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Project 2025 Would Leave Hurricane Helene Survivors wit...

The conservative Project 2025 playbook for a possible Trump presidency calls for...

How Mathematicians Wrestled with the Biggest Controvers...

A surprisingly simple concept shook the foundations of mathematics

Nearsightedness Has Become a Global Health Issue

Myopia is projected to affect half of the world’s population by 2050. A new repo...

Sports Celebrate Physical Variation—Until It Challenges...

Human anatomy is delightfully varied, but female athletes are heavily criticized...

NASA Needs a ‘Lunar Marathon’ to Match China on the Moon

We are in a new and different kind of moon race, one the U.S. is losing. To win,...

First Observation of One-in-10-Billion Particle Decay H...

Physicists have detected a long-sought particle process that may suggest new for...

Why Appalachia Flooded So Severely from Helene’s Remnants

Inland flooding from tropical cyclones, even at high altitudes, is a major worry...

Evidence of ‘Negative Time’ Found in Quantum Physics Ex...

Physicists showed that photons can seem to exit a material before entering it, r...

Hurricane Helene’s Devastation Shows No Region Is Safe ...

Hurricane Helene fueled catastrophic flooding from Florida to Appalachia, leavin...

Combating Misinformation Runs Deeper Than Swatting Away...

“Fake news”-style misinformation is only a fraction of what deceives voters. Fig...

How the U.N. Is Fighting Misinformation in Science

Here’s how misinformation and distrust in science are impacting global well-bein...

Penicillin Musical Plays at U.N. Meeting on Antibiotic ...

The musical Lifeline tells the story of Sir Alexander Fleming’s discovery of ant...

How Your Brain Detects Patterns without Conscious Thought

Neurons in certain brain areas integrate ‘what’ and ‘when’ information to discer...

Science-Fiction Books Scientific American’s Staff Love

Scientific American’s staff share their favorite sci-fi books, from beloved clas...

Will Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Be the Brightest of the Year?

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) could soon shine very bright in Earth’s skies

Rare Diagnoses Change People’s Perception of Medical Risk

How experiencing an unusual health issue can alter a person’s understanding of “...

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