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55 Books Scientific American Recommends in 2023
The Scientific American editorial team learned a lot this year. We debated why we’ll never live in space, explored the deep ocean (sort of), and asked how dinosaurs got so big. We also read a ton of books. While of course there were quite a few science fiction books (we can't help ourselves), we also
Globalism vs. the scientific revolution
How did science get started? A few years back, we looked at one answer to that question in the form of a book called The Invention of Science. In it, British historian David Wootton places the origin within a few centuries of European history in which the features of modern science—experiments, models and laws, peer review—were
How Scientific Publishers’ Extreme Fees Put Profit Over Progress
How Scientific Publishers’ Extreme Fees Put Profit Over ProgressHow Scientific Publishers’ Extreme Fees Put Profit Over ProgressLast month, the editorial team of NeuroImage resigned over the “unethical fees” charged by the journal’s publisher, Elsevier. Can scientists ditch the for-profit system? By Kayla Yup May 31, 2023 May 31, 2023 On April 17, the premier journal
The Scientific Reason Why Rain Can Really Dampen Your Mood
After an oddly dry summer, parts of the US are experiencing record-breaking rain this fall—and it’s not even November yet. Mississippi, Nevada, and Louisiana just had some of their wettest weather on record. Arizona and New Mexico are dealing with historically wet monsoons, and Hurricane Ian dumped buckets of rain on Florida before causing a
What is a scientific theory?
Home References scientific theory: a chalkboard being drawn on. (Image credit: Witthaya Prasongsin via Getty Images) A scientific theory is a structured explanation to explain a group of facts or phenomena in the natural world that often incorporates a scientific hypothesis and scientific laws. The scientific definition of a theory contrasts with the definition most…