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Science in meter and verse

Recommendations from the editors of Scientific American

Many of the statues not along the coast are in places that featured a resource vital to the communities that lived and worked there.

Researchers say three ancient leather balls, dug up from the tombs of horsemen in northwestern China, are the oldest such specimens from Europe or Asia. Christopher Intagliata reports.

A mix of scientists and hobbyists made our top picks from the 2020 Nikon Small World contest

Four hundred years ago Galileo Galilei’s scientific findings were rejected because they didn’t fit the prevailing beliefs of the time. His story is disturbingly relevant today. Astrophysicist and author Mario Livio and Scientific American editor Clara Moskowitz to discusses lessons from Galileo’s life for dealing with science deniers now, plus a historical detective story about Galileo’s famous motto, “And yet it moves.”

Conflicting viewpoints coexist at the crossroads of math and art

Book recommendations from the editors of Scientific American

Science in meter and verse

Pictures created from old observations show the void’s stormy evolution over the past decade

Here are some brief reports about science and technology from all over, including one from Israel about what DNA reveals about the Dead Sea Scrolls’ parchment. 

Here is how a perfectly ordinary number captured the interest of sci-fi enthusiasts, geeks and mathematicians