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 |
November 2025
Scientific American
The Neuroscience of Morality
One immoral act begets anotherbut so does an act of moral courage
10+ min |
November 2025
Scientific American
The Long Journey to an Artificial Pancreas
This biotech could transform type 1 diabetes care
9 min |
November 2025
Scientific American
The Benefits of Raising Conscientious Kids
Being conscientious will serve kids in the long run. Here are some tips for helping them learn that trait
5 min |
November 2025
Scientific American
Workouts Help to Treat Cancer
Exercise improves survival, limits recurrence, and can be used with surgery and drugs
3 min |
November 2025
Scientific American
Babies' Brains Make Memories
Brain scans capture memory formation in infants, raising new questions about why people forget their earliest years
3 min |
November 2025
Scientific American
Rising Land
A puzzling land upheaval in South Africa comes from an unexpected source
4 min |
November 2025
Scientific American
Developing Views
Groundbreaking images show an implanting embryo
3 min |
November 2025
Scientific American
Subliminal Learning
\"Student\" Als pick up unexpected traits such as a love of owls from their \"teachers\"
2 min |
November 2025
Scientific American
Gut Virome
Your digestive tract is crawling with viruses— and that's a good thing
2 min |
November 2025
Scientific American
50, 100 & 150 Years
\"A comprehensive study by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory vigorously urges that a $1-billion program be launched to develop a new automobile engine for introduction by 1985 or sooner.
3 min |
November 2025
Scientific American
Your Al Therapist
The dangers of using artificial-intelligence chatbots for therapy
6 min |
November 2025
Scientific American
LIFE'S BIG BANGS
Controversial evidence hints that complex life might have emerged hundreds of millions of years earlier than previously thought—and possibly more than once
10+ min |
November 2025
Scientific American
Secret Lives of Trees
Researchers probe the life teeming deep inside tree trunks
2 min |
November 2025
Popular Mechanics US
DARK MATTER
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT ON February 13, 2023, the Astroparticle Research with Cosmics in the Abyss (ARCA) array—part of the larger Cubic Kilometre Neutrino Telescope (KM3NeT), located in the Mediterranean off the coast of Italy—detected a high-energy particle unlike any other.
2 min |
November/December 2025
Popular Mechanics US
HOW TO REBUILD A HIGHWAY IN 12 DAYS
The engineering ingenuity that turned the fiery collapse of one of I-95's busiest stretches into a Philly-style comeback miracle.
10+ min |
November/December 2025
Popular Mechanics US
Quantum Gravity
TWO PHYSICISTS ARE CLAIMING TO HAVE moved closer to a unified theory of gravity.
2 min |
November/December 2025
Popular Mechanics US
WARP SPEED
THE TOTALLY INSANE, HIGHLY IMPROBABLE, BUT NOT AT ALL IMPOSSIBLE QUEST TO BUILD A WARP DRIVE.
10+ min |
November/December 2025
Popular Mechanics US
LIFE IS SHORT.GET THE GOOD STUFF.
There's a giddy excitement that hangs in the air around the PopMech offices when it comes to gear, especially during our annual awards season.
10+ min |
November/December 2025
Popular Mechanics US
A Lifesaving CRISPR Treatment
LIFE'S ABILITY TO COPY billions of distinct letters in a genome is an absolute biological wonder—but mistakes are made. Genetic disorders and birth defects occur in one in every 33 babies in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
1 min |
November/December 2025
Popular Mechanics US
GIVE YOUR OLD WOODEN WINDOWS A SECOND LIFE
WITH A LITTLE DIY MAINTENANCE, YOU CAN EXTEND THE LIFE OF YOUR EXISTING WINDOWS WITHOUT SPENDING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON REPLACEMENTS.
5 min |
November/December 2025
Popular Mechanics US
A Wall Full of Skeletons
WHEN THE WALLS OF a 15th-century Portuguese church collapsed during poor weather, they revealed more than just dust and debris—they exposed at least 12 skeletons stashed inside the walls.
1 min |
November/December 2025
Popular Mechanics US
Kei Trucks
REGON IS VYING TO ALLOW JAPANESE Kei trucks on public roads.
2 min |