Stories by Jennifer Hackett

It features a modular airplane cabin that will help engineers scientifically determine future layouts

Earth’s oceans hold four billion tons of the element used to power nuclear plants

Some urbanite moths have evolved to avoid lamps—but is the adaptation beneficial?

An architecture and design class partners with NASA to develop a human-focused spacecraft environment that could take astronauts to Mars

Steven Shladover explains how automated cars can solve transportation issues—but only if they are deployed safely

The fault has shifted approximately 700 kilometers over the past 25 million years

Kate Rubins, a virologist turned astronaut, heads to the ISS this month to monitor more than 250 experiments, including genetic sequencing

Justin Schmidt’s book chronicles—in excruciating detail—the stings he has collected to understand insect socialization 

A live Webcast Wednesday will discuss the necessity of chaos theory and supercomputers in modeling climate change

An interview with Neal Bascomb, author of a new book on a little-known episode of military and scientific history

The newest IMAX movie filmed in orbit highlights Earth’s precariousness

Timelines of emissions from major cities in the region show drop-offs coincide with political and economic events

Scientists, engineers and tech developers earn spots on magazine’s list of the year’s most influential people

Scientific American spoke with Kelsey Juliana, one of the 21 kids who are suing the U.S. government over climate change

An interactive graphic highlights the U.S.’s shift from underweight to overweight

Here’s a clue: check your rain gutters

In 2018 the Space Launch System will carry 13 shoebox-size CubeSats into deep space

Recommendations from Scientific American

Recommendations from Scientific American

The theme park plans to instead focus on inspiring protection of wild animals and habitats

A live Webcast Wednesday will discuss the invisible stuff that makes up most of the universe

An American and a Russian are ending one of the longest stays in orbit of all time, having spent 340 days onboard the International Space Station

The thriving of microbial communities in the presence of oil could put historic shipwrecks at risk

A new study estimates at least half of plants in herbaria may be mislabeled—and the problem could extend to other collections, too