Science
Scientific American
METEORITE HEIST
Violence, lies and the smuggling of the ninth-largest meteorite in the world
10+ 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
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
Canyon Wonderland
An underwater robot documents the strange denizens of Mar del Plata Canyon
2 min |
November 2025
Scientific American
The Math Trick Hiding in Credit Card Numbers
This simple algorithm from the 1960s catches your typos
4 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
Grippy Super Team
Ants form complex chains to carry more than 100 times each ant's weight
2 min |
November 2025
Scientific American
Human on a Bicycle
Revisiting a classic graphic on the efficiency of motion
1 min |
November 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
Gut Virome
Your digestive tract is crawling with viruses— and that's a good thing
2 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
Your Al Therapist
The dangers of using artificial-intelligence chatbots for therapy
6 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
Developing Views
Groundbreaking images show an implanting embryo
3 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
Secret Lives of Trees
Researchers probe the life teeming deep inside tree trunks
2 min |
November 2025
Scientific American
Bass Backlash
Scientists electrically cull invasive fish- and evolution shocks them back
2 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
Advances in Type 1 Diabetes Science
A LITTLE MORE THAN A CENTURY AGO a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes was a death sentence.
2 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
Subliminal Learning
\"Student\" Als pick up unexpected traits such as a love of owls from their \"teachers\"
2 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
Colorful Diagnosis
AI-powered tongue analysis borrows from traditional Chinese medicine
4 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
Octopus Illusion
A classic human experiment tricks octopuses, too
2 min |
November 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
Biological Age vs. Chronological Age
Investigating the science and hype of biological age tests
6 min |
October 2025
Scientific American
Search Broadly
The way you search the Internet can reinforce your beliefs—without you realizing it
2 min |
October 2025
Scientific American
Why Knot
Mathematicians unravel a long-standing conjecture about knot theory
2 min |
October 2025
Scientific American
The Landslide in Your Backyard
As climate change brings more intense rain to the mountains, dangerous debris flows are on the rise
10+ min |