Measles has killed thousands in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and 23 countries have suspended vaccination campaigns | Continue reading
Sometimes called “Lady Stardust,” Burbidge helped reveal the cosmic origins of chemical elements | Continue reading
Most autistic individuals want to and can make friends, though their relationships often have a distinctive quality | Continue reading
The new method may be faster and easier than other genetic storage attempts | Continue reading
Healthcare providers are delaying “non-essential” surgeries—and that could hurt some patients | Continue reading
Originally published in March 1961 | Continue reading
Our choppers are crowded, crooked and riddled with cavities. It hasn’t always been this way | Continue reading
Investigating the potential danger to those who use tobacco products or e-cigarettes calls for a look at the lungs | Continue reading
Each patient on a breathing machine requires multiple doctors and nurses to care for that person | Continue reading
The sudden appearance of a large self-copying molecule such as RNA was exceedingly improbable. Energy-driven networks of small molecules afford better odds as the initiators of life. | Continue reading
Pulitzer-winning Laurie Garrett, author of The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance, talks about the dangers of politicians offering coronavirus misinformation. | Continue reading
Pulitzer-winning Laurie Garrett, author of The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance, talks about the dangers of politicians offering coronavirus misinformation. | Continue reading
Slated for human trials, EIDD-2801 could become the first pill for COVID-19 | Continue reading
Slated for human trials, EIDD-2801 could become the first pill for COVID-19 | Continue reading
With oil revenues down, companies may not prioritize fixing leaks and could vent more unwanted gas | Continue reading
Without protection from radio interference, a giant observatory on the moon's hidden hemisphere could prove unworkable | Continue reading
Originally published in June 1868 | Continue reading
The naive answer is that white men and scientists are coldly rational—but that’s not the whole story | Continue reading
There is a superior way to motivate kids and make them feel proud about their accomplishments | Continue reading
Tigers and lions at the Bronx Zoo have tested positive for the virus, and studies show that house cats--but apparently not dogs--can become infected. | Continue reading
When you mingle a superconductor, magnet and liquid nitrogen, strange physics emerges | Continue reading
When Americans return to the roads, what happens to oil prices and China’s recovery strategy could all impact emissions levels | Continue reading
Pristine alien material from the object 2I/Borisov is being exposed to space for the first time—but the coronavirus pandemic is stopping astronomers from watching it | Continue reading
Originally published in March 1911 | Continue reading
Johns Hopkins health security expert Tom Inglesby discusses the need for widespread testing, protective equipment and face coverings | Continue reading
Up to 1 in 5 infected patients have signs of heart injury. Cardiologists are trying to learn whether the virus attacks the organ | Continue reading
Science history is chock full of world-changing innovations that initially faced skepticism and ridicule for being too unconventional: light bulbs, cars and home computers are just a few examples. In this eBook, we take a look at the latest out-of-the-box ideas to tackle today&rs … | Continue reading
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Urban areas are usually celebrated for their energy efficiency and low per capita carbon dioxide emissions, but such accounting ignores how and where they acquire their resources | Continue reading
Some famous musicians—from Mariah Carey to Jimi Hendrix—have a gift known as perfect pitch. What is it? Could you have it, too? | Continue reading
Letters to the editor from the December 2019 issue of Scientific American | Continue reading
Coronavirus research requires high-containment labs. Journalist Elisabeth Eaves talks with Scientific American contributing editor W. Wayt Gibbs about her article "The Risks of Building Too Many Biohazard Labs?", a joint project of the New Yorker and the Bulletin of the … | Continue reading
Wastewater testing could also be used as an early-warning sign if the virus returns | Continue reading
The extreme conditions that are ripe for wildfires will only increase if warming continues unabated | Continue reading
But some experts say author Shinichi Mochizuki failed to fix fatal flaw in solution of major arithmetics problem | Continue reading
Originally published in July 1857 | Continue reading
Scientists across the globe have been cut off from sites and experimental resources—or stranded abroad | Continue reading
Groups of scientists tasked with identifying pandemic-prone microbes were stretched too far and thin | Continue reading
Humboldt squid can rapidly change the pigmentation and luminescence patterns on their skin by contracting and relaxing their muscles, possibly to communicate. | Continue reading
Humboldt squid can rapidly change the pigmentation and luminescence patterns on their skin by contracting and relaxing their muscles, possibly to communicate. | Continue reading
Countries were expected to ramp up their emissions reductions goals at the November meeting, now delayed until 2021 | Continue reading
Originally published in June 1968 | Continue reading
By adjusting for population, researchers have identified rural areas in several states that could be disproportionally affected by COVID-19 | Continue reading
Maritime technology groups are building robotic vessels to cross the oceans | Continue reading
A study on isolation’s neural underpinnings implies many may feel literally “starved” for contact amid the COVID-19 pandemic | Continue reading
Dating back 67 million years, this representative of the group of modern birds has been dubbed the Wonderchicken. [Not an April Fool's Day joke.] | Continue reading
Scientists say it is unclear whether felines can spread the virus to people | Continue reading
Launching no earlier than July 2023, the SunRISE mission will study the origins of solar storms | Continue reading