Scientific American

Dogs spontaneously aid struggling humans the way young children do—whereas cats wait until they stand to benefit

Angine de Poitrine don't abide by the usual rules of Western music, using their own custom-built guitar to strike notes that shouldn't exist

Billions of emerging insects will likely trigger predator population surges—but some species mysteriously opt out of such bounties

NASA’s Artemis III crew includes three NASA astronauts and one European Space Agency astronaut

The magnitude 7.8 earthquake that hit the Philippines happened at a subduction zone. Such places are capable of producing the largest earthquakes possible

When asteroids slam into Earth, they can create hydrothermal vent systems

A step-by-step guide to the “Doginburgh Inventory,” a new pawedness test developed by dog behavior researchers

Start your morning with today’s Spellements. Create as many words as you can from our daily selection of letters—including one tied to recent science news. Play now.

Dermatologists and skincare aficionados are excited for the U.S. to finally get a new, more protective sunscreen filter after more than 20 years of regulatory roadblocks. Here’s how bemotrizinol works

Weight lifting and other forms of resistance training can increase bone density, lower diabetes risk and boost mental health

The Tianwen-2 spacecraft is slowly closing in on the near-Earth asteroid Kamo‘oalewa, on a mission that would bring China’s first asteroid samples back to Earth in 2027

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

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

Scientists have been expecting El Niño to set in for quite a while now—and it’s finally official

This earthquake may be among the biggest in the Gulf of Mexico’s history

The fossilized remains of more than 450 whales have amassed along a 750-mile-long stretch of the Indian Ocean floor

Controlling a small group of “noisy” sheep holds hints for computer algorithms

An idea from topology explains why you can never get rid of your cowlicks—and, oddly enough, it’s critical in nuclear fusion

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

Cold fronts colliding with warm, humid air from the Gulf of Mexico could cause dangerous weather conditions, forecasters say

To run errands across apps, Apple’s upgraded assistant needs deep access to personal data that the company has walled off for years

The ability to run “mental marathons” is a skill children can learn through simple, but dedicated, practice

Eight years after a Chinese scientist's report of gene-edited babies shocked the world, U.S. scientists reported editing embryos not meant for pregnancies using a more precise technique

These eye-catching insects offer a prime opportunity for scientists to dig deep into invasion ecology and evolutionary biology

The second batch of “First Proof” problems is meant to evaluate AI’s usefulness for research-level math. The best model got six or seven of the 10 questions basically right

FIFA is building temporary natural-grass fields meant to play consistently across 16 stadiums in three countries

The best blood test for herpes is only available at a single lab. What would it take for that to change?

As millions of soccer fans pack FIFA World Cup venues, public health scientists created a wastewater monitoring network to forecast potential disease threats—from measles to Ebola

How scientists are engineering the perfect World Cup pitch—one so flawless that players never notice it

Hints of high-pressure chemistry within a rare meteorite suggest this fallen space rock comes from a planet gone wrong in the solar system’s early history

A mere 12 percent of Americans say they trust the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendations “a great deal”

On Sunday Axiom Space and Prada unveiled the cooling inner garment that NASA’s Artemis astronauts will wear under their space suits on the moon

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