Scientific American
Self-Destruct
This planet triggers flares on its star—spelling its ultimate doom
3 min |
October 2025
Scientific American
What I Wish Parents Knew about Social Media
I study social media for a living. Here's how parents can help their kids use it safely and productively
5 min |
October 2025
Scientific American
How a Tiny Brain Region Guides Generosity
Whether and how much we help others may be determined by the brain's basolateral amygdala
6 min |
October 2025
Scientific American
VOYAGE TO NOWHERE
An expensive and ambitious plan for interstellar travel has quietly disappeared
10+ min |
October 2025
Scientific American
Neural Stretch
Scientists map a mouse's peripheral nervous system in unprecedented detail
2 min |
October 2025
Scientific American
The Dawn of Polar
Fossils hint at when birds began making their mind-blowing journey to the Arctic to breed
10+ min |
October 2025
Popular Mechanics US
DON'T TOUCH THAT DIAL!
AS CARMAKERS LOBBY TO YANK AM RADIO FROM NEW MODELS, BROADCASTERS ARGUE THAT THE TRUSTY 105-YEAR-OLD MEDIUM IS AN IRREPLACEABLE LIFELINE FOR MILLIONS OF AMERICANS. BUT IS ANYBODY LISTENING?
10+ min |
September/October 2025
Popular Mechanics US
The SECRET VENOMOUS HISTORY of Ozempic
How a deadly toxin from a desert dwelling lizard led to one of the biggest medical breakthroughs in modern times.
10+ min |
September/October 2025
Popular Mechanics US
STURDY STEEL WIENER DOG BOOT SCRAPER
A recent North Atlantic mud season became the inspiration for this weekend metalsmithing project.
3 min |
September/October 2025
Popular Mechanics US
Inside the Glitter LAB
How the tiniest trace of red shimmer helped solve one of California's most brutal crimes.
10+ min |
September/October 2025
Popular Mechanics US
The Tomb of Jesus Christ
AT THE PLACE WHERE Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid.\"-John 19:41.
2 min |
September/October 2025
Popular Mechanics US
ONE BUCKET. TEN GENIUS HACKS.
THERE'S A $5 DO-IT-ALL PROBLEM SOLVER JUST SITTING IN YOUR GARAGE. PUT IT TO WORK!
4 min |
September/October 2025
Popular Mechanics US
The Ancient People of the Sahara
BETWEEN 14,800 AND 5,500 YEARS AGO, the Sahara—known for being one of the driest places on Earth—actually had enough water to support a way of life. Back then, it was a savanna that early human populations settled to take advantage of the favorable farming conditions. Among them was a mysterious people who lived in what is now southwestern Libya and should have been genetically subSaharan—except, upon a modern analysis, their genes didn’t reflect that.
1 min |
September/October 2025
Popular Mechanics US
Our Global Population
HOMO SAPIENS IS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL mammalian species in Earth’s history, and it’s not even close. However, a new study suggests that the impressive nature of humanity’s proliferation may have been vastly underreported.
1 min |
September/October 2025
Popular Mechanics US
Actual Random Numbers
A LARGE TEAM OF SCIENTISTS CLAIMS to have achieved “certified randomness” using a quantum computer.
3 min |
September/October 2025
Popular Mechanics US
Lucid Dreaming
THE STATE KNOWN AS LUCID DREAMING IS an unquestionably surreal one, and it just got even more so. A team of researchers at Radboud University Medical Center in the Netherlands has discovered that lucid dreaming is a state of consciousness separate from both wakefulness and REM sleep (the state usually associated with dreams). In fact, it is associated with its own type of brain activity.
1 min |
September/October 2025
Scientific American
Nostalgia Keeps Friendships Alive
The social benefits of yearning for the past are starting to come into focus.
3 min |
September 2025
Scientific American
A Planet Revealed
The Juno spacecraft has rewritten the story of Jupiter, the solar system's undisputed heavyweight
10+ min |
September 2025
Scientific American
We Probably Aren't Alone
The search for advanced life beyond Earth has periodically been turned upside down
4 min |
September 2025
Scientific American
Dog Detectors
Pessimistic dogs may be better sniffersand other pointers for smelling out disease
4 min |
September 2025
Scientific American
Invest in Public Education
Cuts to funding and curricula endanger the U.S.’s status as a global powerhouse
4 min |
September 2025
Scientific American
Terracotta Cool
Humble clay fends off heat without electricity
2 min |
September 2025
Scientific American
Midwestern Melt
The core of the U.S. may be “dripping” away
3 min |
September 2025
Scientific American
Nerves Do Regenerate
Neurons, once thought to be irreparable, can grow anew—even in the brain
5 min |
September 2025
Scientific American
The Cosmos Revised
The universe has a habit of disproving “unassailable” facts
5 min |
September 2025
Scientific American
Humans Are Not So Special After All
Whales mourn, magpies exhibit self-awareness, and Venus flytraps make memories.
5 min |
September 2025
Scientific American
Could AI Really Kill Off Humans?
Many people believe Al will one day cause human extinction. A little math tells us it wouldn't be that easy
5 min |
September 2025
Scientific American
Brain Washing
Cleaning waste from the brain is an essential function of sleep—and it could help ward off dementia
10+ min |
September 2025
Scientific American
Space Saver
A new proof dramatically compresses the memory needed for computation
2 min |
September 2025
Scientific American
Venom Marinade
Certain spiders evolved a bizarre alternative to biting
2 min |