Illustration by DTAN Studio [alt text: Detail of a  Scientific American  magazine cover featuring a series of bold and colorful brain sections.]
  January 2026 issue ; Photograph by Christie Hemm Klok; Photo editing by Lauren Morgan [alt text:  Scientific American  magazine cover featuring a photograph of an anthropomorphic robot.]
  February 2026 issue ; Illustration by DTAN Studio [alt text:  Scientific American  magazine cover featuring a series of bold and colorful brain sections.]
  March 2026 issue ; Illustration by Tavis Coburn [alt text:  Scientific American  magazine cover featuring a woman in a city scene wearing—and surrounded by—AI-enabled tech]
  February 1997 issue ; Photograph by Christopher Burke, Quesada/Burke Studios; [alt text:  Scientific American  Magazine cover featuring a white rat.]
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