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May 2022, ScientificAmerican.com 1 M ay 2 0 2 2 VOLUME 326, NUMBER 5 Photograph by André Dib ON THE COVER Quantum computers aim ...

Scientific American (ISSN 0036-8733), Volume 326, Number 5, May 2022, published monthly by Scientific American, a division of Sp ...

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4 Scientific American, May 2022 Illustration by Nick Higgins FROM THE EDITOR Laura Helmuth is editor in chief of Scientific Amer ...

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6 Scientific American, May 2022 MECHANICAL MYSTERY “Wonder of the Ancient World,” by Tony Freeth, describes the Antikythera mech ...

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10 Scientific American, May 2022 FORUM COMMENTARY ON SCIENCE IN THE NEWS FROM THE EXPERTS Female birds sing. That is one conclus ...

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ADVANCES 12 Scientific American, May 2022 Artificial intelligence learned to share the road—and win—in Gran Turismo Sport. ...

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May 2022, ScientificAmerican.com 15 Source: “The Number of Tree Species on Earth,” by Roberto Cazzolla Gatti et al., in Proceedi ...

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May 2022, ScientificAmerican.com 17 HAPTICS Touching Emoji New tech conveys emotion through a virtual touch Distancing amid the ...

ADVANCES 18 Scientific American, May 2022 Sumiko Scott/Getty Images COGNITION Don’t Overthink It Reducing reasoning may help to ...