The Brain in Images: Top Entries in the Art of Neuroscience

Scientific American presents the winner and runners-up of the ninth annual Art of Neuroscience contest, along with other notable entries

Inside the World's First Underground Gravitational-Wave Detector

Japan’s KAGRA observatory set to begin operations by the end of 2019

The Puzzle of the First Black Holes

Astronomers are puzzled about how the oldest supermassive black holes could have grown so big so early in cosmic history

Are Smartphones Really Destroying the Lives of Teenagers?

Recent headlines would have us believe that device-hooked teens are mentally and socially doomed. The reality isn't so simple

Is the FDA Withholding Data about a Controversial Drug to Protect Its Manufacturer?

The Food and Drug Administration, Sarepta and the case of the missing drug data

To Protect Ocean Life, Marine Reserves Have to Be Redrawn Based on Science

Big marine reserves look good on maps, but it takes tough rules close to shore to improve fisheries and biodiversity

Are Toxic Political Conversations Changing How We Feel about Objective Truth?

As political polarization grows, the arguments we have with one another may be shifting our understanding of truth itself

Sewage Shows the Way to a Novel Diabetes Vaccine

Viruses found in contaminated water may protect against type 1 diabetes

Could Dogs Help Save the Mongolian Steppe?

An American entrepreneur is working to convert Mongolian herders into conservationists by reintroducing the region's traditional livestock protection dog

A Compendium of AI-Composed Pop Songs