Why Leftover Pizza Might Actually Be Healthier
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Scientists Say Reheated Pizza Can Reduce Blood Sugar Spikes—Here’s How
Researchers have discovered that cooling starchy foods—from pizza to rice—creates “resistant starch,” a carb that behaves like fiber and al...
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Is a River Alive? A Conversation with Robert Macfarlane on Nature’s Sovereignty
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Is a River as Alive as a Person?
Scientific American sits down with nature writer Robert Macfarlane to discuss his latest book—one of our top picks of 2025—and whether a river ...
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Have Astronomers Found the True ‘Star of Bethlehem’?
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Have Astronomers Found the True ‘Star of Bethlehem’?
A scientist has identified a possible astronomical explanation for the Star of Bethlehem, as described in the Bible
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A Garbage Truck of Plastic Will Be Dumped Every Second by 2040 Unless We Act Now, Report Finds
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A Garbage Truck of Plastic Will Be Dumped Every Second by 2040 Unless We Act Now, Report Finds
An estimated 280 million metric tons of plastic waste will enter the air, water, soil, and human bodies every year by 2040, data shows
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Astronauts, Billionaires and Memes Collide in John Scalzi’s Cheesy Moon Book
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What If the Moon Were Cheese? John Scalzi’s Latest Book Has the Answer
Scientific American talks to the author of When the Moon Hits Your Eye, one of our best fiction picks for 2025
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CDC Vaccine Panel Scraps Guidance for Universal Hepatitis B Shots at Birth
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CDC Formally Drops Guidance for Universal Hepatitis B Shots at Birth
New guidance from the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel scraps a decades-old universal birth dose recommendation for hepatitis B that helped cut infec...
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Daniel H. Wilson on Finding a Native Take on Traditional Alien Invasion Stories
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Daniel H. Wilson on Finding a Native Take on Traditional Alien Invasion Stories
Hole in the Sky, by Daniel H. Wilson, is one of Scientific American’s best fiction picks of 2025. In the novel, aliens talk through an AI headset...
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Newly Discovered ‘Fire Amoeba’ Pushes the Boundaries of Life on Earth
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This Tiny ‘Fire Amoeba’ Just Redefined Life’s Limits
It was thought that complex cells couldn’t survive above a certain temperature, but a tiny amoeba has proven that assumption wrong
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China’s First Reusable Rocket Fails, but the Race Is Just Beginning
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China Tried to Land a Reusable Rocket. It Exploded. The Bigger Story Is What Comes Next
A partially successful test of China’s Zhuque-3 rocket shows that other countries are rapidly catching up with the U.S in the race for reusable r...
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Aluminum is Crucial to Vaccines—and Safe. Why are CDC advisers Debating It?
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Aluminum Is Crucial to Vaccines—And Safe. Why Are CDC Advisers Debating It?
RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisory panel will be discussing the inclusion of adjuvants in childhood vaccinations today. Here’s what’s at stake
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