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The Morris sisters made significant contributions to botany and entomology, but their stories were erased from the history of early American science, both accidentally and by design ..read more
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An assessment of hundreds of thousands of songs confirms that choruses and hooks have taken over—but simpler isn’t necessarily worse ..read more
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Drastic polar ice melt is slowing Earth’s rotation, counteracting a speedup from the planet’s liquid outer core. The upshot is that we might need to subtract a leap second for the first time ever within the decade ..read more
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When the moon fully eclipses the sun, it’s not just the sky that changes. Your eyes do, too ..read more
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Polarized light from Sagittarius A*, our galaxy's supermassive black hole, shows swirling magnetic fields that may hint at the presence of an unseen jet ..read more
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The sudden destruction of the Francis Scott Key Bridge at the Port of Baltimore has implications for some of the largest U.S. energy industries ..read more
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Does the word "uncertainty" make you nervous? Would you say it kinda describes the state of the world these days? Enter Uncertain, a new limited podcast series from Scientific American, that will change the way you think about that word ..read more
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Benadryl, which contains diphenhydramine, is a drugstore mainstay and just one medication out of many that could possibly damage brain health ..read more
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A small section of the mouse brain’s hippocampus uses specific neural codes to denote social familiarity and identity ..read more
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A kite-borne experiment will observe the sun’s mysterious corona during the upcoming total solar eclipse ..read more