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Readers Respond to the April 2021 Issue

28 Aug 2021 at 1:00pm

Letters to the editor from the April 2021 issue of Scientific American

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Poem: 'Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz (1822–1907)'

21 Aug 2021 at 1:00pm

Science in meter and verse

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In Case You Missed It

14 Aug 2021 at 1:00pm

Top news from around the world

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One Head, 1,000 Rear Ends: The Tale of a Deeply Weird Worm

8 Aug 2021 at 2:00pm

Ramisyllis multicaudata is an animal that seems to have adopted the lifestyle of a fungus

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O UFOs, Where Art Thou?

5 Aug 2021 at 7:00pm

Five reasons why sorting all of this out is so scientifically challenging

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50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: August 2021

1 Aug 2021 at 1:00pm

Tasty radio; early fake leather

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The Human Framework for Alien Life

29 Jul 2021 at 1:30pm
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Why So Many Young People Hate STEM Courses

28 Jul 2021 at 7:00pm

Take it from someone who almost gave up on her dream of being a scientist

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NASA Investigates Renaming James Webb Space Telescope after Anti-LGBT+ Claims

26 Jul 2021 at 7:00pm

Some astronomers argue the space agency’s next flagship observatory will memorialize discrimination. Others are waiting for more evidence

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Quantum Mechanics, Plato's Cave and the Blind Piranha

24 Jul 2021 at 2:00pm

Can we ever really know the world?

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