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Contributors to Scientific American’s July/August 2025 IssueWriters, artists, photographers and researchers share the stories behind the storiesBy Allison Parshall edited by Jen Schwartz Jeffery DelViscioGreenland’s Frozen…

We’re all familiar with the sun’s daily motion in the sky. It rises in the east, gets higher in the sky until circa noon, then begins…

Bizarre Quantum UniverseEven how matter exists in the first place is a mystery to physicistsBy Andrea Gawrylewski In 2022 three scientists won the Nobel Prize in…

Jennifer N. R. SmithThe Social Lives of MitochondriaIn 2020, on a trip to Devon, England, Jennifer N. R. Smith (above) went swimming in the sea. Just…

As the creator of Veritasium, a science education YouTube channel with 18 million subscribers, Derek Muller has spent the past 15 years exploring a counterintuitive vision…

Ah, it’s a lovely night for enjoying the outdoors. You go outside in the warm summer air to listen to the crickets and breathe in the…