SCIENCE
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How Networked Incitement Fueled the Jan. 6 Capitol Insurrection
The shocking events of Jan. 6, 2021, signaled a major break from the nonviolent rallies that categorized most major protests…
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No, COVID mRNA Vaccines Won’t Damage Your DNA
On Wednesday Florida’s state surgeon general Joseph Ladapo called for stopping the use of messenger RNA–based COVID vaccines, citing—without convincing…
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How a Parasitic Worm Forces Praying Mantises to Drown Themselves
January 1, 2024 2 min read Thieving worms may manipulate their prey with stolen genes By Darren Incorvaia Horsehair worm…
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Podcasts of the Year: Cleo, the Mysterious Math Menace
Bose: Hello fellow math nerds! This is Tulika Bose, Senior Multimedia Editor at Scientific American. If you miss that famous Scientific…
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Rift over N95 Use Puts Health Workers at Risk Again
Three years after more than 3,600 health workers died of covid-19, occupational safety experts warn that those on the front lines…
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How the Moon Shaped Human History, from Religion to Climate
January 1, 2024 3 min read Lunar influences, parallel universes, taking over a dead relative’s online identity, and more books…
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How Search Engines Boost Misinformation
“Do your own research” is a popular tagline among fringe groups and ideological extremists. Noted conspiracy theorist Milton William Cooper…
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