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The Red Planet is frigid and possibly sterile, but its surface still sees plenty of action
By John Matson | May 18, 2013 | 2
Some of the most fantastical denizens of the ocean realm are invisible to the naked eye
By Ricardo Hausmann | May 12, 2013 | 8
In the brain, bent-out-of-shape proteins can cause devastating neurological diseases
By Christine Gorman | May 5, 2013 | 2
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By Daniel C. Schlenoff | Apr 27, 2013 | 3
A dozen apps (that aren't Vine) are feeding the GIF frenzy and creating a new art form along the way
By David Pogue | Apr 25, 2013 | 1
At a recent scientific conference in Los Angeles, scientists explored the possibility of Mars being habitable, or even inhabited by microbes, in the present day
Apr 20, 2013 | 10
Science, art and philosophy of foreign cultures in 1913: an appreciation of differences from the archives of Scientific American
By Daniel C. Schlenoff | Apr 20, 2013 | 1
The devastating impact of life in Romanian orphanages—described in the April issue of Scientific American—parallels other research on the importance of caregiving for the youngest children
By Gary Stix | Apr 15, 2013
Residents describe how their lives have improved since illegal practices stopped
By Brendan Borrell | Apr 14, 2013
Last summer SpaceX became the first private-sector company to launch a resupply mission to the ISS
Apr 13, 2013
How animals deceive rivals, peers and mates to get what they want
By Luciana Gravotta | Apr 12, 2013 | 4
A full listing of the sources and references behind the calculations in this EROI infographic
By Mason Inman | Apr 11, 2013 | 13
Less than 200 years ago schizophrenia emerged from a tangle of mental disorders known simply as madness. Today its diagnosis remains shrouded in ambiguity. Psychiatrists may discover that this disorder is not a single syndrome after all but a bundle of overlapping conditions
By Daisy Yuhas | Apr 10, 2013 | 16
Spending on extra pixels doesn't always pay off
By David Pogue | Apr 9, 2013 | 7
Many parts of the Atlantic and Pacific are up by 1 degree Celsius or more
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The Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency are among the federal agencies that will have new leadership
Apr 7, 2013
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Consumer genetic-testing companies report how much of one's DNA comes from archaic human species, but what do the results really mean?
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By Luciana Gravotta | Mar 29, 2013 | 7
The inventor of the energy return on investment (EROI) metric argues that economic growth could soon stop—and that we need to get smart about incorporating the true cost of fuel in energy policies
By Mason Inman | Mar 21, 2013 | 43
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