Scientific American
Earthquake Life
Yellowstone quakes spark bursts of microbial growth underground
2 min |
March 2026
Scientific American
Depolarization Depot
Tweaks to social media feeds reduced polarizing effects
2 min |
March 2026
Scientific American
Fire Starters
Ancient humans were making fire 350,000 years earlier than thought
3 min |
March 2026
Scientific American
Cosmic Chain
Hundreds of galaxies form one of the largest spinning structures ever spotted
2 min |
March 2026
Scientific American
The Universe's Weirdest Optical Illusions
Sometimes the farther away an object is, the bigger it seems to be
4 min |
March 2026
Scientific American
Socially Awkward Math
A mathematician's random walk theorem explains the stark mathematical difference between drunk people and drunk birds
5 min |
March 2026
Scientific American
Regrowth Record
Axolotls can completely regenerate a key immune organ
2 min |
March 2026
Scientific American
Language Gaps
Scientists show how the brain slices speech up into recognizable words
2 min |
March 2026
Scientific American
When Care Becomes Code
AI is spreading through American medicine. When the system is wrong, the burden often lands on those who never asked for a copilot in the first place
10+ min |
March 2026
Scientific American
Everything You Wanted to Know about Polyamory (but Were Afraid to Ask
The practice is not a faddish excuse to sleep around, research shows. And it has deep roots in American culture
10+ min |
March 2026
Scientific American
Navigating Our Social Worlds
The same brain areas that help us map physical space help us chart social connections
5 min |
March 2026
Scientific American
Relativity Revealed
Physicists have observed a bizarre prediction of special relativity for the first time
8 min |
March 2026
Scientific American
Little Red Dots
Astronomers are racing to understand mysterious ancient objects that pepper images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope
10+ min |
March 2026
Scientific American
The First Stars
Astronomers hope to soon spot the universe's earliest stellar inhabitants
9 min |
February 2026
Scientific American
R2-D2 Tweets
Droid-imitating birds test the limits of avian vocals
2 min |
February 2026
Scientific American
Is All Math Solvable?
Thousands of notoriously difficult problems in computer science are actually the same problem in disguise
7 min |
February 2026
Scientific American
Spider Illusionists
These webs appear to host their inhabitants' doppelgängers
1 min |
February 2026
Scientific American
Athletic Drill
Woodpeckers turn their entire bodies into tapping machines
2 min |
February 2026
Scientific American
Can a Time Capsule Outlast Geology?
A ridiculous but instructive thought experiment involving deep time, plate tectonics, erosion and the slow death of the sun
10+ min |
February 2026
Scientific American
DEADLY MIRROR
A new form of life, eerily like us, is almost within reach of science. It could destroy our planet. Here's how to stop it
10+ min |
February 2026
Scientific American
The Milky Way's Disk Keeps Getting Weirder
The disk of our galaxy is not flat but warped and waving
5 min |
February 2026
Scientific American
AI Coding a Dyslexia Tutor
How one mom used a GPT to help her son learn his own way
7 min |
February 2026
Scientific American
The Hardest Problem
Bruised theories. Accusations of pseudoscience. Machines that claim to be sentient. The field of consciousness research could be on the verge of a revolution— or once again be relegated to the fringe
10+ min |
February 2026
Scientific American
Archaeology Is Reviving the Smell of History
How reconstructing long-lost smells connects us to the past
6 min |
February 2026
Scientific American
The Neuroscience of the “Parenting Paradox”
Separate brain processes cope with moment-to-moment versus big-picture experiences, which helps to explain how parenting both increases and decreases aspects of well-being
5 min |
February 2026
Scientific American
Heal Injuries Faster
Toss out the old advice that rest is the best recovery strategy
4 min |
February 2026
Scientific American
Collision Course
The ancient moon- forming planet Theia probably came from the inner solar system
3 min |
February 2026
Scientific American
Nature's Tile Shop
Life keeps evolving these geometric patterns
2 min |
February 2026
Scientific American
Growing Story
Ancient lichens might have paved the way for plants
2 min |
February 2026
Scientific American
Fiery Amoeba
A newfound organism thrives in record-breaking heat
2 min |