Scientific American

The findings, which were made in mice, may offer a new way to prevent a common chemotherapy side effect that can last well beyond treatment

Flex your math muscles with this weekend’s brain teaser. Play now

The newfound star S301 orbits the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole so closely that its view of the heavens gets twisted

Giving old mice semaglutide—commonly sold as Wegovy or Ozempic—extends their lifespan remarkably, a new study finds

A researcher’s social media post that revealed how to break part of a popular encryption protocol has gone viral. But did he really do it with just “good old paper and pencil”?

The endangered animals displayed a first in raccoons and their kin

The world’s biggest dark matter search saw a particle it cannot explain

Author Sarah Pierce explores dating apps, loneliness and human connection through a novel about a corpse-matching algorithm

In a critical maneuver on Thursday, the mission successfully deployed its two science orbiters—beginning the final phases of its arrival at Mercury

Seasonal changes have more effects on your biology and behavior than you might realize

The world is set to blow past the Paris Agreement’s longtime threshold “within the next few years,” according to a new report

The Trump administration has so far been silent on flu, COVID and RSV vaccine guidance for the coming season, even as these diseases kill thousands of people every year

A floating island in a Canadian reservoir moved more than 30 kilometers across the water—here’s why

The strange structure appears to have formed recently, but nobody can explain exactly why

Sermorelin, tesamorelin and other growth hormone peptides are being touted as antiaging elixirs, but what evidence is behind those claims?

After one of the worst natural disasters in the region’s history, attention is turning to the looming super El Niño

A recent CDC analysis says that, between 2016 and 2024, the rate of high blood pressure among pregnant women rose by 73 percent

The Nancy Grace Roman Telescope is headed toward a Lagrange point, a critical position in outer space where gravitational forces behave in specific ways

Scientists named this oddball creature after the Demogorgon from Stranger Things

Cybersecurity experts are volunteering to keep America’s utilities safe from attacks

Experts explain why a monsoon storm turned so deadly

The proposed changes, which would have given control of science funding to appointed bureaucrats, were criticized widely by the scientific community

In a near-total lunar eclipse, the moon turned red-orange for viewers in North America, Europe and Africa

The Nancy Grace Roman Telescope will probe dark matter and dark energy, discover exoplanets and study stars

The human brain has upward of 86 billion neurons, connected by some 100 trillion synapses

Avalanches like the one that devastated parts of Nepal and Tibet are becoming more common thanks to climate change. Here’s where else is at risk

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope will open a whole new window on the cosmos. Here are 10 things it’s likely to show us

The disaster has claimed hundreds of lives, and at least 1,400 people are missing

Spirals, ellipticals, irregulars, oh my!

Astronomers are lining up to leverage NASA’s soon-to-launch Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which boasts capabilities unlike any previous off-world observatory