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Behavior & Society
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A NASA Probe May Have Found Signs of Life on Venus 40 Years Ago
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Public Health
Flu Season Never Came to the Southern Hemisphere
Public Health
Trump’s COVID Infection Puts Him in Multiple High-Risk Categories
The president is age 74, male and heavy—all factors linked to more severe cases of the illness
Behavior & Society
Behavior & Society
We Learn Faster When We Aren’t Told What Choices to Make
Space
Space
A NASA Probe May Have Found Signs of Life on Venus 40 Years Ago
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Public Health
Flu Season Never Came to the Southern Hemisphere
Policy & Ethics
Policy & Ethics
What a Joe Biden Presidency Would Mean For Science
Policy & Ethics
Policy & Ethics
Scientists Must Rise in Defense of Democracy
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Biology
The Moss That Lives under a Rock
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The Body
Why Some People Are Still Getting Sick—but Not with COVID
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EARTH
Greenland Is Melting at Some of the Fastest Rates in 12,000 Years
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Flu Season Never Came to the Southern Hemisphere
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Scientific American Endorses Joe Biden
We’ve never backed a presidential candidate in our 175-year history—until now
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A graphical tour of popular words paired with key moments in the history of the magazine
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What Research in Antarctica Tells Us about the Science of Isolation
Over the past few months, the phrase “social distancing” has entered our lexicon. Many of us have found ourselves separated from family and friends—or at least from our normal social lives...
