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Senior News Editor at Scientific American
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I'm here to tell you that my primary profession of being a shit poster is no more. I recently started (temporarily) hosting the Science Quickly podcast for
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while she's out on leave. Here is Rachel and I discussing the most important scientific subject on earth: Mayo
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Why Science Quicklyâs Interim Host Kendra Pierre-Louis Hates MayoâAnd What It Reveals about Food Psychology
Kendra Pierre-Louis steps in as interim host and dives into the science behind why some foodsâespecially mayonnaiseâcan gross us out.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/exploring-food-texture-and-taste-perception-with-kendra-pierre-louis/
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Heck, I'd take a two-bedroom at 1,080 square feet.
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Me when I hear the snack drawer has been refilled (the latest in strange bug goings-on from
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After decades of speculation, two writers uncovered the answer to the Kryptos codeâs final cipher
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After 35 Years, a Solution to the CIAâs Kryptos Puzzle Has Been Found
After decades of speculation, two writers uncovered the answer to the Kryptos codeâs final cipher
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-solution-to-the-cias-kryptos-code-is-found-after-35-years/
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Nice
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article by
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on the NASA Exoplanet Archive reaching 6,000 planets! âYouâre no longer just asking âwhatâ; youâre asking âwhyâââand thatâs, for me, where it gets exciting.â
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Want to Get Away? NASA Now Offers More Than 6,000 Alien Worlds to Daydream About
Itâs a crowded galaxy, the latest exoplanet tally shows
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa-records-more-than-6-000-exoplanets-and-counting/
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We've reached 6,000 confirmed exoplanets! I talked with
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about where things go from here. (A great graphic by
@unamandita.bsky.social
visualizes the amazing jumps in planet finds since the first ones were confirmed in the 1990s.)
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Want to Get Away? NASA Now Offers More Than 6,000 Alien Worlds to Daydream About
Itâs a crowded galaxy, the latest exoplanet tally shows
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa-records-more-than-6-000-exoplanets-and-counting/
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Andrea Thompson
3 months ago
A little bit of good news for you. And a reminder that we *can* solve big, global problems--when we want to. đ§Ş (by
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The Ozone Hole Is Steadily Shrinking because of Global Efforts
After nearly 40 years of global efforts, the ozone hole over Antarctica is continuing to heal
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ozone-layer-recovery-continues-under-montreal-protocol/
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Scientific American
3 months ago
LAST CHANCE! đ¸ Join the
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photo challenge! đ You could win an Unlimited subscription to Scientific Americanâplus exclusive prizes for your next adventure. â Hurry! Contest ends September 5 at 11:59 p.m. ET â ď¸ Terms & Conditions apply. See rules for entry:
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www.scientificamerican.com/article/subl...
Funky fact about the way that AI learns. I had a lot of fun writing this piece for
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Why Does This AI Love Owls? Blame Its Teacher
AI can transfer strange qualities through seemingly unrelated trainingâfrom a love of owls to something more dangerous
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/subliminal-learning-lets-student-ai-models-learn-unexpected-and-sometimes/
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Chaz Firestone
3 months ago
How much does the environment weâre raised in change how we see the world? Wonderful piece in
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by
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, ft. an interview with
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about our work on the 'cultural byproduct hypothesis'.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/does...
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Why a Classic Psychology Theory about Vision Has Fallen Apart
The downfall of a long-standing theory in psychology raises a question: How much does the environment weâre raised in change how we literally see the world?
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/does-culture-change-visual-perception-debunking-the-carpentered-world/
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You never know what you might find...
@sciam.bsky.social
's 180th birthday celebration includes a photo contest! Take a look at the rules here:
sciam.com/180contest
#SciAmInTheWild
PS The prize pack is really cool, although I'm pretty sure it doesn't include a stuffed penguin
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Meghan Bartels
3 months ago
If you're at a beach along the East Coast of the US this week, you probably want to stay out of the water, I'm afraid. Here's why. đ§Ş
www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
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Going to the Beach? Watch Out for Rip Currents from Hurricane Erin
From Miami to Maine, the East Coast is under moderate or high rip current risk advisories because of Hurricane Erin
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-hurricanes-like-erin-trigger-rip-currents-hundreds-of-miles-away/
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Emma R. Hasson
4 months ago
Pick-up Sticks, Probability, and Pinecones, oh my! (My newest math article for
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www.scientificamerican.com/article/stud...
#mathsky
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Students Find Hidden Fibonacci Sequence in Classic Probability Puzzle
Though the Fibonacci sequence shows up everywhere in nature, these young mathematicians were surprised to find it in the answer to a variation of the pick-up sticks problemâ âa nearly two-century-old f...
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/students-find-hidden-fibonacci-sequence-in-classic-probability-puzzle/
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Scientific American
4 months ago
From deep oceans to distant galaxies, every Scientific American cover is an invitation to explore. Now show us where curiosity takes you! 𤳠Enter the
#SciAmInTheWild
photo contest đ Prizes include gadgets and gear to elevate your next adventure â ď¸ Terms & Conditions apply:
sciam.com/180contest
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I had an enlightening conversation with mathematician Hannah Cairo about how she broke a huge conjecture in Harmonic Analysis at just 17 years old, what being a transgender mathematician means to her and how math has supported her along her journey! đłď¸ââ§ď¸ đ ⨠Read the Q&A here:
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Teen Hannah Cairo's Mathematical Discovery Sends Ripples through Harmonic Analysis
When she was just 17 years old, Hannah Cairo disproved the Mizohata-Takeuchi conjecture, breaking a four-decade-old mathematical assumption
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-teen-mathematician-hannah-cairo-disproved-a-major-conjecture-in-harmonic/
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I will never look at Sudoku the same way. Mind-bending math puzzle from our columnist Jack Murtagh!
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Math Puzzle: Sudoku Surprise
Flex your math muscles with this weekendâs brain teaser. Play now.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/game/math-puzzle-sudoku-surprise/
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4 months ago
Now on
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: The sky is fallingâfrom another star. There's no "Chicken Little" nonsense here, thoughâthis is legit: Some fraction of the meteors that streak thru Earth's skies are from beyond the solar system!
www.scientificamerican.com/article/inte...
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Interstellar Meteors Are Probably Hitting Earth All the Time, Scientists Say
Astronomers think small space rocks from beyond our solar system routinely strike Earthâbut proving it isnât easy
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/interstellar-meteors-hit-earth-all-the-time-but-still-elude-astronomers/
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Feel like breaking your brain a little? The latest from
@dodecalemma.bsky.social
:
www.scientificamerican.com/article/try-...
- try the puzzles reliable sources say it's "too 'after 4pm' for"!
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How Logical Are You? Test Your Skills With These Problems from the New International Logic Olympiad
In only its second year, the International Logic Olympiad is already booming as logic becomes more and more crucial in our ever changing world
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/try-these-logic-puzzles-from-the-international-logic-olympiad/
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worms worms worms worms WORMS WORMS WORMS WORMS
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Scientific American
5 months ago
We finally made it to Blueskyâjust a few billion years after the Big Bang, and only slightly late to the party â¨đ Weâre sharing some of our best stories from the year so far to kick off our Bluesky journey!
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What is Scientific American?
YouTube video by Scientific American
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEbE9vCXZAU
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I can't quite pinpoint why, but a certain book by
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is going through my head as I contemplate this headline...
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Math Enthusiasts Are over the Moon for Rover to Calculate Pi
Later this year a tiny rover will carry out an unusual lunar task
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/math-enthusiasts-unite-to-have-rover-calculate-pi-on-the-moon/
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Jen Christiansen
5 months ago
Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin.
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Hereâs Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science
These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-vaccine-recommendations-backed-by-science-in-these-handy-charts/
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Clara Moskowitz
6 months ago
Mathematicians are jittery after AI proves shockingly good at outsmarting them
www.scientificamerican.com/article/insi...
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Inside the Secret Meeting Where Mathematicians Struggled to Outsmart AI
The world's leading mathematicians were stunned by how adept artificial intelligence is at doing their jobs
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/inside-the-secret-meeting-where-mathematicians-struggled-to-outsmart-ai/
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Elise Cutts
7 months ago
Venus is alive! ... sort of. No aliens this time, just rocks. There are weird circle-y volcanic on Venus called coronae, and now scientists think that they're itty bitty baby circular subduction zones! How cool is that? đ§Şđ Me for
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The Geological Heart of Venus Still Beats Today, New Study Suggests
A reappraisal of decades-old data suggests that strange circular formations on Venus could be volcanic ârings of fireâ created by ongoing geological activity
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/strange-formations-on-venus-hint-at-ongoing-geological-activity/
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Mindy Weisberger
7 months ago
It's a cicada sex party! Wait, who invited the zombies? Periodical cicadas in Brood XIV are starting to appear, and so is the fungus Massospora cicadina, which infects and zombifies the cicadas. I wrote about what scientists hope to learn from Brood XIV cicada zombies, for
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Prepare for âSex, Drugs and ZombiesââBrood XIV Cicadas Are Coming
As 17-year cicadas emerge this spring, a zombifying fungus is waiting for them
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-brood-xiv-zombie-cicadas-are-coming/
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Andrea Thompson
7 months ago
This caterpillar is metal as hell đ¤ đ§Ş
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Carnivorous âBone Collectorâ Caterpillars Wear Corpses as Camouflage
Nicknamed the âbone collector,â this newly confirmed caterpillar in Hawaii secretly scrounges off a spider landlord by covering itself with dead insect body parts
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/carnivorous-bone-collector-caterpillars-wear-corpses-as-camouflage/
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âAfter 13 years of staring at the heads of twin and singleton babies, [Marjolaine Willems and her colleaguesâ] paper on the association between global hemisphere and _____ won the 2024 IgNobel prize in anatomy.â a. follicle density; b. scalp pointiness; c. hair whorl formation; d. bad hair days
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Scientific American Curiosities: Seeing Double
Feeling curious? Fill in the missing words from some of our strangest science stories!
https://www.scientificamerican.com/game/curiosities-seeing-double-2025-03-18/
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"Congestion gets better for a little bit, and then weâre back to where we were. And then somebody says, âOh, weâve got to widen again.' ... So how far is it going to go?â
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Widening Highways Doesnât Fix Traffic. Hereâs What Can
Highway widening projects usually donât solve congestion, but less expensive toll programs known as congestion pricing can. Hereâs why
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-widening-highways-doesnt-fix-traffic-but-congestion-pricing-can/
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Andrea Thompson
10 months ago
This is a really nice, simple distillation of the vital role NOAA and the NWS play and how private companies cannot replace what they do.
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Why Private Forecasting Companies Canât Replace the National Weather Service
NOAA and the NWS provide public weather data that private companies cannot recreate
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-private-forecasting-companies-cant-replace-the-national-weather-service/
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Henning
10 months ago
Happy 5th "Large boulder the size of a small boulder" anniversary!
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Andrea Thompson
10 months ago
Why the heck did it snow so much on the Gulf Coast? Basically a perfect confluence of events. đ§Ş
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Hereâs What Caused the Rare, Record Florida Snow
A perfect confluence of an Arctic air outbreak and a low-pressure system that pulled in moisture from the Gulf of Mexico brought rare, record snow to the Gulf Coast
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rare-record-florida-snow-explained/
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This week at SciAm, check out new science mini-crosswords Monday-Thursday!
www.scientificamerican.com/game/mini-cr...
Spellements will be back on Friday; it's a good time to catch up on the back catalogue...
www.scientificamerican.com/games/spelle...
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Mini-Crossword: January 6, 2025
Your favorite word game with a science twist. Play now.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/game/mini-crossword-2025-01-06/
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Sabrina Imbler
11 months ago
they did quantum physics on a grape! (credit: Fawaz, Nair, Volz)
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Salty Octopus
12 months ago
Worth the login to watch a bee sucker punch an ant
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Generative AI is good for a few things, but it's been clear for a while now that search is not one of them!
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sarah jeong
12 months ago
This was published while I was at the National Assembly so I never really got a chance to promote it, which is kind of insane? It's one of the best features that The Verge has ever published. When I first read the draft I went "what the fuck did I just read??????"
www.theverge.com/c/24300623/a...
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What do you love when you fall for AI?
Inside the surprisingly meaningful, unexpectedly heartbreaking, and deeply confusing reality of AI relationships.
https://www.theverge.com/c/24300623/ai-companions-replika-openai-chatgpt-assistant-romance
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One of the things I'm most excited about is our new monthly crosswords tied to Scientific American issuesâsoon to be in print as well as online! Here's the latest.
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Here's a why and here is a how:
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Laura Helmuth
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There really are alternate timelines. But for now we're stuck in this one đ§Ş
www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-...
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Do We Really Live in the Darkest Timeline?
The multiverse offers no escape from our realityâwhich might be a very good thing
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-alternate-timelines-real-quantum-physics-explains/
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A List of Things People Blamed on Flappers đ§ľ
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See the spooky side of science...if you dare!
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Special Spooky Science Jigsaw: October 31, 2024
Piece together stunning science images with this jigsaw puzzle. Play now.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/game/halloween-science-jigsaw-2024-10-31/
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John Scalzi
about 1 year ago
As someone who grew up before the Honeycrisp changed the game, I think it's hard for younger folks to understand just how much the apple was kind of a garbage-tier fruit back in the day. It's so much better now. Article by
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www.scientificamerican.com/article/appl...
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Apples Have Never Tasted So Delicious. Hereâs Why
Apple experts divide time into âbefore Honeycrispâ and âafter Honeycrisp,â and apples have never tasted so good
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/apples-have-never-tasted-so-delicious-heres-why/
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Ursula K. Le Guin
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At Scientific American, Alan Scherstuhl calls The Dispossessedâwhich will be released in a 50th anniversary edition next monthâ"inexhaustibly rich and wise."
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Book Review: Fifty years later, Ursula K. Le Guinâs Novel about Utopian Anarchists Is as Relevant as Ever
In The Dispossessed, a physicist is caught between societies
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/book-review-fifty-years-later-ursula-k-le-guins-novel-about-utopian/
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Clara Moskowitz
about 1 year ago
We've got in-depth pieces on what this presidential election means for eight different areas of science. Read up and VOTE!
www.scientificamerican.com/report/how-t...
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How the 2024 Presidential Election Will Shape Science, Health and the Environment
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris represent very different futures when it comes to science-related policy issues that deeply affect our lives. Scientific American has rounded up the U.S. presidential ca...
https://www.scientificamerican.com/report/how-the-2024-presidential-election-will-shape-science-health-and-the-environment/
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The Uproot Project
about 1 year ago
đ¨đ˘JOB ALERTđ˘đ¨ Scientific American is hiring a News Intern to report and write weekly news and analysis articles for the website and at least one short story per month for the print magazine's news section, Advances.
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News Intern, Scientific American
Job Title: News Intern, Scientific American Location: New York (Hybrid Working Model) Application Deadline: November 1st About Springer Nature Group Springer Nature opens the doors to discovery for re...
https://springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/es/SpringerNatureCareers/job/New-York/News-Intern--Scientific-American_JR101022
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Please don't ask AI if something is poisonous.
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A look through some dazzling, award-winning bird photography with your guide,
@zanewolf.bsky.social
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www.scientificamerican.com/article/stun...
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Stunning Bird Photographs Showcase Incredible Views of Life on the Wing
Quirky perspectives, separated lovebirds and a tobogganing penguin star in 2024 winners of the worldâs largest bird photography competition
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/stunning-bird-photographs-showcase-incredible-views-of-life-on-the-wing/
about 1 year ago
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about 1 year ago
If you would like a fun little break, we are publishing jigsaw puzzles every Sunday with an image from a recent Scientific American article. The puzzle makes a satisfying, crunchy click sound when you fit pieces together
www.scientificamerican.com/game/science...
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Science Jigsaw: Sunday, September 15, 2024
Piece together stunning science images with this jigsaw puzzle. Play now.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/game/science-jigsaw-2024-09-15/
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This is how Scientific American's logo has evolved from 1845 to today đ§Ş
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