Scientific community and society encompasses research and material which directly concerns, or is relevant to, members of the community of scientists in particular or society at large ...

2024, for all of its challenges, has seen a remarkable amount of scientific discoveries by Israeli researchers across various disciplines. From novel approaches to treating cancer to unraveling the ...

When humans counted on their fingers, everyone had a state-of-the-art (at the time) calculator at all times. But as we got ...

Most primate societies have long been assumed to be male-dominated, but a new study shows many have females in charge or feature power sharing ...

The Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT), regarded as one of India’s most respected and toughest MBA entrance exams, has introduced a new feature for its 2025 edition – the inclusion of a Scientific Calculator.

So what are health-conscious people to do? Consider this special issue of Scientific American an antidote to toxic quackery and honest confusion about health. One easy way to improve body and mind ...

to dining on earthy porcini (see ‘Mushrooms and their scientific names’) in northern Italy. There is a good deal of mycology here, too, with welcome caution on the subjects of mycorrhizal ...

The evolution of calculators has been fundamental to advancements in scientific, engineering, and educational pursuits. From the humble beginnings of mechanical adding machines to the sophisticated ...

When I need to do a quick conversion, I use Calculator Soup, a simple website offering hundreds of purpose-built calculators for things like inflation, unit conversion, gas mileage, algebra ...

SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING has long been a money-printing operation, with many big publishing houses reporting profit margins of between 30% and 40% year after year. The long-standing business model is ...

Useful quantum computers are one step closer. Microsoft and Atom Computing announced that they have set a new record for the most entangled logical qubits, which are crucial for developing quantum ...

This calculation is performed and summed for the number of periods to maturity. Modified duration measures the average cash-weighted term to maturity of a bond. It is a very important number for ...