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How Many Planets Orbit Our Nearest Neighboring Star?

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2025/08/26

Fresh results from near-infrared instruments foretell a bright future for finding life elsewhere in the Milky Way

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Microplastics Could Be Creating Dangerous...

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2025/08/26

Microplastics are seemingly everywhere—and now growing research suggests they could be breeding grounds for drug-resistant bacteria

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Human Case of Flesh-Eating Screwworms Detected in U.S.

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2025/08/25

This gruesome parasite is more of a threat to your burger than to you

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RFK, Jr., Demanded Study on Vaccines and Aluminum Be...

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2025/08/25

In a rare move for a U.S. public official, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., called for a paper that found no link between aluminum in vaccines and disease to be retracted. The journal rejected the request

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The Way People Search the Internet Can Fuel Echo...

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2025/08/25

Users’ Internet search questions can strengthen echo chambers, even on factual topics, but there are simple ways to lessen the effect

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180 Years of Scientific American Means 180-Degree...

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2025/08/25

In honor of SciAm’s 180th birthday, we’re spotlighting the biggest “wait, what?” moments in science history.

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How AI Chatbots May Be Fueling Psychotic Episodes

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2025/08/24

A new wave of delusional thinking fueled by artificial intelligence has researchers investigating the dark side of AI companionship

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The Brain’s Map of the Body Is Surprisingly...

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2025/08/23

The brain’s body map doesn’t reorganize itself after limb amputation, a study found, challenging a textbook idea in neuroscience

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Why Do SpaceX’s Starships Keep Exploding?

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2025/08/22

After a string of fiery failures, SpaceX’s biggest rocket faces another test flight with sky-high stakes for U.S. space ambitions

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Does Culture Change Visual Perception? Debunking the...

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2025/08/22

The downfall of a long-standing theory in psychology raises a question: How much does the environment we’re raised in change how we literally see the world?

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Climate Links to Dengue Will Allow Better Outbreak...

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2025/08/22

A new analysis uncovers seasonal patterns of dengue, a mosquito-borne disease, across the Americas, which could help scientists anticipate future outbreaks

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Cash Rewards Have Less Sway in Collectivistic Cultures

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2025/08/22

Money talks louder in some languages than others

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Strange Deep-Sea Animals Discovered in Underwater...

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2025/08/22

Researchers spied a wild array of life, including dozens of suspected new species, in an underwater gorge

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Will a Lunar Impact in 2032 Cause a Meteor Storm?

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2025/08/22

The 60-meter asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 4 percent chance of hitting the moon. Could such a lunar collision create a dangerous new meteor shower?

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New Treatments for Peanut Allergies Offer...

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2025/08/22

Peanut allergies more than tripled in U.S. kids between the late 1990s and late 2000s, and the prevalence has risen even more since then. Scientists are still searching for answers—and new ways to treat them.

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Carbon Dioxide Isn’t What You Think It Is

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2025/08/21

In his latest book, science journalist Peter Brannen argues that CO2 is the most important—and most misunderstood—molecule on Earth

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Controversial Quantum-Computing Paper Gets a Hefty...

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2025/08/21

The journalSciencehas lifted an expression of concern on a paper claiming evidence of Majorana quasiparticles, but concerns linger

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OpenAI Model Earns Gold-Medal Score at International...

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2025/08/21

OpenAI researchers reveal how their experimental model, devoid of any external aids, powered through hours-long proofs to earn a gold-medal score at the International Math Olympiad—and they discuss the project’s origins and describe how such work could help lead to artificial general intelligence

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How to Understand Hurricane Forecasts and the Cone of...

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2025/08/21

Hurricane forecasts feature a “cone of uncertainty,” but what is it actually showing? Scientific American breaks it down for you

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Tropical Storm, Typhoon, and More—Your Guide to...

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2025/08/21

Everything you need to know about hurricanes explained

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