Thanks to its sensors, the smartphone can be a measuring instrument. A. Kolli, _La Physique Autrement_, CC BY When lockdown measures were announced in France and other countries, secondary-school ...

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Lynn Thorndike, professor of history at Columbia University, this week turned out two final chunky volumes of his six-tome monumental History of Magic & Experimental Science, thereby completing almost ...

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If you enjoyed this article, I’d like to ask for your support. Scientific American has served as an advocate for science and industry for 180 years, and right now may be the most critical moment in ...