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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

The Pokémon franchise, including its recent game Pokémon Pokopia, is inspired by real animals and their ecology. It’s no surprise that so many scientists love to try and “catch ’em all”

Sometimes innovation can be traced back to bizarre places: a muddy streambed, a volcanic ash field or even a hotel-company boardroom

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

You can track the start of spring and the phases of the moon—or you can turn to a formula by mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss