- + Long-lost page of Archimedes’ writings rediscovered in France—The discovery adds to the Archimedes Palimpsest , an important medieval manuscript containing texts from the Greek mathematician Archimedes
- + Stand Up for Science protests spread to more than 50 cities—Speakers at the Stand Up for Science rally in Washington, D.C., criticized the politicization of science and cuts to research that serves the public
- + Taking a multivitamin could slow some signs of aging, new study suggests—A new study shows that taking a daily multivitamin could boost longevity, but the results aren’t conclusive
- + RFK, Jr.’s overhauled autism advisory board cancels first public meeting—The cancellation of a meeting of the committee that guides federal autism research funding follows an announcement that an independent group of autism...
- + Stunning video shows huge fireball blazing over Europe—A large, bright meteor fell over Europe on Sunday, with some observers saying they could hear the rock’s explosive descent from the ground
- + A $1.3-billion river dredging in North Carolina by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers could unleash ‘forever chemicals’—A proposed $1.3-billion U.S. Army Corps of Engineers port expansion in North Carolina threatens to unearth decades of “forever chemicals.”...
- + A clever math shortcut could reveal your problem-solving superpower—Mental math shortcuts suggest future STEM performance—and gender is a significant predictor
- + A measles surge, AI in warfare and accelerated global warming—Why measles cases are rising in the U.S., how artificial intelligence is shaping warfare, and what accelerated global warming means for the world
- + Your zodiac sign is likely wrong. Here’s how to find the correct one—The science of the zodiac is more intriguing than astrology would have you think
- + Daylight saving time hit you like a brick? Here’s how to cope better—Losing an hour of sleep to daylight saving time is not good for you, but there are ways you can help yourself bounce back
- + Why ‘quantum proteins’ could be the next big thing in biology—Fluorescent proteins with a quantum upgrade could offer unprecedented views inside cells
- + The real science behind the mind-melding world of Hoppers—Consciousness and animal communications experts weigh in on whether the mind-melding science in Hoppers could ever be possible
- + The age of animal experiments may be waning—Advances in organ and computer models are raising the prospect that some animal experiments could be eliminated. But there are still huge hurdles to o...
- + The surprising science behind why daylight saving time is good for wildlife—You might have a love-hate relationship with daylight saving time, but research shows that urban wildlife may stand to benefit
- + Hey ChatGPT, write me a fictional paper: these LLMs are willing to commit academic fraud—Mainstream chatbots presented varying levels of resistance to deliberate requests for fabrication, study finds
- + Why replacing Anthropic at the Pentagon could take months—Swapping out one AI model on a classified network for another takes minutes. Retraining the people who’ve learned to rely on it will take much l...
- + NASA changed an asteroid’s orbital path around the sun, a first for humankind—Smashing a spacecraft into a binary asteroid system has managed to alter its path around the sun, a new analysis reveals
- + NASA must delay deorbiting the ISS, U.S. lawmakers say—U.S. lawmakers are moving to delay the International Space Station’s retirement, giving more time for commercial replacements to be built
- + A quirk of geology explains Iran's oil—and why it's stuck in the Persian Gulf—A continental collision trapped oil within what is today Iran. The same collision explains why that oil is trapped behind the Strait of Hormuz now
- + Mumps infections reveal that vaccine-preventable illnesses are resurging in the U.S.—Maryland is one of several states that are reporting cases of the infectious disease mumps, suggesting the return of diseases—like measles&mdash...
- + People who know more about AI art find it less ethical—When people understand the system and process behind AI art, its moral implications become harder to accept
- + Rampant growth of satellite mega constellations could ruin the night sky—Satellites are wonders of modern technology that have improved all of our lives. But having more than a million of them in orbit could destroy our vie...
- + Michael Pollan explains why AI will never replicate human consciousness—Michael Pollan tells Scientific American why the science of consciousness may ultimately be too subject to our own conscious minds to crack
- + Is AI conscious? Michael Pollan weighs in on the debate—Michael Pollan dives into the scientific and philosophical puzzles of consciousness, from brain biology to AI and beyond
- + Notorious asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t crash into the moon after all—Earthlings aren’t the only ones safe from a city-wrecking-sized asteroid. Future lunar inhabitants won’t have to worry about a strike in 2...
- + Notorious asteroid 2024 YR4 won't crash into the moon after all—Earthlings aren't the only ones safe from a city-wrecking-size asteroid. Future lunar inhabitants won't have to worry about a strike in 2032 either
- + Tylenol orders in pregnant people plummeted after Trump falsely linked the medicine to autism—An analysis found that, following Trump’s claim that acetaminophen was linked to autism, orders for the drug for pregnant patients in emergency ...
- + Measles outbreak erupts in one of U.S.’s largest ICE detention centers—Camp East Montana, one of the largest immigration detention facilities in the U.S., has reported 14 confirmed measles infections, triggering the El Pa...
- + Americans trust federal scientists more than RFK, Jr., poll suggests—When it comes to health advice, more people trust the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Medical Association than they do federal health ...
- + Koala genetics show how species can bounce back from bottlenecks—Scientists have discovered a potential path out of devastating genetic bottlenecks that could help these Australian animals, as well as many other vul...
- + Life on Mars could reach Earth by riding asteroid impact debris, new study suggests—New insights into a tiny, tough microbe have huge implications for the search for life beyond Earth
- + IBM scientists unveil the first ever ‘half-Möbius’ molecule, with the help of quantum computing—A team at IBM Research has assembled a strange new ring-shaped molecule that bends around like a more complicated Möbius strip
- + See Death Valley covered in an ethereal blanket of wildflowers—This year’s Death Valley flower bloom is the greatest since 2016, according to the U.S. National Park Service. See it for yourself
- + IBM scientists unveil the first ever “half-Möbius” molecule, with the help of quantum computing—A team at IBM Research has assembled a strange new ring-shaped molecule that bends around like a more complicated Möbius strip
- + Heart attacks are killing more young people—and more women—A new study finds that heart attack deaths in U.S. hospitals are rising in people aged 54 and below, signaling a shift in cardiovascular issues in you...
- + Newly discovered ripples in spacetime put Einstein’s general relativity to the test—A new catalog of gravitational waves more than doubles the known number of these spacetime ripples
- + Katharine Burr Blodgett kept an inner struggle out of sight as she made history in the laboratory—At the height of her career, chemist and physicist Katharine Burr Blodgett faced challenges that not even her closest colleagues suspected
- + Scientists created a digital library full of ants—Using a synchrotron powered CT scanner, the Antscan project created an open-source digital library cataloguing thousands of 3D ant specimens
- + To help your body adjust to daylight saving time, try sunlight and exercise—As clocks spring forward, light and movement are cues for daytime wakefulness that can improve sleep and overall health
- + Stand Up for Science will hold second rally against Trump administration—Public health chaos and research funding cuts are inspiring nationwide pro-science protests against the Trump administration
- + Some people really do get better with age. Here’s why—Many older adults improve their physical and cognitive health over time, overturning the idea that aging equates to a decline
- + GLP-1 diabetes medications lower risk of all kinds of substance use disorders, study finds—A large epidemiological study of more than 600,000 veterans with diabetes suggests GLP-1 weight-loss medications may reduce drug- and alcohol-related ...
- + Pioneering gene therapy may treat a deadly seizure disorder—New gene therapy results bring hope for treating Dravet syndrome, a rare and often fatal seizure condition
- + Bill Gates–backed nuclear start-up TerraPower just got cleared to start building its first power plant—TerraPower, a start-up founded by Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates, is set to build a new kind of nuclear power plant in Wyoming
- + NASA unveils dazzling new images of the ‘Cat’s Eye Nebula’—The space-based telescopes Hubble and Euclid combined forces to capture the vibrant remains of a dying star in stunning new detail
- + NASA unveils dazzling new images of the “Cat’s Eye Nebula”—The Hubble and Euclid space telescopes combined forces to capture the dying star in stunning new detail
- + Kākāpō chicks surge after rare berry bloom—A massive bloom of rimu berries fueled a mating surge among the world’s heaviest (and strangest) parrots
- + See the world’s oldest fossilized ‘butthole’ imprint—Fossils show exceptionally rare evidence of a cloacal vent—the slit that most vertebrates use to excrete, have sex and lay egg—which could...
- + This BBC tech reporter hacked ChatGPT with a simple trick involving hot dogs—BBC tech journalist Thomas Germain’s simple—and hilarious—experiment exposes a serious flaw in common artificial intelligence tools
- + Fecal transplants from old mice boost fertility in younger ones—These results are preliminary, but they could eventually improve ovarian health and fertility in women, researchers say
- + See the blood moon total lunar eclipse—Don’t worry if you missed Tuesday’s total lunar eclipse. These images show the celestial marvel from around the world
- + Punch the monkey and his plushie re-create a famous psychological experiment—Punch, a monkey that went viral after he was abandoned by his mother in a Japanese zoo, is reminiscent of a foundational attachment theory experiment
- + Why developers using AI are working longer hours—Studies find AI helps developers release more software—while logging longer hours and fixing problems after the code goes live
- + War pushes Ukraine’s astronomy to the brink—Russia’s war has left many of Ukraine’s world-class observatories in ruins—but the besieged nation’s astronomers already have ...
- + CATL sodium-ion battery aims to improve EV winter range loss—CATL says its sodium-ion pack can keep charging and delivering power far below freezing. The real test is whether those lab numbers survive real winte...
- + Experimental composer Holly Herndon built an AI voice clone that anyone can use—Experimental composer Holly Herndon says this technology isn’t here to replace artists—and that the future of creativity belongs to collec...
- + Are prime numbers hiding inside black holes?—The strange case for prime numbers at the heart of physics
- + Help yourself to stronger immunity—Supplements, surprising treatments, immunity-boosting vaccines and even exercises can help the immune system do its job
- + Will El Niño return in 2026? Here’s what we know so far—Weather events like El Niño can be notoriously hard to predict, but this year could mark its return
- + U.S.’s and Israel’s war with Iran leaves uranium stockpiles uncertain—The Trump administration’s war with Iran over its nuclear ambitions raises new questions about the country’s uranium stockpile
- + The WHO just made its predictions for the 2026–2027 flu season—The WHO has warned countries in the Northern Hemisphere to be prepared to fight influenza viruses that fall under the subtypes H1N1 and H3N2 and the l...
- + Saharan dust storms bring risk of ‘blood rain' and fiery skies to southern Europe—Known as “ La Calima, ” this desert dust plume could hit Spain, Portugal and France, bringing with it grit-laden, rust-colored rainfall
- + How the Dutch Fish Doorbell helps migrating fish each spring—A Dutch lock is closed for the spring, and its employees want you to tell them when migrating fish come knocking by ringing a digital doorbell
- + Face of ancient human ancestor ‘Little Foot’ reconstructed for the first time—“Little Foot” is the most complete Australopithecus fossil ever found. And now we finally have an idea of what this group of ancient hom...
- + Why humanoid robots are learning everyday tasks faster than expected—Roboticist Benjie Holson created the “Humanoid Olympic Games” thinking home robots were 15 years away. Then they started folding the laund...
- + See the moon turn blood red in a total lunar eclipse this week—A total lunar eclipse is set to grace the sky on Tuesday. Here’s how to see it
- + Women’s heart health, Artemis update, female reindeer antlers mystery—What a worrying forecast says about women’s heart health, what’s happening with NASA’s Artemis II moon mission and why female rein...
- + Why mathematicians hate Good Will Hunting—This Oscar-winning classic set a surprisingly simple mathematical challenge
- + ‘Super agers’ with great memory have more young brain cells—Older people with exceptional memory have a surprisingly high number of young neurons, a study finds
- + Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS captured speeding through the solar system by Jupiter-bound spacecraft—This mysterious interstellar visitor is on a whirlwind journey through our solar system
- + Glyphosate is driving a rift in MAHA. Here’s what the science says about its effects on health—The Trump administration wants to boost manufacturing of glyphosate, the world’s most common weed killer. Here’s what that could mean for ...
- + U.S. officially surpasses 1,000 cases of measles in 2026—As the U.S. officially breaks 1,000 measles cases in 2026, experts say that the rate of infections is accelerating much faster this year than it did i...
- + Is there lightning on Mars? New evidence suggests it’s there, just hard to see—Two NASA spacecraft—the MAVEN orbiter and the Perseverance rover—have now seen very different signals suggesting lightning on Mars
- + Eerie brainlike nebula captured in stunning new JWST images—Nebula PMR 1 looks uncannily similar to an electrified brain inside a semitransparent skull
- + How to watch the ‘planetary parade’ of 2026—This weekend will offer a chance to see a rare celestial event—Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune all aligned in the sky like b...
- + NASA scraps 2027 Artemis III moon landing in favor of 2028 mission—The announcement that NASA will rejigger Artemis III not to land on the moon in 2027 came after the agency’s Artemis II mission encountered ...
- + Galápagos tortoise once believed extinct is now roaming free—The release of 158 specially bred Floreana giant tortoises is a win for both the animal and its long-lost island ecosystem
- + How LabOS AI-powered smart goggles could reduce human error in science —A new wearable AI system watches your hands through smart glasses, guiding experiments and stopping mistakes before they happen
- + Do alien exoplanets have exomoons and exorings?—Although astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets, the number of confirmed exomoons—and exorings—is still zero. But that may soon ch...
- + How a teen’s AI model could help stop poaching in rainforests—A 17-year-old’s breakthrough AI may finally give wildlife rangers the real-time edge they need to stop poachers
- + Head-to-head trial shows Eli Lilly’s oral GLP-1 orforglipron outperforms oral semaglutide—A new trial found that Eli Lilly’s GLP-1 pill resulted in greater reductions in blood sugar levels and weight than oral semaglutide did, but few...
- + Male Neanderthals and female humans likely interbred more often than the other way around—Interbreeding between Neanderthals and ancient anatomically modern humans primarily occurred between male Neanderthals and female humans, a new study ...
- + Department of Homeland Security detains Columbia student identified as neuroscience researcher—Federal officers entered Columbia University property and detained a student on Thursday, university officials said
- + Katharine Burr Blodgett made a breakthrough when she discovered ‘invisible glass’—When Katharine Burr Blodgett discovered nonreflecting glass, the General Electric Company’s public relations machine made her a star
- + Mosquitoes may have evolved a taste for human blood thanks to Homo erectus—A new genetic analysis suggests some mosquitoes’ taste for human blood may date back 1.8 million years
- + At-home microbiome tests reveal dramatically different results—The science and the regulations to underpin these tests “just aren’t there yet,” researchers say
- + Cells in the body remember obesity. Here’s what that means for weight loss—Obesity leaves a lasting imprint on fat and immune cells in ways that might make weight regain harder to avoid
- + Rubin Observatory has started paging astronomers 800,000 times a night—Asteroids, exploding stars, and feasting black holes swarm in the first-ever batch of nightly alerts from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile
- + How to win The Traitors, according to science—Experts say that to win a game like The Traitors, competitors should look for verbal clues over physical ones—and be friendly and open
- + The surprising scientific value of roadkill—Scientists have used the tragic reality of roadkill to study the spread of invasive species, track animals’ dining habits and even discover new ...
- + See the complexity at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy in new image—Astronomers captured this stunning image of the Milky Way’s center, revealing a web of gas, dust and stars in extraordinary detail
- + Trump’s State of the Union speech made no mention of Make America Healthy Again—On Tuesday the U.S. president largely steered clear of his administration’s health care agenda amid a broader push to downplay antivaccine effor...
- + NASA identifies astronaut Mike Fincke as triggering the unprecedented medical evacuation of the ISS—This disclosure comes about a month after NASA made the decision to evacuate the four members of Crew-11 from the International Space Station
- + Many people don’t see mental images. The reason offers clues to consciousness—People with aphantasia have no mental imagery—and they’re offering brain scientists a window into consciousness
- + Economist Larry Summers resigns from posts at Harvard after ties to Epstein spark scrutiny—Former Harvard president Larry Summers will step back from his teaching and faculty positions at the end of the academic year
- + Heart disease in young women projected to rise sharply by 2050—A new projection study estimates that nearly a third of women aged 20 to 44 will have been diagnosed with a cardiovascular disease by 2050
- + The surprising new physics of squeaky basketball shoes—A new study explains why basketball shoes make a high-pitched squeaking noise when they rub against the hardwood. The ridges on their sole hold the ke...
- + Nobel Prize–winning brain scientist steps down over Epstein ties—Richard Axel resigned from his post co-leading Columbia University’s Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute over his long ties to J...
- + Astronomers spot a young sun blowing bubbles inside the Milky Way—A baby sunlike star blowing a bubble of hot gas called an “astrosphere” was captured for the first time by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Obse...
- + Online influencer faces confirmation hearing for surgeon general in U.S. Senate—The U.S. Senate is holding a confirmation hearing today for wellness influencer Casey Means, the Trump administration’s pick for surgeon general
- + How polyamory works, according to relationship researchers—Discover what researchers have learned about polyamory, what misconceptions people have about such multipartner relationships and how individuals actu...
- + Baby butterflies use rhythm to fool ants into taking care of them—These caterpillars rely on ants to tend them, and they use a surprisingly complex sense of rhythm to make it happen
- + Chimpanzee pee reveals how our primate cousins are getting drunk on fermented fruit—A urinalysis shows that these apes ingest significant amounts of alcohol, providing new clues to how alcohol influences the animals’ behavior
- + Ghostly UV sparks light up forests as thunderstorms pass overhead—Thunderstorms can generate weak electrical discharges on the plants underneath, but until now, they had never been observed in nature
- + Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn revealed she had compartment syndrome. Here's what that means—One of the U.S.’s most decorated downhill skiers, Lindsey Vonn, revealed she almost had to have her leg amputated because of a life-threatening ...
- + How horses whinny has long been a mystery. Now scientists think they know the answer—The distinctive sound horses produce when they whinny is created by combining low- and high-pitched sounds together, like grunting and whistling at th...
- + Mathematicians make a breakthrough on 2,000-year-old problem of curves —Since ancient Greece, researchers have tried to isolate special rational points on curves. Now they have the first ever formula that applies uniformly...
- + Female caribou grow antlers as a built-in postbirthing snack—A recent study found an unexpected benefit of female caribou antlers: they can function like a vitamin for deer that have just given birth
- + New JWST images reveal the rosy glow of Uranus in unprecedented detail—Fresh observations from the James Webb Space Telescope show how vivid auroras surge through Uranus’s tilted magnetic field
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