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This Room Could Wirelessly Charge All Your Devices

Sophie Bushwick

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Abortion Rights Are at the Greatest Risk since Roe v. Wade Was Decided in 1972

Elizabeth Nash | Opinion

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Rogue Antibodies Involved in Nearly One Fifth of COVID Deaths

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Hidden Particle Interactions Exposed by Peeling Layers of Graphene

Ions flowing through atom-thin stacks of carbon confirm classic theories but also yield new surprises

Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

Energy

This Room Could Wirelessly Charge All Your Devices

Sophie Bushwick

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Abortion Rights Are at the Greatest Risk since Roe v. Wade Was Decided in 1972

Elizabeth Nash | Opinion

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Rogue Antibodies Involved in Nearly One Fifth of COVID Deaths

Diana Kwon and Nature magazine

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New Tech Can Reveal a Vast Network of Methane Leaks

Anna Kuchment

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Summer of Science Reading, Episode 4: Navigating Loss and Hope with Nature

Deboki Chakravarti

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Talking to My Daughter Can Be Harder Than Learning Quantum Mechanics

John Horgan | Opinion

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These Baby Bats, like Us, Were Born to Babble

Mark Stratton

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Many Mouse Studies Happen at the Wrong Time of Day

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What God, Quantum Mechanics and Consciousness Have in Common

Theories that try to explain these big metaphysical mysteries fall short, making agnosticism the only sensible stance

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The Pandemic Caused a Baby Bust, Not a Boom

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China Wants to Build a Mega Spaceship That’s Nearly a Mile Long

A proposal plans to study how to build a giant spacecraft

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Black innovators and leaders discuss career paths, mentorship and diversity in science. This speaker series is hosted by the Black Employee Network at Springer Nature, the publisher of Scientific American.

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How Does a Quantum Computer Work?

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