Scientific American
YOUR PERSONALIZED CANCER VACCINE
Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient's unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
10+ min |
December 2025
Scientific American
Mourning Becomes Electric
What can AI ghosts do for the grieving?
10+ min |
December 2025
Scientific American
THE PIVOT TO PLASTIC
To keep profits rolling in, oil and gas companies want to turn fossil fuels into a mounting pile of packaging and other products
10+ min |
December 2025
Scientific American
STRANDED ON MARS
NASA spent years and billions of dollars collecting Martian samples to bring home. Now it might just leave them there
10 min |
December 2025
Scientific American
Phages Caught Sleeping
Bacteria use hibernating viruses to immunize themselves
2 min |
December 2025
Scientific American
Vulture Culture
Human artifacts turn up in ancient scavengers' nests
2 min |
December 2025
Scientific American
Small Acts of Joy Bring Big Gains
A community science project finds that modest reminders to find joy in the day can have benefits on a par with those of more ambitious well-being interventions
5 min |
December 2025
Scientific American
A Little Heartbeat Irregularity Can Be Good
Milliseconds of variability, now detected by fitness watches, can improve well-being
4 min |
December 2025
Scientific American
Discerning Dogs
Some dogs can sort toys by function like human children do
2 min |
December 2025
Scientific American
Gas Busters
An experimental protein grabs carbon monoxide before it latches on to blood cells
2 min |
December 2025
Scientific American
Fascinating Plumes
Saturn's moon Enceladus has complex, life-friendly chemistry
4 min |
December 2025
Scientific American
Eureka Cam
Movements reveal moment of mathematical discovery
2 min |
December 2025
Scientific American
Copyright Laws Can Stop Deepfakes
The U.S. should give its residents rights to their own face and voice
4 min |
December 2025
Scientific American
50, 100 & 150 Years
“The list of first-aid procedures that the medical profession encourages laypeople to undertake is short because of concern that tactics applied in ignorance may do more harm than good.
3 min |
December 2025
Scientific American
Dramatic Atmosphere
Exoplanet TOI-561 b has air where none should persist
2 min |
December 2025
Scientific American
Going Rogue
A massive study may improve the prediction of dangerous rogue waves
3 min |
December 2025
Scientific American
Ghostly Fire
\"Microlightning\" may power strange will-o'-the-wisps
2 min |
December 2025
Scientific American
Are AI Chatbots Healthy for Teens?
Kids crave approval from their peers. Chatbots offer an alternative to real-life relationships, but they can come at a price
5 min |
December 2025
Scientific American
Honesty Won This Economist a Nobel Prize
Here's the surprising math at the heart of auction theory
5 min |
December 2025
Scientific American
The Myth of the Designer Baby
Parents beware of any genomics firm saying it can help them with “genetic optimization” of their embryos
5 min |
December 2025
Scientific American
How Big Can Black Holes Get?
There may be an upper limit to their growth
5 min |
December 2025
Scientific American
The Mother of Depressions
Postpartum depression is a leading cause of death among new mothers. A new type of drug offers better, faster treatment
10+ min |
December 2025
Scientific American
Risky Genes
As genetic risk scores get integrated into clinical care, experts expect patients to gain earlier access to therapies and enjoy better outcomes
9 min |
November 2025
Scientific American
METEORITE HEIST
Violence, lies and the smuggling of the ninth-largest meteorite in the world
10+ min |
November 2025
Scientific American
Sight Savers
Diabetic retinopathy is a leading cause of blindness. The right treatment, started early, can preserve vision
9 min |
November 2025
Scientific American
America Is Choosing to Lose the New Space Race
The U.S. can't be a space superpower if it dismantles NASA's science projects
4 min |
November 2025
Scientific American
Canyon Wonderland
An underwater robot documents the strange denizens of Mar del Plata Canyon
2 min |
November 2025
Scientific American
Grippy Super Team
Ants form complex chains to carry more than 100 times each ant's weight
2 min |
November 2025
Scientific American
Bass Backlash
Scientists electrically cull invasive fish- and evolution shocks them back
2 min |
November 2025
Scientific American
Octopus Illusion
A classic human experiment tricks octopuses, too
2 min |