Scientific American
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Scientific American is a long-running popular science magazine that presents accessible articles on scientific discoveries, research, and technological advances to a broad audience.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Scientific American canonical | 20 |
| Scientific American magazine | 2 |
| Scientific American MIND (former title) | 1 |
| Scientific American Mind | 1 |
| Scientific American articles | 1 |
| Scientific American book reviews | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T308263 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scientific American Context triple: [Martin Gardner, employer, Scientific American]
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A.
American Journal of Science
The American Journal of Science is a long-running, peer-reviewed scientific journal, historically influential in publishing foundational research in physics and the earth sciences.
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B.
Scilight
Scilight is an online publication from the American Institute of Physics that highlights noteworthy and emerging research across the physical sciences in brief, accessible summaries.
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C.
Science Times
Science Times is the science-focused section of The New York Times that covers developments and insights in fields such as medicine, technology, space, and the environment.
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D.
Skeptical Inquirer
Skeptical Inquirer is a magazine devoted to promoting scientific skepticism and critical examination of paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.
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E.
IEEE Spectrum
IEEE Spectrum is the flagship magazine and website of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, covering advances and issues in engineering, technology, and applied science.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scientific American Target entity description: Scientific American is a long-running popular science magazine that presents accessible articles on scientific discoveries, research, and technological advances to a broad audience.
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A.
American Journal of Science
The American Journal of Science is a long-running, peer-reviewed scientific journal, historically influential in publishing foundational research in physics and the earth sciences.
-
B.
Scilight
Scilight is an online publication from the American Institute of Physics that highlights noteworthy and emerging research across the physical sciences in brief, accessible summaries.
-
C.
Science Times
Science Times is the science-focused section of The New York Times that covers developments and insights in fields such as medicine, technology, space, and the environment.
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D.
Skeptical Inquirer
Skeptical Inquirer is a magazine devoted to promoting scientific skepticism and critical examination of paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.
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E.
IEEE Spectrum
IEEE Spectrum is the flagship magazine and website of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, covering advances and issues in engineering, technology, and applied science.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
magazine
ⓘ
popular science magazine ⓘ science magazine ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| coveredField |
astronomy
ⓘ
biology ⓘ climate science ⓘ mathematics ⓘ neuroscience ⓘ physics ⓘ psychology ⓘ |
| formerPublisher |
Bertelsmann
ⓘ
surface form:
Holtzbrinck Publishing Group
Nature Publishing Group ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Rufus M. Porter ⓘ |
| genre | popular science ⓘ |
| hasDigitalPublication |
blogs
ⓘ
online articles ⓘ podcasts ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
Scientific American Frontiers (related TV series)
ⓘ
Scientific American self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Scientific American MIND (former title)
Scientific American self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Scientific American Mind
|
| hasFormat |
digital
ⓘ
print ⓘ |
| hasISSN | 0036-8733 ⓘ |
| hasNotableContributor |
Albert Einstein
ⓘ
Carl Sagan ⓘ Jared Diamond ⓘ Martin Gardner ⓘ Stephen Hawking ⓘ |
| hasOnlinePresence | Scientific American website ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.scientificamerican.com/ ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
New York
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| inception | 1845 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType |
online magazine
ⓘ
print magazine ⓘ |
| notableFor |
accessible explanations of scientific research
ⓘ
articles written by scientists and experts ⓘ longest continuously published magazine in the United States devoted to science ⓘ |
| originalPublicationFrequency | weekly ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Nature Publishing Group
ⓘ
surface form:
Springer Nature
|
| publicationFrequency | monthly ⓘ |
| publisher |
Nature Publishing Group
ⓘ
surface form:
Springer Nature
|
| subject |
environment
ⓘ
medicine ⓘ science ⓘ technology ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
general audience
ⓘ
non-specialist readers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Scientific American Description of subject: Scientific American is a long-running popular science magazine that presents accessible articles on scientific discoveries, research, and technological advances to a broad audience.
Referenced by (26)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Scientific American book reviews
this entity surface form:
Scientific American Mind
this entity surface form:
Scientific American MIND (former title)
this entity surface form:
Scientific American articles
this entity surface form:
Scientific American magazine
subject surface form:
Scientific American Frontiers
subject surface form:
Scientific American Frontiers
this entity surface form:
Scientific American magazine