Everyday Science

Some people claim that we're better off getting our probiotic bacteria from dirt than from foods like yogurt. But are these products safe?

The Perseids are the most widely observed and dependable annual meteor display of the year

After 16 years, Jon Stewart signed off from The Daily Show on August 6, but not before leaving the world a trove of humorous and pointed clips about science

A science activity from Science Buddies, based on a project from the Botanical Society of America

The U.S. energy transition will continue under the new plan, but it needs to move even faster

In a study of nearly half a million volunteers in China, those who ate chilies just a couple times a week had a 10 percent lower risk of death. Christopher Intagliata reports

Big names in education, technology and public plicy gather at Scientific American's STEM Executive Summit to advance a bold new vision for education

Has burning natural gas instead of coal helped the U.S. economy decarbonize? It's complicated

A new book offers mathematical puzzles, such as fitting a coin through a hole that seems too small to accommodate it

A pressurized science project from Science Buddies

An analysis of the acoustical characteristics of screams found that the sounds are unusually rough, that is, they rapidly change in frequency, which has an alarming effect on the listener's brain 

How Mariette Marinus turned a meditation on suffering into a series of animal characters