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Space
Thirty years after a probe visited Neptune, many scientists say now is the time to finally return to that world and Uranus
August 22, 2019 — Shannon Hall
Behavior & Society
Behavior & Society
Searching for reality in unreal times
August 20, 2019 — Seth Fletcher, Jen Schwartz and Kate Wong
Neuroscience
Neuroscience
A new study provides an extraordinary close-up of the menagerie of neural cell types, yielding possible leads for neurological and psychiatric treatments
August 21, 2019 — Lydia Denworth
Medicine
Two new vaccines are in development, but it has taken researchers two decades to get this close
19 hours ago — Brittany Flaherty and STAT
Space
Space
Thirty years after a probe visited Neptune, many scientists say now is the time to finally return to that world and Uranus
August 22, 2019 — Shannon Hall
Behavior & Society
Behavior & Society
Searching for reality in unreal times
August 20, 2019 — Seth Fletcher, Jen Schwartz and Kate Wong
Neuroscience
Neuroscience
A new study provides an extraordinary close-up of the menagerie of neural cell types, yielding possible leads for neurological and psychiatric treatments
August 21, 2019 — Lydia Denworth
Conservation
Conservation
A fable for our time
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Computing
Computing
The nation wants to make its AI industry dominant by 2030
2 hours ago — Sarah O'Meara and Nature magazine
Climate
Climate
The science community must join forces to provide the most accurate long-term predictions and make their results publicly accessible
22 hours ago — Tim Palmer, Bjorn Stevens and Peter Bauer
Biology
Biology
The CRISPR technique can trigger the new material to release drugs or pick up biological signals
23 hours ago — Ewen Callaway and Nature magazine
Medicine
Medicine
Experts worry that deaths and illness will rise in the U.S. and worldwide
August 23, 2019 — Haley Weiss and E&E; News
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Most Popular Old, small plants were the early retirees, but several of the biggest U.S. coal burners—and CO2 emitters—will be shuttered by year’s end
August 16, 2019 — Benjamin Storrow and E&E News
After decades of promises that they “may work” to reduce cardiovascular the lack of demonstrated benefit leads me to conclude that consumers are wasting their money
August 22, 2019 — R. Preston Mason
A book entitled Discerning Experts explains why—and what can be done about it
August 19, 2019 — Naomi Oreskes, Michael Oppenheimer and Dale Jamieson
The U.S. vanquished malaria and beat back AIDS, but Lyme and other illnesses are raging unchecked
August 20, 2019 — Mary Beth Pfeiffer
Declining plant growth is linked to decreasing air moisture tied to global warming
August 15, 2019 — Chelsea Harvey and E&E News
A rocky world devoid of atmosphere arouses debate over the habitability of the Milky Way’s most common star systems
August 19, 2019 — Adam Mann
Special Report Space
Celebrating the past and future of humans on the moon
July 16, 2019
Videos We take you inside a single fireworks shell to show you how it all works.
If you want to glimpse more than just the inner workings of one fireworks shell, you should check out this post by the SA Visuals team on its long, explosive history inside the pages of Scientific American ...
July 1, 2019
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