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Illustration: Xiaohua Yang/The GuardianAt the end of my second American Sign Language (ASL) class, during which I had fingerspelled my name Deborah as “F-E-B-O-R-A-H”, I thought…

In Stranger Things, the supernatural villain Vecna rules a nightmarish parallel world called the Upside Down. Credit: Netflix/Everett/ShutterstockThroughout its five seasons, the Netflix show Stranger Things…

December 17, 20252 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmStrange Cosmic Blast May Be First-Ever Superkilonova ObservedThe combination of a supernova and a kilonova may have…

The NHS is a funny fish. It often kind of almost works brilliantly. Almost but frustratingly, not quite.I had this thing on the back of my…

With its large silver pouch, artistic label and delicate leaves, Dalreoch Scottish white tea might be expected to grace elegant cups with saucers, perhaps with a…

September 29, 20253 min read‘Ghost Fire’ in Marshes Sparked by Strange ChemistryA phenomenon called microlightning may explain ghostly blue marsh lightsBy Rachel Nuwer edited by Sarah…

Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners! For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Let’s kick off the week with a quick roundup of some of the…

August 22, 20253 min readPastel Pink Lobsters, Goofy-Looking Squid Among Deep-Sea Oddities Discovered in Ocean AbyssResearchers spied a wild array of life, including dozens of suspected…

The clip is another look at the concert doc filmed in Rome on Gilmour’s last roadshow After previewing his imminent concert film, Live at the Circus…

Something is rotten in the village of Little Nettlebed. There isn’t enough rain. A sturgeon of ungodly proportions has been beached on the bank of the…