Scientific AmericanWhat Trump or Harris Would Mean for Health Care Access and AffordabilityBoth Trump and Harris pledge to make drug prices affordable and health care accessible. Here’s how their policies differOct 08, 2024
Scientific AmericanNobel Prize in Physics Awarded for Breakthroughs in Machine LearningThe 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics was given to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for development of techniques that laid the foundation for revolutionary advances in artificial intelligenceOct 08, 2024
Scientific AmericanHurricane Milton Spins toward Florida as a Category 5 StormParts of Florida still recovering from Hurricane Helene will face their second major storm in just two weeksOct 07, 2024
Scientific AmericanCannibalized Captain of Doomed Arctic Expedition Identified by DNA AnalysisScientists reveal the identity of a cannibalized captain from the doomed Northwest Passage expedition of 1845 to 1848Oct 07, 2024
Scientific AmericanHuman Longevity May Have Reached its Upper LimitNew research dispels the notion that human beings can continue to radically extend their lifespanOct 07, 2024
Scientific AmericanComb Jelly with Two Butts Is Actually Two Individuals Fused TogetherTwo injured sea creatures merged to form a “Franken-jelly”Oct 07, 2024
Scientific AmericanFallout from Hurricane Helene, Stem Cell Treatments for Diabetes and Spread of Marburg VirusWe cover the spread of Marburg virus, a stem cell treatment for diabetes and the way dolphins smile in this week’s news roundup.Oct 07, 2024
Scientific AmericanHow a Harris or Trump Presidency Could Affect Gun PolicyVice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump offer starkly different responses to gun violenceOct 07, 2024
Scientific AmericanNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Awarded for Discovery of MicroRNA Gene RegulationThe award was given to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for a discovery of an important mechanism of gene regulation in cellsOct 07, 2024
Scientific AmericanChallenging Big Oil’s Big Lie about Plastic RecyclingCalifornia’s lawsuit against Exxon is about ending the lie that most plastic is recyclableOct 05, 2024
Scientific AmericanHow Hurricane Helene’s Floods Are Disrupting Voting Access This ElectionWith voting underway, election officials in flood-ravaged North Carolina must mail new ballots and replace destroyed polling places after Hurricane HeleneOct 04, 2024
Scientific AmericanHurricane Helene Signals the End of the ‘Climate Haven’Experts say the effects of global warming are playing a greater role in where people decide to moveOct 04, 2024
Scientific AmericanAstronomers Spot a ‘Super-Mars’ Exoplanet around Barnard’s StarClaims of worlds orbiting Barnard’s star have been made before. But an advanced instrument could provide the breakthrough that finally confirms the star hosts a planetary systemOct 04, 2024
Scientific AmericanHurricane Helene Made Me a Climate Change RefugeeA climate advocate learns firsthand on the price of climate change in our lives, and calls for voters to head off future disastersOct 04, 2024
Scientific AmericanHow Dark Is the Night Sky?The night sky isn’t perfectly dark—instead it glows faintly, and the source isn’t exactly localOct 04, 2024
Scientific AmericanHow the 2024 Election Will Shape the Future of AIBoth U.S. presidential candidates voice support for innovation in AI, but Kamala Harris has been more outspoken about its risks to individualsOct 04, 2024
Scientific AmericanToday’s Mathematicians Seek Modern Solutions to Complex ProblemsToday’s mathematicians grapple with higher-order mathematical questions and real-world applications.Oct 04, 2024
Scientific AmericanIn Floods like Hurricane Helene’s, Toxic Chemicals Are a Silent and Growing ThreatPeople living near industrial facilities often have few details about the chemicals inside, which poses major risks when floods occurOct 03, 2024
Scientific AmericanHarris' Focus on Maternal Health Care Gains Support Among Black WomenPolls show an increased number of Black women voters back Kamala Harris. Her emphasis on maternal mortality, reproductive rights and gun control may be contributingOct 03, 2024
Scientific AmericanHurricane Helene Survivors Face a Second Disaster—Insurance WoesOnly 2 percent of households in parts of Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina that were flooded by Hurricane Helene can get insurance paymentsOct 03, 2024
Scientific AmericanHow to Save the World from Apocalyptic AsteroidsSooner or later a doomsday asteroid will wipe out most life on Earth—unless, that is, we prevent threatening space rocks from hitting us in the first placeOct 03, 2024
Scientific AmericanWhere Did All the Thalidomide Pills Distributed in the U.S. Go? FDA medical examiner Frances Oldham Kelsey saved American lives by refusing to approve thalidomide. But millions of pills had been sent to doctors in the U.S. for so-called clinical trialsOct 03, 2024
Scientific AmericanWhy Mount Everest Is the World’s Tallest MountainA model suggests a massive uplift caused by a phenomenon called “river piracy” partly explains Everest’s impressive heightOct 03, 2024
Scientific AmericanHard Nuclear Weapons Choices Await Harris or Trump as PresidentWhoever wins the 2024 presidential election will face heightened nuclear geopolitics, deadlines on nuclear deals with Russia and Iran and decisions on a $2-trillion weapons-modernization effortOct 03, 2024
Scientific AmericanWhat Linguistic Analysis from the 2024 Debates Reveals about Harris, Trump, Walz and VanceLinguist and sociophonetician Nicole Holliday analyzes the language used by candidates in the recent presidential and vice presidential debatesOct 03, 2024
Scientific AmericanLargest Brain Map Ever Reveals Fruit Fly’s Neurons in Exquisite DetailWiring diagram lays out connections between nearly 140,000 neurons and reveals new types of nerve cellOct 02, 2024
Scientific AmericanHurricanes Helene’s Floods Swamped a Hospital, Highlighting Climate Threats to Health CareHurricane Helene forced dozens of medical facilities across the southern U.S. to evacuate patients, underscoring the human costs of climate changeOct 02, 2024
Scientific AmericanHurricanes Kill People for Years after the Initial DisasterThe average tropical cyclone in the U.S. ultimately causes about 7,000 to 11,000 excess deaths, new research findsOct 02, 2024
Scientific AmericanHow the 2024 Election Will Affect IVF and Abortion AccessThe presidential candidates have vastly divergent records on and plans for protecting access to reproductive health care, including abortion and IVFOct 02, 2024
Scientific AmericanWhy Cheeses Such as Mozzarella and Cheddar Melt Differently Than RicottaFood science can explain why mozzarella melts like a dream while feta and ricotta don’tOct 02, 2024
Scientific AmericanPower-Thirsty AI Turns to Mothballed Nuclear Plants. Is That Safe?As Microsoft strikes a deal to restart a reactor at Three Mile Island to power AI, nuclear specialists weigh in on the unprecedented processOct 02, 2024
Scientific AmericanRevealed: Elephants and Gorillas Hang Out in Hidden PlaygroundsIn a dense Republic of Congo rainforest, scientists have mapped a network of strangely open clearings where wild beasts go to eat and hang outOct 02, 2024
Scientific AmericanGoogle Is a Monopoly. Should You Use Another Search Engine?Alternatives to Google Search include Bing, DuckDuckGo, Brave Search and EcosiaOct 02, 2024
Scientific AmericanSuzetrigine Is Part of a New Class of Pain Medications That Could Offer Relief for Chronic PainA new class of drugs treats pain at the periphery. Here’s what that could mean for those with chronic pain.Oct 02, 2024
Scientific AmericanPickleball Physics Explained, from Balls and Paddles to Shots‘Professor Pickleball’ reveals the science behind the U.S.’s fastest growing sportOct 01, 2024
Scientific AmericanProject 2025 Would Leave Hurricane Helene Survivors with Little Disaster AidThe conservative Project 2025 playbook for a possible Trump presidency calls for cutting aid for disasters such as Hurricane HeleneOct 01, 2024
Scientific AmericanSports Celebrate Physical Variation—Until It Challenges Social NormsHuman anatomy is delightfully varied, but female athletes are heavily criticized for not conforming to socially accepted bodily normsOct 01, 2024
Scientific AmericanHow Mathematicians Wrestled with the Biggest Controversy in the FieldA surprisingly simple concept shook the foundations of mathematicsOct 01, 2024
Scientific AmericanNearsightedness Has Become a Global Health IssueMyopia is projected to affect half of the world’s population by 2050. A new report says it needs to be countered by classifying it as a disease and upping children’s outdoor timeOct 01, 2024
Scientific AmericanNASA Needs a ‘Lunar Marathon’ to Match China on the MoonWe are in a new and different kind of moon race, one the U.S. is losing. To win, says a former NASA official, we need new strategiesOct 01, 2024
Scientific AmericanFirst Observation of One-in-10-Billion Particle Decay Hints at Hidden PhysicsPhysicists have detected a long-sought particle process that may suggest new forces and particles exist in the universeOct 01, 2024
Scientific AmericanWhy Appalachia Flooded So Severely from Helene’s RemnantsInland flooding from tropical cyclones, even at high altitudes, is a major worry—and one that scientists don’t know enough aboutOct 01, 2024
Scientific AmericanEvidence of ‘Negative Time’ Found in Quantum Physics ExperimentPhysicists showed that photons can seem to exit a material before entering it, revealing observational evidence of negative timeSep 30, 2024
Scientific AmericanHurricane Helene’s Devastation Shows No Region Is Safe from Climate-Fueled DisasterHurricane Helene fueled catastrophic flooding from Florida to Appalachia, leaving millions without powerSep 30, 2024
Scientific AmericanCombating Misinformation Runs Deeper Than Swatting Away ‘Fake News’“Fake news”-style misinformation is only a fraction of what deceives voters. Fighting misinformation will require holding political elites and mainstream media accountableSep 30, 2024
Scientific AmericanHow the U.N. Is Fighting Misinformation in ScienceHere’s how misinformation and distrust in science are impacting global well-being. Plus, we present our regular roundup of this week’s science news.Sep 30, 2024
Scientific AmericanPenicillin Musical Plays at U.N. Meeting on Antibiotic ResistanceThe musical Lifeline tells the story of Sir Alexander Fleming’s discovery of antibiotics, as these revolutionary drugs continue to lose their efficacySep 27, 2024
Scientific AmericanHow Your Brain Detects Patterns without Conscious ThoughtNeurons in certain brain areas integrate ‘what’ and ‘when’ information to discern hidden order in events happening in real timeSep 27, 2024
Scientific AmericanScience-Fiction Books Scientific American’s Staff LoveScientific American’s staff share their favorite sci-fi books, from beloved classics to overlooked gems and our modern favoritesSep 27, 2024
Scientific AmericanRare Diagnoses Change People’s Perception of Medical RiskHow experiencing an unusual health issue can alter a person’s understanding of “rare”Sep 27, 2024