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U.S. President Donald Trump has named 13 people to his panel of science advisers — and all but one is a leading technology ...

Skin conditions such as psoriasis often flare up in the same spots throughout one’s life. Now scientists think they know why ...

Sports betting is everywhere now. Advertisements for betting apps starring famous athletes play during game broadcasts and on social media. Commentators discuss betting odds live on air. The National ...

The new study examined only brief interactions with chatbots. Dana Calacci, who studies the social impact of AI at ...

Scientific American is part of Springer Nature, which owns or has commercial relations with thousands of scientific publications (many of them can be found at www.springernature.com/us). Scientific ...

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Researchers put human sperm into a microgravity simulation chamber designed to mimic the female reproductive tract and tested ...

The Arctic sea ice maximum this year effectively tied for the lowest ever on record, with major implications for polar ...

Climate scientist Kate Marvel talked to Scientific American about her decision to leave NASA amid federal government turmoil ...