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What’s Behind the ‘Arctic Blast’ Plunging into the U.S.?

January 12, 2024 3 min read This week’s cold snap across the U.S. will be one of “the most impressive Arctic outbreaks of this century,” one climate scientist says By.

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How Networked Incitement Fueled the Jan. 6 Capitol Insurrection

The shocking events of Jan. 6, 2021, signaled a major break from the nonviolent rallies that categorized most major protests over the past few decades. What set Jan. 6 apart.

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Readers Respond to the September 2023 Issue

January 1, 2024 4 min read Letters to the editors for the September 2023 issue of Scientific American Credit: Scientific American, September 2023 INTELLIGENCE PROBE In “An AI Mystery,” George Musser.

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How to Escape a Time Loop You Don’t Really Want to Leave

January 1, 2024 4 min read A tender novel about savoring quantum memory By Amy Brady Credit: Chanelle Nibbelink FICTION A Quantum Love Story by Mike Chen MIRA, 2024 ($30).

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Why Do We Give Gifts? An Anthropologist Explains This Ancient Human Behavior

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Have you planned out your holiday gift giving yet? If you’re anything like.

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New EPA Methane Rule Will Slash Emissions from Oil and Gas

CLIMATEWIRE | More U.S. oil and gas operations will be regulated for methane than ever before under sweeping new federal standards, which for the first time cover petroleum infrastructure built prior.

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How Misinformation Spreads Through War

[CLIP: MSNBC NEWS] Disinformation and Propaganda.  [INTRO MUSIC] [CLIP: CNN NEWS] Viral videos about this war that are having huge impact. But they’re completely fake. But they’re having dire consequences. .

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Experts Doubt Claims that World’s Oldest Pyramid Was Discovered in Indonesia

A headline-grabbing paper claiming that a structure in Indonesia is the oldest pyramid in the world has raised the eyebrows of some archaeologists — and has now prompted an investigation by.

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Drones and AI Could Locate Land Mines in Ukraine

December 1, 2023 2 min read An AI model could speed up laborious and dangerous demining efforts By Lori Youmshajekian Signage indicates the presence of landmines at the position of.

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U.S. Targets Methane Emissions in New Batch of Rules

CLIMATEWIRE | President Joe Biden pledged to use “all available tools” to rein in methane when he was elected three years ago. Now his promise is coming due. Federal agencies are.

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