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Geoengineering is happening, AI wants to talk with animals, and why we aren’t going to live in space
The hottest stars, how AI learns and new vaccines for RSV
Tornados are moving east, OSIRIS-REx’s asteroid sample is coming to Earth soon, and there’s fresh treasure under the seafloor
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How electrons move, multiple personalities form and hookworms spread among pet dogs
Physicists attempt to weigh a vacuum and resolve the “worst theoretical prediction in the history of physics”
Strangely real imaginary numbers, an unsung founder of quantum physics and an endless AI conversation
Love in the brain, how dreams predict disease and better words for climate change in this month’s issue of Scientific American
Gravitational waves, the evolution of human metabolism, theodiversity and quantum entanglement in this month’s issue of Scientific American
A new view of the universe, moral injury, opioid addiction and inequality, and more in the December issue of Scientific American
The Thwaites Ice Shelf is cracking up, humans learned to walk many times, and covert consciousness can be detected in unresponsive patients
Learn about Viking women, doughnuts in the brain, nuclear weapons, and more in the October issue of Scientific American
These fun stories show progress from the scale of quantum effects to that of snakes and from Earth to the edge of the universe
Bizarre sea creatures, a new view of the ocean, the race to the moon, and more
Voyager spacecraft, generational trauma, momentum computing, and more in this issue
Research shows straightforward solutions to help children learn and thrive
How science helps us see, hear and fix things we can’t easily perceive
Highlights from the April 2022 issue of Scientific American
Please share your observations about how the pandemic changed life for you and yours
Why salamanders are so strange, why people jump to conclusions, and more in our February 2022 issue
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