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New test scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as the Nation’s Report Card, show eighth-graders’ science scores have fallen 4 points…

StrengthReading glasses typically range from +0.25 to +2.50 diopters (the unit of measurement for eye prescriptions), though the average starting strength is usually around +0.75. In…

Macaulay Culkin could have starred in a classic high school movie — but he was too busy going to actual high school. The Home Alone star…

A quarterly column, steady as ever – – -“What do ­twenty-first-century people have an appetite for? I’m leaving myself out of this. I’m a twentieth-century person,…

What Books Scientific American Read in JulyCheck out Scientific American’s fiction and nonfiction book recommendations for JulyBy Brianne Kane edited by Andrea Gawrylewski Fernando Trabanco Fotografía/Getty…

WhoFi uses Wi‑Fi signal distortions to fingerprint individuals without visual dataDeep neural network maps signal changes to identify people with near‑perfect accuracyAcademic research opens new privacy…

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman.You might not know this, but Scientific American is a great place to go for book recommendations—and…