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AI, Robotics and Your Health

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Dinosaurs: From Humble Beginnings to Global Dominance

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Humans Evolved but Are Still Special

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A Brain Deprived of Memory

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Blockchain beyond Bitcoin: The Energy Sector

106

Enrico Fermi: The Last Man Who Knew Everything

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A Future for American Energy

108

The Skinny on Fat

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Your Brain Is So Easily Fooled

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Come On and Zoom (through the Universe)

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Monsters: Not Just for Halloween

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Maryn McKenna's <i>Big Chicken,</i> Part 2

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Maryn McKenna's <i>Big Chicken,</i> Part 1

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Nobel Prize Explainer: Catching Proteins in the Act

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Nobel Prize Explainer: Gravitational Waves and the LIGO Detector

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Nobel Prize Explainer: Circadian Rhythm's Oscillatory Control Mechanism

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Does Evolution Repeat Itself?

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The Great American Eclipse

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Curiouser and Curiouser

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The Shark That Conquered the Whorl

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Undersea National Monument Could Be Left High and Dry

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Wacky Florida's Weird Science

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The Gestation Equation: Testing Babies' Genes

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5G Wiz: What's on the Horizon for Mobile

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Take the Tube: Underground as a Way of Life

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Killer Cats Bash Biodiversity

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Dogging It: Turning Wild Foxes into Man's Second-Best Friend

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What's Driving the Self-Driving Cars Rush

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Biology's Lessons for Business

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Churchill's Extraterrestrials

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Rapid-Response Vaccines for Epidemic Outbreaks

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Exit Interview: Presidential Science Advisor John Holdren

133

We're Taking You to Bellevue

134

Best Science Books of 2016

135

Getting Robots to Say No

136

How Myths Evolve over Time and Migrations

137

Attack On the Internet: Weak-Link Nanny Cams

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Flint's Water and Environmental Justice

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Chemistry Nobel Prize: Machines Too Small to See

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Physics Nobel Prize: Buns, Bagels and Pretzels Help Explain Exotic Matter

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Nobel Prize Explainer: Autophagy

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They Do What?!: The Wide Wild World of Animal Sex

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Big Bang of Body Types: Sports Science at the Olympics and beyond

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Grand Canyon Rapids Ride for Evolution Education

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The Science of Soldiering: Mary Roach's <i>Grunt</i>

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Electric Eels versus Horses: Shocking but True

147

Tiger, Tiger, Being Tracked

148

Gravitational Wave Scientists Astounded--by Your Interest

149

Sean M. Carroll Looks at The Big Picture

150

The Bowling Ball That Invaded Earth

151

Different Minds: The Wide World of Animal Smarts

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The Perfect Bet: Taking the Gambling out of Gambling

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Gorilla's Hum Is a Do-Not-Disturb Sign

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Bill Gates Wants a Miracle

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From AI to Zika: AAAS Conference Highlights

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Gravitational Waves Found: Kip Thorne Explains

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The Big Gath Dig: Goliath's Hometown

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Roman Sanitation Didn't Stop Roaming Parasites

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Evolution Still on Trial 10 Years after Dover

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Lifting the Visor on Virtual Reality

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The Epic History of the Horse

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Math Can Equal Fun

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Teaching Machines to Learn on Their Own

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Chemistry Nobel: Keeping DNA in Good Repair

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Physics Nobel: Neutrinos <i>Do</i> Have Mass

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Medicine Nobel: Sifting Nature for Antiparasite Drugs

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The Hunt for the Fat Gene

168

The Errors of Albert

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Public Health Hero Jimmy Carter; <i>SA</i> Turns 170

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Olympics Loser Boston Wins Big Economically

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Betting Lots of Quatloos on the Search for Alien Civilizations, Part 2

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Betting Lots of Quatloos on the Search for Alien Civilizations, Part 1

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Pluto Mission Finally Calls Home

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Pluto, Ready for Your Close-Up!

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Restore Research to Preserve the American Dream

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Migratory Birds: What a Long-Range Trip It's Been

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Take a Bite out of the Math of Math

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Animals Don't Use Facebook but They Have Social Networks, Too

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Mississippi Mound Builders Meet the 33rd Legion

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The Ebola Outbreak: Past, Present and Future

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Humans and the Amazon: A 13,000-Year Coexistence

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The Placement Excitation: <i>Scientific American</i> on <i>The Big Bang Theory</i>

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<i>Science Goes to the Movies</i>: A New TV Program

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Every Life Has Equal Value, Part 2: Gates Foundation CEO Dr. Susan Desmond-Hellmann

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Every Life Has Equal Value, Part 1: Gates Foundation CEO Dr. Susan Desmond-Hellmann

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Best of Thanksgiving, Part 2: Let's Talk Stuffing—Your Face!

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Best of Thanksgiving, Part 1: Let's Talk Turkey!

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Doctors Without Borders Fight on Ebola's Front Lines

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Ebola Expert Update

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Let's Get Small: A Panel on Nanoscience

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Building a Better Microscope: 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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Blue Light Special: 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics

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The Map in Your Mind: 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

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Kodiak Update: <i>Scientific American</i> Alaska Cruise, Part 4

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The Juneau Tour: <i>Scientific American</i> Alaska Cruise, Part 3

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Juneau Where I Am: <i>Scientific American</i> Alaska Cruise, Part 2

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Catch Me If You Ketchikan: <i>Scientific American</i> Alaska Cruise, Part 1

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Shakespeare and Science, Part 2

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Shakespeare and Science, Part 1

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Furious New Science Fiction from Mark Alpert