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Poem: ‘String Theory’
Science in meter and verse
Arts & Culture1038 articles archived since 1845
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Sweeping Whale Streaming Series, Profile of CRISPR Discoverer and an Examination of Future Realities
Recommendations from the editors of Scientific American
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How to Make a Hippogriff Fly and Other Flights of Fancy
A paleontologist and an illustrator team up to make mythical creatures follow biomechanical rules
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Poem: ‘Picture a Clerihew’
Science in meter and verse
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Why Building a Diverse Company Is Good for Business
Celeste Warren of drug manufacturer Merck discusses diversity in science and medicine and the journey of rising up in the ranks of a major multinational company
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The Military’s Role in Oceanography, Deadly Pharmaceutical Negligence, and Other New Science Books
Book recommendations from the editors of Scientific American
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The Famed Painting The Scream Holds a Hidden Message
Open speculation about his mental health plagued the artist Edvard Munch. In his most famous work, he left a biting commentary
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The COVID Zoom Boom Is Reshaping Sign Language
Deaf people are adapting signs to accommodate the limitations of video communication while working from home
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Finding Yourself and Your Community when You Are Black in STEM
Antonio Baines is trying to build a more diverse science, one student at a time
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The Most Accurate Flat Map of Earth Yet
A cosmologist and his colleagues tackle a centuries-old cartographic conundrum
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Fractal Shapes, STI Treatment and Prevention, and Other New Science Books
Recommendations from the editors of Scientific American
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Science Songs: A Spotify Playlist
Aerodynamics, androids and fly larvae feature in our curated collection of top indie tunes inspired by science
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Climate Change Could Shred Guitars Known for Shredding
It is the wood that the rock greats have sworn by—swamp ash, in the form of their Fender Telecaster and Stratocaster guitars—for more than 70 years. If you have ever listened to rock, you have probably heard a solid-body swamp ash guitar...
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On Finding Yourself in a Butterfly’s Wings
Today on the Science Talk podcast, Alexis Gambis, a New York University biologist and independent filmmaker, speaks about making Son of Monarchs , which won the 2021 Alfred P...
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Amanda Gorman’s Climate Poem Says, Act ‘Now, Now, Now’
The youth poet laureate offers an urgent message
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Science Meets Magical Realism in Son of Monarchs
A new film that just premiered at Sundance tells of migration, loss and transformation on the wing
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Poem: A Unified Theory of Love
Science in meter and verse
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The World’s Oldest Animal Paintings Are on This Cave Wall
Depictions of pigs found in Indonesia date back at least 45,500 years
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Poem: The Warped Side of Our Universe
Science in meter and verse
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How the Coronavirus Pandemic Shaped Our Language in 2020
Linguist Ben Zimmer says the pandemic has turned us all into amateur epidemiologists utilizing terms such as “superspreader” and “asymptomatic.” Christopher Intagliata reports...
