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Kicking Horses Are More Deadly than Lightning

Originally published in July 1898 Credit: Scientific AmericanAdvertisement “Of the 298 classes of objects of fear, to which 1,707 persons…

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On its 30th Birthday, the Hubble Telescope has a simple wish for the world

Circling hundreds of miles above the surface of our big blue marble for 30 years, I’ve had a remarkable view…

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Space Telescope Director Says Best Is Yet to Come for Hubble

Thirty years ago a team of NASA astronauts tipped the Hubble Space Telescope out of a space shuttle’s cargo bay…

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How China’s “Bat Woman” Hunted Down Viruses from SARS to the New Coronavirus

Editor’s Note (4/24/20): This article was originally published online on March 11. It has been updated for inclusion in the…

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New Bandage Repels Blood and Promotes Clotting

Hemorrhage—blood escaping profusely from a ruptured vessel—is a leading cause of potentially preventable death. Bandages often fail to stop the…

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More Time Out in Nature is an Unexpected Benefit of the COVID-19 Sheltering Rules

As the COVID-19 pandemic rages around the world, shattering our familiar realms of work, education and play, many of us…

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Our Response to COVID-19 Is Male-Centric

I’m coming to you from the front lines of the battle against the novel coronavirus, aka SARS-CoV-2. As an associate…

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The Theorem That Applies to Everything from Search Algorithms to Epidemiology

On a recent episode of our podcast My Favorite Theorem, my cohost Kevin Knudson and I talked with Carina Curto,…

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Tickling the Asteroid’s Tail – Scientific American Blog Network

Around seven in the evening on a calm September day in 2016 an Atlas V rocket growled its way into…

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Storm Surge Maps Will Warn Coastal Residents of Potential Deadly Floods

The National Hurricane Center is stepping up its warnings about storm surge and will start publishing maps this summer that…

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