Scientific American

This experimental plane, which reached supersonic speeds yesterday, is designed to travel faster than the speed of sound without creating bothersome sonic booms

An experiment with 2,520 participants backs Richard Feynman’s answer to every diner’s dilemma: do I want to try something new?

The long-anticipated “Schedule F” order strips job protections meant to safeguard federal employees from political interference

In a new study, an AI tool identified images of seahorse, shark fin and sea cucumber samples in luggage

The maker of Claude wants AI labs, including itself, to prepare for a coordinated slowdown if models begin building their own successors

This marks the first case of the New World screwworm in U.S. livestock since the parasite was eliminated in the country in the 1960s

Culture is humanity’s secret for world domination. This calculation shows just how powerful it is

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The Ocean Observatories Initiative has been collecting data on physical, chemical, geological and biological conditions in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans for the past decade

By encoding mathematical statements into numbers, mathematician Kurt Gödel used ordinary arithmetic to check whether a statement can be proved

Smog from wildfires is getting worse across much of the U.S., according to a NASA-funded study

NASA ordered its astronauts to take refuge inside a docked SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and to prepare for potential evacuation of the International Space Station. But the crew returned to normal operations shortly afterward

A new wave of research links GLP-1 drugs to reduced cancer spread and better survival, and the mechanism may go beyond just weight loss

World Cup crowds spark outbreak tracking as AI tensions rise and ancient Rome’s roads get a stunning reboot

Online prediction markets are taking bets on everything from climate change to quantum computing. But researchers question their accuracy

China is pulling ahead of the rest of the world in sinking data centers that power AI into the ocean as an alternate way to keep them cool

Like astronauts’ “overview effect,” a dramatic feeling of awe takes hold on extended seafloor stays

Microsoft’s announcement of a new quantum computing breakthrough with its Majorana 2 chip continues a trend of bold claims followed by scant evidence

The company says Mythos is too dangerous to release publicly. Cybersecurity experts agree the model's capabilities matter, but not all of them are buying the most alarming claims

The FDA’s ongoing review of mifepristone could skip over established science, health experts warn

MAVEN was the first successful mission designed to study the atmosphere of Mars. It also became a vital node of NASA’s communications network at the Red Planet

Retatrutide is among a new class of weight-loss drugs that are being tested for effectiveness

Planets might exist in the least likely place you’d imagine—around the outskirts of supermassive black holes

A group of researchers have proposed rules to prevent artificial intelligence from overpowering humans in math

AI analysis of mammograms could provide a “bonus finding” for heart disease

A physician involved in the long push to change the name PCOS to PMOS takes us behind the scenes of this subtle yet consequential change

China apparently didn’t issue any airspace or maritime notices ahead of the maiden launch of this rocket on Monday

Coal is the most significant fossil fuel contributor to climate change

Remote and hybrid work can have benefits, but a study involving more than 588,000 people suggest they may take a serious mental toll

A statement can be true or false. But as Kurt Gödel demonstrated, there will always be mathematical assumptions that can neither be proven nor disproven

Bumblebees appear to be capable of coming up with creative solutions to new problems to get a sugary reward—and their strategies include cheating

A new investigation alleges that official organizations in Tanzania have imperiled the country's artifacts and remains at four critical human heritage sites they were supposed to protect

These proposed Office of Management and Budget regulations would render the federal research grant review process opaque