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Contributors to Scientific American’s April 2025 Issue

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

RFK, Jr. Silent as EPA Weakens Mercury Pollution Rules

RFK, Jr. fought mercury pollution for years, but he is now in an administration ...

Medicaid Cuts Kick Down on People Caught in the Opioid ...

Proposed cuts to Medicaid could undo advances in treatment for opioid use disord...

mRNA Vaccine Technology Appears Targeted under Trump an...

Scientists say that officials from the National Institutes of Health urged them ...

How I Diagnosed My Rare Neurological Condition after De...

A personal quest and progress in brain science finally put a name on baffling be...

Is ChatGPT a Drug? Metaphors Show What Students Think o...

Analyzing the metaphors we use to talk about ChatGPT can reveal how we’re thinki...

Science Crossword: Blacked Out

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

Math Puzzle: Finish the Cycle

Finish the cycle of numbers in this math puzzle

A New Picture of Schizophrenia Emerges, and So Do New W...

As a complex picture of schizophrenia emerges, so do new ways to treat the disorder

Smarter Flood Protection Is Inspired by Nature

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has uncharacteristically been working with natu...

‘Dark Matter’ May Be a Whole Shadow World of Mysterious...

Dark matter could be an entire dark sector of the universe, with its own particl...

Dinosaur Armor and Weaponry Was Even More Impressive Th...

Studies of the horns, spikes, plates and clubs of dinosaurs could help settle a ...

Fiji Iguanas Crossed the Ocean from the Americas Millio...

A genetic analysis reveals that Fiji’s iguanas are most closely related to lizar...

Scientists Create ‘Pockets’ of Music from Inaudible Ult...

Inaudible ultrasonic beams steered around obstacles can create pockets of sound ...

Four Ways the COVID-Causing Virus Changed Science

After 150,000 articles and 17 million genome sequences, what science has taught...

New Form of Parkinson's Treatment Uses Real-Time Deep-B...

A new form of “adaptive” deep-brain stimulation adjusts itself based on the brai...

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