ArtsMarch 1, 2023
Readers Respond to the November 2022 Issue
Letters to the editor for the November 2022 issue of Scientific American
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Artificial IntelligenceFebruary 3, 2023
Mystery Portrait May Be a Raphael, Artificial Intelligence Suggests
A mysterious portrait of the Virgin Mary and Jesus may have been painted by the master Raphael, facial recognition finds. But many art historians reject the claim
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ArtsFebruary 1, 2023
Death, Sex and Aliens: A Surprising History of Slime
Sublime slime, sprawling light pollution, harnessing the bioelectricity in our body, and more books out this month
OpinionJanuary 17, 2023
What an Endless Conversation with Werner Herzog Can Teach Us about AI
An AI-generated conversation between Werner Herzog and Slavoj Žižek is definitely entertaining, but it also illustrates the crisis of misinformation beginning to befall us
ArtsJanuary 1, 2023
Poem: ‘Weight’
Science in meter and verse
ArtsJanuary 1, 2023
If Future Humans Terraformed a New Earth, Could They Get It Right?
A novel that redefines personhood, greed and despair in biotech, arguing for a singular reality, and more books
ArtsDecember 1, 2022
How Beavers Shaped America, from Capitalism to Climate Change
The sweeping influence of one weird rodent, an ecological thriller, tender essays on deep-sea creatures, and more books out this month
ArtsNovember 1, 2022
Parasites Revealed to Be ‘Unseen Influencers’ of All Ecosystems
A social history of measurements, an anthology of new speculative fiction, and more books
ArtsNovember 1, 2022
Poem: ‘Mosses’
Science in meter and verse
CultureJune 29, 2022
How Indigenous Groups Are Using 3-D Technology to Preserve Ancient Practices
To safeguard fragile cultural objects, some groups are replicating them with digital models
ArtsMay 27, 2022
This New Album Makes Beautiful Music out of Gravity, the Elements and Photosynthesis
The British band the Sound of Science elevates edutainment on its debut
ArtsMay 1, 2022
Inside an Arctic Expedition, Natural History of Fragrance, Essays on Places in Peril, and More
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