New simulations show that several large, closely spaced eruptions (and not decreased solar radiation) could have cooled the Northern Hemisphere enough to spark sea-ice growth and a subsequent feedback loop
An Italian architectural historian thinks Giacomo Andrea de Ferrera, a Renaissance architect and da Vinci friend, drew the man-in-circle diagram first
Roosevelt Island was once home to the founders of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), not to mention important studies of malaria, frostbite and saltwater consumption
A collaboration with an Israeli University will incubate start-ups from an East River island with a colorful past
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This book excerpt traces the history of quantum information theory and the colorful and famous physicists who tried to figure out "spooky action at a distance"
A new analysis by open-science advocates present a "clear refutation" of a controversial finding that appears to undermine assumptions about how essential phosphorus is for life
Images of weapons technology from a century ago, two years before World War I broke out in Europe
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American
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