This crossword is inspired by the November 2024 issue of Scientific American. Read it here.

Occam’s razor holds that the simplest explanation is closest to the truth. But the real world is quite complex ...

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We have been adding “leap seconds” to time kept by our atomic clocks, but soon we may have to subtract one. Are the tiny ...

There may be no greater demonstration of vaccines’ power to deliver health equity than their success with smallpox. “The ...

To Wibberly, the reason so much innovation occurs in rural health is simple. “It’s a smaller community. People know one ...

Author’s note: Wegener was an early proponent of continental drift—a theory initially met with resistance. Fossil and gene ...

Daniel Galef writes poetry, plays, short stories, and humor. His book Imaginary Sonnets contains 70 monologues spoken by ...

Duncan Geere is an information designer and data storyteller, specializing in climate and environmental work. Songs and ...

Patients, advocates, researchers and clinicians around the world are reducing bias and improving health care access for all ...