Researchers have measured the brain’s faint glow for the first time, hinting at a potential role of “biophotons” in cognition ...

Earth’s tilt is what causes the seasons; in the summer, when our planet’s pole is tipped toward the sun, the days are longer, and the true sun’s daily path across the sky is higher. The opposite is ...

Claims that an asteroid or comet airburst destroyed the biblical Sodom captured the public’s imagination. Its retraction ...

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Jeffery DelViscio (seen freezing above), who is Scientific American’s chief multimedia editor, spent a month on a scientific ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. You may recall that during one of our news roundup episodes last month, I mentioned a new study on microplastics ...

When a point must be made about humans’ vulnerability to pernicious authority figures, Milgram’s findings are there. But this work has never settled comfortably with science or the public.

Scientific American Custom Media’s Adam Piore spoke with him about his own intellectual journey and what a middle-aged couch potato might do to remain spry until the minute he drops dead of old age.

Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners! For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. We’ve had a busy and exciting year here at Science Quickly. After a few months of ...

Refreezing the melting sea ice in the Arctic is more complicated than you would think. The U.K. is funding geoengineering experiments like this one to curb the effects of climate change.

American Science Slips into Dangerous Decline, Experts Warn, while Chinese Research Surges The U.S. sorely needs a coordinated national research strategy, says Marcia McNutt, president of the U.S ...

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