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175 Years of Discovery – Scientific American

Table Of Contents Highlights from 175 Years of Publishing…

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Celebrating Scientific American’s 175th Anniversary

Welcome to Scientific American's 175th anniversary issue! We've had a blast putting it together and hope you enjoy it. Scientific…

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Extreme Heat Exposure Could Really Ramp Up in U.S. Cities

Human exposure to extreme heat could increase dramatically across U.S. cities by the end of the century, a new study finds. As…

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The Racist Legacy of Computer-Generated Humans

Computer-generated imagery is supposed to be one of the success stories of computer science. Starting in the 1970s, the algorithms…

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Warbler Species Fires Up Song Diversity

[Hermit Warbler song] That’s a bird called the Hermit Warbler. It breeds along the U.S. West Coast. “They have a…

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The Language of Science – Scientific American

Credit: Moritz Stefaner and Christian LässerSince at least the 17th century, science has struggled with words. Francis Bacon,…

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How to Turn 175 Years of Words in Scientific American into an Image

Summarizing the history of a 175-year-old magazine—that's 5,107 editions with 199,694 pages containing 110,292,327 words!—into a series of graphics was…

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Explore 175 Years of Words in Scientific American

Credit: Moritz Stefaner and Christian LässerSearch a 4,000-word database to see how language in the magazine evolved over time By: Moritz…

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In The Midst Of The Pandemic, Loneliness Has Leveled Out

Before the coronavirus pandemic, there was a loneliness epidemic. By some estimates, two thirds of Americans often or always felt…

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In Defense of the Psychologically Rich Life

“I do not accept any absolute formulas for living. No preconceived code can see ahead to everything that can happen…

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