America is embarking on a risky experiment with GLP-1s and aging

Are GLP-1s for life? What we know about getting older on weight-loss drugs | Continue reading


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Accidental mix-ups of sounds reveal how the brain produces speech

Spoonerisms are among the most well-known speech errors, and for linguists and psychologists they offer a glimpse into how our brains produce speech | Continue reading


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Why New York State imposed a data center moratorium

The nation’s first statewide moratorium on new hyperscale facilities gives officials up to one year to work out how to measure their environmental effects amid the AI building boom | Continue reading


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U.S. cities have the worst air quality in the world right now—here’s how to stay safe

Wildfire smoke may be as much as 10 times more dangerous than other forms of air pollution, research suggests | Continue reading


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See unprecedented images of Sunda clouded leopards, the ‘ghosts of the forest’

New, never-before-seen images provide a glimpse into the secretive lives of a clouded leopard species found in the dense rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra | Continue reading


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What’s the longest total solar eclipse?

Duration, location, aviation: What makes the best possible view of a total solar eclipse? | Continue reading


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Permanent daylight savings is bad for Americans’ health—here’s what science says could be better

More sunlight in the evenings doesn’t always equate to better health | Continue reading


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Ancient Egyptian princesses were ‘powerful’ weapon users, new analysis suggests

These findings challenge a long-held belief about weapons found in female burial sites | Continue reading


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Cyclospora outbreak linked to iceberg lettuce supplied to Taco Bell

U.S. officials have traced an explosive diarrhea-causing parasite outbreak in five states to shredded lettuce served at the popular fast-food chain | Continue reading


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SpaceX’s latest Starship launch attempt ends in a scrub

SpaceX’s first attempt to launch its Starship megarocket on its thirteenth flight test ended before it could properly begin, aborting just before liftoff | Continue reading


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A super-Earth exoplanet’s leaking helium could be evidence of a complex atmosphere

The planet LHS 1140 b lies in its star’s habitable zone, which already made it a prime candidate as a possible host for life | Continue reading


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Speeding may be costing drivers far more than a ticket

Shaving under a minute off our daily commutes costs Americans $22 million daily | Continue reading


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U.S. approval of giant ‘space mirror’ satellite alarms astronomers

A controversial new ruling from the Federal Communications Commission leaves no one responsible for regulating light pollution and other ill effects from skyrocketing numbers of satellites | Continue reading


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FDA approves cholesterol pill more powerful than statins

Most adults have levels of a dangerous type of cholesterol that are above 100, but this new drug can reduce levels to around 50 | Continue reading


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Watch SpaceX’s Starship flight 13 launch tonight

SpaceX is launching the latest version of its Starship megarocket for a test flight that—if all goes to plan—should look a lot like the last one | Continue reading


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Scientists discover a ‘remarkable’ new monkey species with orange lips and a froglike roar

The new species, Colobus congoensis, may already be endangered | Continue reading


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How to avoid getting cyclosporiasis—and why washing lettuce may not be enough

Case numbers of this parasite-caused illness have exploded in the last week. An expert explains how to try and stay safe | Continue reading


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Mathematicians are closing in on the hidden order inside chaos

A new breakthrough pushes the limits of randomness, bringing a decades-old mathematical mystery closer to resolution | Continue reading


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Trump’s latest CDC chief pick Erica Schwartz faces Senate confirmation hearing

The White House nominated Erica Schwartz, a former deputy surgeon general, to head the nation’s top public health agency | Continue reading


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Indonesia's New Capital Is Changing the Borneo Rainforest Forever. Science is Listening to the Change

Indonesia is building a new capital city in the heart of Borneo to replace sinking Jakarta. As construction transforms one of the world's most biodiverse rainforests, scientists and their indigenous collaborators are racing to record the sounds of the forest—and preserve generati … | Continue reading


@scientificamerican.com | 4 days ago

See the first X-rays of humans taken in space

Equipping spacecraft with X-ray machines could boost safety for long-duration spaceflights—like a crewed mission to Mars | Continue reading


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Astronomers just accidentally spotted the faintest exoplanet ever seen from Earth

Beta Pictoris d is more than twice the size of Jupiter, but it is a baby compared to its humongous neighbors | Continue reading


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The Perseid meteor shower aligns with a total solar eclipse this year—here’s how to see it

Skygazers are in for a treat in August, as one of the most spectacular meteor showers coincides with a total solar eclipse | Continue reading


@scientificamerican.com | 4 days ago

August's solar eclipse inspires science involving jets, balloons and Einstein’s general theory of relativity

Solar eclipses are a rare and brief opportunity for scientists to gather data on everything from the physics of the sun to air pressure in the upper atmosphere | Continue reading


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Experimental immune therapy shows promise against deadly childhood brain cancer

Several children who had aggressive recurrent brain tumors remained disease-free years after this treatment, according to an early-stage trial | Continue reading


@scientificamerican.com | 5 days ago

NASA’s Hubble reveals a black hole hiding inside a massive star cluster in the Milky Way

Scientists have long suspected that this star cluster was a hotspot for a certain kind of black hole. But for decades, they had been unable to spot any | Continue reading


@scientificamerican.com | 5 days ago

Prepare for dangerous air pollution in the Northeast, thanks to Minnesota wildfires

Smoke from northern Minnesota wildfires may drift over the Great Lakes and Northeast this week, bringing hazardous levels of air pollution to major cities | Continue reading


@scientificamerican.com | 5 days ago

T. rex fossil named ‘Gus’ becomes the most expensive dinosaur sold at auction

This massive dinosaur skeleton sold for more than $50.1 million on Tuesday | Continue reading


@scientificamerican.com | 5 days ago

Did scientists just create synthetic life?

The SpudCell certainly resembles a living cell, but a key structure inside the cell falls short of the real thing | Continue reading


@scientificamerican.com | 5 days ago

ChatGPT just proved another 50-year-old math conjecture

What’s the secret to prompting an AI to solve math problems that have left humans stumped? Tell it to believe in itself | Continue reading


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Here's the deal with 'corn sweat'—it's not all actually corn's fault

Corn has taken the heat for recent Midwest summer humidity—unjustly, according to corn experts | Continue reading


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We finally know the name of a Maya mathematician

The signature of Sak Tahn Waax, or “White-Chested Fox,” was found inscribed in a 1,000-year-old chamber beneath present-day Guatemala | Continue reading


@scientificamerican.com | 6 days ago

Why have there been so many record-breaking heat waves this summer?

Record-breaking heat waves are beginning to blur together—here’s why and what’s making them so unbearable | Continue reading


@scientificamerican.com | 6 days ago

Why have their been so many record-breaking heat waves this summer?

Record-breaking heat waves are beginning to blur together—here’s why and what’s making them so unbearable | Continue reading


@scientificamerican.com | 6 days ago

Scientists overwhelmingly against rule change that would give political appointees say over science grants

Hundreds of thousands of scientists, including Nobel laureates, warn that changes to the way federal grants are approved would greatly damage American science | Continue reading


@scientificamerican.com | 6 days ago

Scientists spot sugar in interstellar space for the first time ever

Erythrulose—a sugar found in raspberries—is also prevalent in a giant molecular cloud close to our galaxy’s core, scientists have discovered | Continue reading


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Mathematicians still don’t know the fastest way to multiply numbers

A 23-year-old student overturned an ancient conjecture about one of math’s simplest operations | Continue reading


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Scientists catch bacteria sharing proteins to survive antibiotics

Bacteria send protein packages to dormant neighbors to endure antibiotic attack | Continue reading


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Deadly meat allergies from tick bites are on the rise. Should you be worried?

Alpha-gal syndrome is increasing across the U.S., driven by lone star ticks | Continue reading


@scientificamerican.com | 7 days ago

Is it a problem for cats to eat insects? Researchers are probing feline diets to find out

The sheer amount of insects that free-range cats consume might surprise you | Continue reading


@scientificamerican.com | 7 days ago

How a 1,900-year-old latrine helps explain why Roman concrete lasts

An ancient sample shows calcite threading through the material’s cracks and pores, with possible lessons for making modern concrete last longer | Continue reading


@scientificamerican.com | 8 days ago

Wimbledon 2026 opened with a 148 mph serve—here’s how tennis players brains track such fast balls

Tennis players can return high-speed balls using a combination of reaction and predicting the future | Continue reading


@scientificamerican.com | 8 days ago

China’s Long March 10B rocket successfully launches—and lands—in a global spaceflight milestone

The inaugural launch and first-stage booster recovery of China’s Long March 10B rocket intensifies the nation’s spaceflight rivalry with the U.S. | Continue reading


@scientificamerican.com | 9 days ago

Odds of a Super El Niño are rising, and that could have deadly consequences

This climate system is tied to more powerful typhoons, as well as famine and wildfires | Continue reading


@scientificamerican.com | 9 days ago

How could loosened radiation exposure rules affect public health?

A proposed rule change could expose more Americans to higher doses of radiation from nuclear facilities | Continue reading


@scientificamerican.com | 9 days ago

Why the controversy over de-extinction risks missing the point

Efforts to revive the thylacine and woolly mammoth are forcing conservationists to face a long-overdue debate over what kind of natural world we want to build | Continue reading


@scientificamerican.com | 9 days ago

Is Earth the only planet with total solar eclipses?

Other planets have moons, too. Do they get eclipses like we do? | Continue reading


@scientificamerican.com | 9 days ago

‘Dark’ comets sprouting tails could help solve interstellar mysteries

A strange class of comet could explain the enigmatic behavior of ‘Oumuamua, the first known interstellar object—and even shed light on how Earth became habitable | Continue reading


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