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175 Years of Discovery
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Why Some People Get Terribly Sick from COVID-19
Beyond factors such as age and sex, underlying aspects of biology and society influence disease severity
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When Scientific American Made M. C. Escher Famous
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175 Years of Discovery
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Jeffrey Epstein’s Harvard Connections Show How Money Can Distort Research
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How an Article about the H-Bomb Landed Scientific American in the Middle of the Red Scare
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Jeffrey Epstein’s Harvard Connections Show How Money Can Distort Research
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After neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 in cell culture, scientists at the University of Costa Rica are proceeding with human testing
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Visualizing 175 Years of Words in Scientific American
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A graphical tour of popular words paired with key moments in the history of the magazine
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A Map 15 Years in the Making Illuminates a 'Grand Canyon' off California's Coast
Monterey Canyon has come into spectacular view after a decade and a half of effort
