[alt text: screenshot of magazine website shows title and a stacked area chart detail. "The Language of Science: How the words we use have evolved over the last 175 years"]
Graphics by Moritz Stefaner and Christian Lässer [alt text: animation of a series of 175 frequency line charts that feature often-used words in Scientific American magazine from 1845 through 2020]
Graphics by Moritz Stefaner and Christian Lässer; text by Lorraine Daston and Jen Christiansen; text edited by Jen Schwartz; art directed by Jen Christiansen. [alt text: thumbnail view of four magazine spreads. Opener features a stacked area chart.
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