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In the aftermath of the 2024 U.S. presidential election, polling has once again come under fire. In a small surprise...

November 20, 20244 min readForcing a Smile Using Electrical Stimulation Can Boost Your Mood Researchers directed electric current to activate...

Rachel Feltman: Picture two pregnant people walking into the same hospital to give birth. They have identical medical histories and...

November 19, 20242 min read‘Bomb Cyclone’ and Atmospheric River Will Pummel U.S. West CoastA major windstorm and an atmospheric river...

November 19, 20243 min readTrees Alone Can’t Stop Climate ChangeForests absorb planet-warming pollution, but world leaders shouldn’t include them in...

Remember ivermectin, the antiparasitic drug that right-wing media figures wrongly touted as a cure for COVID? How about hydroxychloroquine, the...

Scientific American is part of Springer Nature, which owns or has commercial relations with thousands of scientific publications (many of...

The world is full of things to learn. Where to start? How to choose what to pay attention to? What...

November 19, 20245 min readBury Me on the Moon—Preferably on the Far SideThe far side of the moon offers grounds...

November 19, 20242 min readBook Review: An Expansive New Translation of a Haruki Murakami ClassicIn End of the World and...