SCIENCE
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What TikTok’s U.S. Spin-off Means for Its Algorithm and Content Moderation
Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. TikTok’s algorithm, which shapes what more than a billion users…
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Ancient DNA Reveals New Diseases behind Napoleon’s 1812 Russian Retreat
October 24, 2025 3 min read Napoleon’s Defeat in Russia Was Aided by Two Surprising Deadly Diseases Disease-causing bacteria that…
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Static Electricity Helps Parasitic Nematodes Leap onto Insects
October 23, 2025 3 min read Watch These Parasitic Worms Use Static Electricity as a Tractor Beam For microscopic worms,…
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Flu Cases Surge Early in Japan, Sparking Global Health Concerns
October 17, 2025 2 min read Flu Cases Surge Early in Japan, Sparking Global Health Concerns School closures and hospitalizations…
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The El Ali Meteorite’s Journey from Landmark to Loot
Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. For generations a massive iron meteorite sat in the Somali…
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New DNA Search Engine Brings Order to Biology’s Big Data
October 14, 2025 3 min read New DNA Search Engine Brings Order to Biology’s Big Data MetaGraph compresses vast data…
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Part of a Pig Liver was Transplanted into a Human
October 10, 2025 3 min read Pig Liver Surgery Moves Us Closer to Transplants from Other Species Surgeons in China…
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Supreme Court Weighs Colorado’s Ban on Scientifically Discredited ‘Conversion Therapy’
October 7, 2025 2 min read Supreme Court Weighs Ban on Scientifically Discredited ‘Conversion Therapy’ The U.S. Supreme Court will…
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Is Dark Energy Born inside Black Holes?
Black holes are eaters of all things, even radiation. But what if their rapacious appetites had an unexpected side effect?…
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Jane Goodall, Conservationist Who Transformed Our Understanding of Chimpanzees, Dies at 91
October 1, 2025 2 min read Jane Goodall, Trailblazing Primatologist and Chimpanzee Conservationist, Has Died The anthropologist was famous for…
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