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Letters to the editors for the April 2026 issue of Scientific American

A recent change in ownership is an opportunity for SciAm to be even better and have some fun

Neuroscience is revealing how our brains are wired for narrative

The creator of The X-Files discusses what Frankenstein elements are in the newly released director’s cut of The X-Files: I Want to Believe and how Mary Shelley’s classic influenced the movie’s story

Letters to the editors for the March 2026 issue of Scientific American

These young scientists are making waves in their own ways. Keep an eye on them—great things are ahead

Scientists are seen as oddballs, and that’s a problem

There are bright futures ahead for our first-ever Young American Scientist honorees

Letters to the editors for the February 2026 issue of Scientific American

Quantum science and AI research are big winners just a year after this U.S. funding giant slashed its Graduate Research Fellowship Program awards in half

By making people feel as if they inhabit a younger version of their own face, researchers can bring childhood memories into sharper focus

As Pokémon turns 30, we take a look at how the beloved Japanese kids’ franchise was inspired by—and has shaped—real-world science