/August Issue 2025 issue of Scientific American

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