AI-powered writing tools are increasingly integrated into our emails and phones. Now, a new study finds biased AI suggestions can sway users’ beliefs | Continue reading
Although President Trump has claimed Iran was weeks away from developing a nuclear weapon, much more work was needed for the country to do so | Continue reading
A communication pathway between the brain and the gut may be integral to how well the brain holds on to memories | Continue reading
A new study explains how some supernovas are particularly dazzling—the glow from a magnetic, spinning ball of neutrons called a magnetar. An assist from Einstein is what settled the case | Continue reading
The FDA on Tuesday approved leucovorin as a treatment for a rare genetic syndrome, not for autism, as the Trump administration had suggested | Continue reading
Over nine hours, Kīlauea released 16 million cubic yards of lava and sent a cloud of ash beyond 30,000 feet | Continue reading
From cognitive overload to pretty privilege, the science behind The Traitors shows what really makes lies believable | Continue reading
Rhythmic tunes trigger synchronized eyeblinks and automatic bopping or swaying, new research suggests | Continue reading
A study in Sweden found that some antibiotics affected microbial diversity in the gut more than others | Continue reading
Men aged 35 or younger who already drink heavily may be even more likely to binge alcohol because of legal online sports betting, a new study has found | Continue reading
Scientists just discovered a new species of magic mushroom, Psilocybe ochraceocentrata, that appears to have shared a common ancestor with the popular Psilocybe cubensis some 1.5 million years ago. | Continue reading
Iranian residents have reported headaches, difficulty breathing, and oil-contaminated rain settling on buildings and cars after the bombing of oil depots | Continue reading
The Van Allen probe, which studied how the Earth is protected from harmful space radiation, could fall to Earth tonight. Here’s what to know | Continue reading
ETVAX is the first vaccine that offers significant protection against pathogenic E. coli in children | Continue reading
An obscure lunar region called Rimae Bode is emerging as a high-priority landing site for China’s first crewed moon mission | Continue reading
Molecular patterns and machine learning can pin down crime scene maggots | Continue reading
The discovery adds to the Archimedes Palimpsest, an important medieval manuscript containing texts from the Greek mathematician Archimedes | Continue reading
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 | Continue reading
A new study shows that taking a daily multivitamin could boost longevity, but the results aren’t conclusive | Continue reading
The cancellation of a meeting of the committee that guides federal autism research funding follows an announcement that an independent group of autism scientists would meet the same day | Continue reading
A large, bright meteor fell over Europe on Sunday, with some observers saying they could hear the rock’s explosive descent from the ground | Continue reading
A proposed $1.3-billion U.S. Army Corps of Engineers port expansion in North Carolina threatens to unearth decades of “forever chemicals.” The government’s initial plan: don’t test the mud | Continue reading
Mental math shortcuts suggest future STEM performance—and gender is a significant predictor | Continue reading
Why measles cases are rising in the U.S., how artificial intelligence is shaping warfare, and what accelerated global warming means for the world | Continue reading
Losing an hour of sleep to daylight saving time is not good for you, but there are ways you can help yourself bounce back | Continue reading
The science of the zodiac is more intriguing than astrology would have you think | Continue reading
Fluorescent proteins with a quantum upgrade could offer unprecedented views inside cells | Continue reading
Consciousness and animal communications experts weigh in on whether the mind-melding science in Hoppers could ever be possible | Continue reading
Advances in organ and computer models are raising the prospect that some animal experiments could be eliminated. But there are still huge hurdles to overcome | Continue reading
Mainstream chatbots presented varying levels of resistance to deliberate requests for fabrication, study finds | Continue reading
You might have a love-hate relationship with daylight saving time, but research shows that urban wildlife may stand to benefit | Continue reading
Smashing a spacecraft into a binary asteroid system has managed to alter its path around the sun, a new analysis reveals | Continue reading
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 longer | Continue reading
U.S. lawmakers are moving to delay the International Space Station’s retirement, giving more time for commercial replacements to be built | Continue reading
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 | Continue reading
Maryland is one of several states that are reporting cases of the infectious disease mumps, suggesting the return of diseases—like measles—that vaccines protect against | Continue reading
When people understand the system and process behind AI art, its moral implications become harder to accept | Continue reading
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 view of the heavens and seriously damage our planet | Continue reading
Michael Pollan dives into the scientific and philosophical puzzles of consciousness, from brain biology to AI and beyond | Continue reading
Michael Pollan tells Scientific American why the science of consciousness may ultimately be too subject to our own conscious minds to crack | Continue reading
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 | Continue reading
An analysis found that, following Trump’s claim that acetaminophen was linked to autism, orders for the drug for pregnant patients in emergency rooms dropped, while the number of children prescribed an unproven autism treatment increased | Continue reading
Camp East Montana, one of the largest immigration detention facilities in the U.S., has reported 14 confirmed measles infections, triggering the El Paso center to close to visitors | Continue reading
Scientists have discovered a potential path out of devastating genetic bottlenecks that could help these Australian animals, as well as many other vulnerable and endangered species | Continue reading
New insights into a tiny, tough microbe have huge implications for the search for life beyond Earth | Continue reading
A team at IBM Research has assembled a strange new ring-shaped molecule that bends around like a more complicated Möbius strip | Continue reading
This year’s Death Valley flower bloom is the greatest since 2016, according to the U.S. National Park Service. See it for yourself | Continue reading
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 younger ages | Continue reading