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Valentine’s Day is here. And for those who want to ditch the candy and the dinner date for a good book, the staff at Scientific American…

WEALTH AND KNOWLEDGEIn “Billionaire Science, for Better or Worse” [From the Editor], David M. Ewalt suggests that with cuts to government funding, “many researchers are going…

Houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) are often promoted as a quick money-making opportunity, but at least one in four in England are operating illegally, often leading…

The Guardian’s Hope appeal has so far raised over £750,000, with generous readers digging deep to support inspirational grassroots charities that bring together divided communities, promote…

At the end of December, the Danish postal service will deliver its last letter, focusing on packages, citing the “increasing digitalisation” of society.While the public will…

It’s been a tough year for the environment. And yet, people all over the country are working hard to reduce greenhouse gases, reverse the harms of…

Generous Guardian readers have so far raised more than £500,000 for the Hope appeal supporting inspirational grassroots charities that bring together divided communities, promote tolerance, and…

SETI THE RECORD STRAIGHTIn “We Probably Aren’t Alone,” Sarah Scoles describes how Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli’s 1877 observation of apparent “channels” or “grooves” on Mars had…

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman.One way that we here at Scientific American stay on top of what’s…

HIGH TESTOSTERONEI’m grateful for the warnings threaded through Stephanie Pappas’s “The Truth about Testosterone” and would like to elaborate from personal experience. As a transgender man,…