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Despite efforts to reduce light pollution from the satellites, their disruptions of astronomical observations are increasing at an alarming pace
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The new normal this winter is longer drives for kids’ tests, multiday waits for results, drug-store restock alerts and social media tips
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Harnessing the wind to blow back emissions is not without its own impacts, so researchers are developing technologies to co-exist with whales and other ocean-dwelling species.
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The new normal this winter is longer drives for kids’ tests, multiday waits for results, drug-store restock alerts and social media tips
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Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the...
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Powerful waves ringing through the atmosphere after the eruption of Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai are unlike anything seen before
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Spacetime may emerge from a more fundamental reality. Figuring out how could unlock the most urgent goal in physics—a quantum theory of gravity
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Tracking the missiles is like picking out one light bulb against a background of light bulbs, but new technology aims to see them more clearly
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Research into earlier eruptions suggests this is the type of massive explosion the volcano sees about every thousand years
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The atom interferometry technique uses the effects of time dilation to reveal subtle changes in gravity’s strength
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Vaccine makers worry yet another variant will start dominating in the months it takes to roll out shots against this one
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The orbital debris created in the explosions is dangerous, long-lasting and a threat to the growing space economy
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The rover’s latest sample collection—an effort to gather material for eventual return to Earth—is off to a rocky start
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The famed paleoanthropologist explored humankind’s origins and worked to safeguard a future for humans and wildlife alike, in Kenya and beyond
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You can change your behavior in lasting ways by changing how you frame your situation, explains behavioral scientist Ayelet Fishbach in her new book
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You might not think that you can generate more body acceleration than a big-league baseball pitcher, but new research shows you can.
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The observatory has flawlessly unfurled its mirrors and sunshield—although more steps are needed before the science can begin
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The farcical allegory of climate change shows the pitfalls of relying solely on technology and misunderstanding scientific certainty
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A new study’s authors say their investigation represents the first time that a nonhuman brain has been shown to detect language
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Independent concepts from each nation envision launching high-speed spacecraft on aspirational multigenerational voyages into the great unknown of interstellar space
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SARS-CoV-2 adds impetus to the race for broad-spectrum countermeasures against future global infectious scourges
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The successful unfurling of the five-layered, tennis court-sized assemblage is a major milestone for the new observatory
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The one-year anniversary of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is raising concerns about falsehoods that increase the risk of repeat events
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A region with some of the world’s most restrictive abortion laws has started to tentatively move in the opposite direction
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Excessive adversity activates biological reactions that can lead to lifelong problems in physical and mental well-being
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The painter described falling into the briefest of slumbers to refresh his mind. Now scientists have shown the method is effective at inducing creativity.
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Normally science proceeds in incremental steps, but sometimes a discovery is so profound that it causes a paradigm shift. This eBook is a collection of articles about those kinds of advances,...
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Hopes are high for a class of drug that could treat neurodegenerative conditions—but a recent clinical trial has brought the field up short
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A focus on the present, dubbed “mindfulness,” can make you happier and healthier. Training to deepen your immersion in the moment works by improving attention
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This new release uses a comet hurtling toward Earth to satirize the way we dismiss scientific fact and the scientists who discover them
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With proved technology and no-frills tech transfer, CORBEVAX is poised to reach hundreds of millions in the coming weeks
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mRNA vaccines are now in the limelight as a key tool for tackling COVID-19, but the technology was originally developed for other diseases, such as cancer, that researchers are now hoping to treat
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Blazes from California to Siberia spewed more than 1.7 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere
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Wildfires, appearing dead in winter, are actually smoldering, then bouncing back to life in spring to consume increasingly more land in the Far North.
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The U.N. Food Systems Summit put biotechnology at center stage, although agroecological innovations offer greater promise for sustainability
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The pandemic is teaching us key lessons about how people respond to crisis and misinformation, and it is spurring changes in the way scientists study public health questions
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After years of delay, the most ambitious observatory ever built has at last left Earth. It now faces a high-stakes series of deployments in deep space
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