Beethoven's Unfinished 10th Symphony Brought to Life by Artificial Intelligence

Nearly 200 years after his death, the German composer’s musical scratch was pieced together by machine—with a lot of human help. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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The Kavli Prize Presents: Understanding The Universe [Sponsored]

Ewine van Dishoeck received The Kavli Prize in Astrophysics in 2018 for elucidating the life cycle of interstellar clouds and the formation of stars and planets. What other mysteries of space are... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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A Canary in an Ice-Rich, Slumping Rock Glacier in Alaska

Here’s what we can learn about climate change and infrastructure from Denali National Park’s only road. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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COVID Quickly, Episode 16: Vaccines Protect Pregnancies, and a New Antiviral Pill

Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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The Mystery of Water Drops That Skate Across Oil at Impossible Speeds

The speed of these self-propelling droplets on a hot-oil surface seemed to defy physics until researchers broke out the super-slow-motion camera. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Night Flights Are No Sweat for Tropical Bees

New research uses night vision to see how nocturnal bees navigate the dark. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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These Bacteria Steal From Iron, and Could Be Secretly Helping to Curb Climate Change

Photoferrotrophs have been around for billions of years on Earth, and new research suggests that they have played an outsized roll in the natural capture of carbon dioxide.  -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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COVID, Quickly, Episode 15: Booster Shot Approvals--plus Vaccines for Kids?

Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Dinosaurs Lived--and Made Little Dinos--in the Arctic

New research shows that the prehistoric giants were even cooler than we thought -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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During a Rodent Quadrathlon, Researchers Learn That Ground Squirrels Have Personalities

The rodents’ personalities may help them to secure territory and avoid prey. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Sep 2021