To celebrate Scientific American ’s 180th anniversary, we’re publishing jigsaw puzzles to show off some of our most ...

Algorithmic social media is driving the creation of new slang at a breakneck pace. Linguist Adam Aleksic, also known as the ...

Colossal Biosciences bold announcements about its project to replicate dire wolf traits have drawn criticism from many ...

Analyzing embryo movements in uteruslike environments could offer clues to improving the success rate of in vitro ...

Penny recently got a bonus at work and decided to invest it in the stock market. In the first month, the market soared, and ...

Though the horned rabbits aren’t a danger to humans or pets, Van Hoose advises people to keep their distance from the ...

The U.S. planetary science community is sounding the alarm about plans to discard a nuclear technology that has powered ...

Some varieties of wood, such as oak and maple, are renowned for their strength. But scientists say a simple and inexpensive new process can transform any type of wood into a material stronger than ...

Meltwater from a glacial lake outburst is flooding Juneau, Alaska. Such events are likely to happen more often as climate ...

AI models supposedly did well on International Math Olympiad problems, but how they got their answers reminds us why we still ...

All mainstream credit card numbers obey a mathematical trick designed to catch the most common typos. It’s called the Luhn ...

A survey of more than 1,000 physicists finds deep disagreements in what quantum theories mean in the real world ...