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The Nobel Prizes remind us how science can unite society and inspire hope for the future

The use of poison on arrows marked a revolution in human hunting technology—new evidence suggests it happened tens of thousands of years earlier than previously known

A new generation of household robots could change the way you live

Letters to the editors for the September 2025 issue of Scientific American

As funding dries up, researchers face setbacks that threaten innovation and public progress

Letters to the editors for the July/August Issue 2025 issue of Scientific American

Twenty years ago Forbes.com sent hundreds of thousands of messages to the future. Here’s what happened next

When written knowledge is more ephemeral than ever, how can we pass on what’s important?

The same brain areas that help us map physical space help us chart social connections, and the best relationship cartographers have most clout

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of a ritual-based site that may have been built long before the rise of Maya rulers

What would the world look like if we changed the value of pi? Whether in the real world or a game environment, the answer is complex

Separate brain processes cope with moment-to-moment versus big-picture experiences, which helps to explain how parenting both increases and decreases aspects of well-being