
Why Aluminum in Vaccines Is Safe—And Often Essential
The FDA wants to reevaluate the use of aluminum adjuvants despite a long record of safe use in vaccines

Why Aluminum in Vaccines Is Safe—And Often Essential
The FDA wants to reevaluate the use of aluminum adjuvants despite a long record of safe use in vaccines
Saving Your Sight from Blinding Diabetic Retinopathy
How to Catch a Rare Comet and a Meteor Shower
How to Stay Safe during RSV Season
Math Puzzle: Measure the Moon

Flu Cases Surge Early in Japan, Sparking Global Health Concerns
When a Galaxy Erupts, What We See Depends on How We See It
How a Space Rock Became a Scientific Breakthrough—And a Black Market Commodity
A Solution to the CIA’s Kryptos Code Is Found after 35 Years
Announcing the #SciAmInTheWild Photography Contest Short List
One Year after Scientific American’s First Issue, the Solar System Grew by a Planet
Scientific American Celebrates 180 Years with Stories of Scientific U-turns
U.S. Science and Scientific American Have Weathered Attacks Before and Won

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The Brain Science of Elusive ‘Aha! Moments’
Building Intelligent Machines Helps Us Learn How Our Brain Works
Lifting the Veil on Near-Death Experiences
How the Brain ‘Constructs’ the Outside World
A Surgeon Explains the Alarming Rise of Lung Cancer in Nonsmoking Women
Nobel Prizes, COVID Vaccine Updates and Malnutrition in Gaza
What It’s like to Be the President’s Doctor
Chris Hadfield Imagines a Suspenseful Twist on Cold War History in His New Book

How to Catch a Rare Comet and a Meteor Shower
A comet visible to the naked eye will make its closest approach to Earth on October 21

Can We Bury Enough Wood to Slow Climate Change?
Wood vaulting, a simple, low-tech approach to storing carbon, has the potential to remove 12 billion tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere every year—and some companies are already trying it

A Classic Graphic Reveals Nature’s Most Efficient Traveler
A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom

A Solution to the CIA’s Kryptos Code Is Found after 35 Years
After decades of speculation, two writers uncovered the answer to the Kryptos code’s final cipher

People in Republican Counties Have Higher Death Rates Than Those in Democratic Counties
A growing mortality gap between Republican and Democratic areas may largely stem from policy choices

Which Anti-Inflammatory Supplements Actually Work?
Experts say the strongest scientific studies identify three compounds that fight disease and inflammation