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Scientific American
Scientific American (scientificamerican.com) is the online presence of the long-running Scientific American magazine. It covers science news and reporting across many disciplines, along with features, interviews, and analysis for a general audience.
Profile
Founded
1845
Headquarters
New York City, United States
Ownership
Springer Nature
Funding
Advertising and subscriptions/digital access
Coverage focus
Science and technology news, reporting, and explanatory features across disciplines, often with policy, research, and industry context.
Reputation
Scientific American is generally regarded as a well-established science publication, though like other science media it can receive criticism for the quality and framing of individual articles and for differences between reporting and editorial commentary.
In our corpus
353 articles · 8 Jul → 5 Sept
Domain
Reader notes. Some content may be behind a subscription or require login · The site includes both news-style articles and editorial/opinion pieces · Coverage can vary in depth depending on format (news, analysis, commentary)
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