Scientific American
Scientific American is a long‑established science journalism outlet focused on explaining scientific research, technological advances, and their implications for society.
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 511
- Latest publication
- Sep 30, 2026
- Audience
- Top 50K sites
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 3, 2026
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Swiss Innovations and Alpine Inspirations (opens the original)
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Join Scientific American Travel to explore Switzerland’s leadership role in scientific innovation. Each day delves into a different branch of Swiss excellence—from particle physics and international cooperation in Geneva to viticulture science in the terraced vineyards of Lavaux, pioneering energy research in Lausanne and cutting edge transportation engineering in Lucerne. Travel alongside a Scientific American expert, who will provide context and generate discussion with our local guides. Enjoy
NASA directive might increase the odds of contaminating Mars (opens the original)
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The new push loosens U.S. regulations for sterilizing spacecraft bound for the Red Planet and calls for modernizing the science of “planetary protection”
The Atlantic hurricane season has been so quiet it’s unprecedented (opens the original)
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El Niño has stymied storm formation even more than forecasters expected
Satellite images reveal ethereal auroral storm raging above the North Pole (opens the original)
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The satellite, Smile, is a joint European and Chinese mission to study space weather and geomagnetic storms above Earth
Trump’s surgeon general nominee Nicole Saphier clears key Senate committee (opens the original)
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Saphier’s nomination now heads to the full Senate for a vote
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