We Don’t Need to Choose between Brain Injury and ‘Mass Hysteria’ to Explain Havana Syndrome
Puzzling Havana Syndrome injuries that have afflicted U.S. diplomats may have a more complicated explanation than solely pulsed microwaves or mass psychology
AI Is Getting Creepier, and Risky Cheese Is Getting Trendier
A rare geomagnetic storm lit up skies, eerie AI demonstrations and a cautionary word about raw milk.
Uncertainty Is Science’s Superpower. Make It Yours, Too
Inspiration, creativity, discovery—all of these things start from a place of not knowing, and these researchers know how to navigate those uncertainties.
Coming Soon: Uncertain, a New Podcast Series on the Joys of Not Knowing
Does the word "uncertainty" make you nervous? Would you say it kinda describes the state of the world these days? Enter Uncertain, a new limited podcast series from Scientific American that will change the way you think about that word.
Speeding Stars Can Reveal the Milky Way’s Fate
Maps of stellar motions can show whether the Milky Way will someday merge with the Andromeda galaxy—and a whole lot more
How an Article about the H-Bomb Landed Scientific American in the Middle of the Red Scare
At one time this magazine tangled with the FBI, the Atomic Energy Commission and Joseph McCarthy
Cloak of Invisibility, 1915
Novel Torpedo, 1915
Reported in Scientific American, this Week in World War I: December 11, 1915
Astronomers Rename Famous Exoplanets
More than 30 worlds have new names drawn from world mythology, literature and history
Astronomers Skeptical Over "Planet X" Claims
Two controversial new studies suggest the discovery of large objects at the outer reaches of the solar system
Ceres Is Cloudy, with a Chance of Cryovolcanoes
New findings reveal a crater’s vaporous hazes, and hint at the dwarf planet’s possible origin in the outer solar system
Archaeologists Survey Seaplanes Sunk During Pearl Harbor Attack
Better equipment, visibility allow University of Hawaii researchers to map and photograph planes lost during the December 7, 1941 bombing