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Writers, artists, photographers and researchers share the stories behind the stories

Letters to the editors for the February 2025 issue of Scientific American

The social and psychological consequences of yearning for the past are starting to come into focus

Many people believe AI will one day cause human extinction. A little math tells us it wouldn’t be that easy

Mentions of the critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise in ancient Chinese poetry have revealed missing information about the habitat of the world’s only freshwater porpoise

Letters to the editors for the January 2025 issue of Scientific American

The May issue of Scientific American takes you on a deep-sea mining mission, explores dark comets and examines an invisible threat to the food we eat

Writers, artists, photographers and researchers share the stories behind the stories

New studies underscore the difficulty of implanting entirely fictional events in a person’s recollection

Women shoulder most of the work in managing a family and tell us it’s exhausting, but some also say it has benefits

Fat is one of the most active, dynamic organs we have. Why can’t we learn to love it?

Impatience is an emotion we can all learn to tame