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The Human Brain Operates at a Stunningly Slow Pace

United Airlines Will Help Monitor U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The Next Viral Pandemic Is Coming. Here’s How We Can Stop It

Science Crossword: Out of Sight

Readers Respond to the September 2024 Issue

Math Puzzle: Move the Tower

January 2025: Science History from 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago

It’s Never Been a Better Time to Look Up

If Planet Nine Exists, We’ll Find It Soon

How the Vagus Nerve Could Influence Physical and Mental Health

How Earth’s Biggest Mass Extinctions Stack Up

Great Apes Joke Around, Suggesting Humor Is Older Than Humans

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Contributors to Scientific American’s January 2025 Issue

Book Review: This Relationship Shaped Rachel Carson’s Environmental Ethos

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Ape Jokes, Vagus Nerve Hopes and a Mystery Planet

Why Do Some People Need Just Four to Six Hours of Sleep?

How to Make Your Christmas Tree Last

Silicon Valley Is Reviving the Discredited and Discriminatory Idea of ‘Race Science’

Wildest Things Science Learned about the Human Body in 2024

Poem: ‘Cardiac Knotting’