To celebrate Scientific American ’s 180th anniversary, we’re publishing jigsaw puzzles to show off some of our most ...

Algorithmic social media is driving the creation of new slang at a breakneck pace. Linguist Adam Aleksic, also known as the ...

Colossal Biosciences bold announcements about its project to replicate dire wolf traits have drawn criticism from many ...

Penny recently got a bonus at work and decided to invest it in the stock market. In the first month, the market soared, and ...

Analyzing embryo movements in uteruslike environments could offer clues to improving the success rate of in vitro ...

Some varieties of wood, such as oak and maple, are renowned for their strength. But scientists say a simple and inexpensive new process can transform any type of wood into a material stronger than ...

The U.S. planetary science community is sounding the alarm about plans to discard a nuclear technology that has powered ...

Artificial intelligence chatbots don’t judge. Tell them the most private, vulnerable details of your life, and most of them ...

All mainstream credit card numbers obey a mathematical trick designed to catch the most common typos. It’s called the Luhn ...

Though the horned rabbits aren’t a danger to humans or pets, Van Hoose advises people to keep their distance from the ...

A survey of more than 1,000 physicists finds deep disagreements in what quantum theories mean in the real world ...

Solar panels, wind turbines, a hydrogen energy system and lithium-ion batteries are powering China’s newest polar research ...