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

School closures and hospitalizations from an unexpected early spike in flu cases in Japan has experts concerned about what ...

Controversial evidence hints that complex life might have emerged hundreds of millions of years earlier than previously ...

After a 35-year quest, the final solution to a famous puzzle called Kryptos has been found. Two writers discovered the fourth ...

The FDA wants to reevaluate the use of aluminum adjuvants despite a long record of safe use in vaccines President Donald ...

Glass tried the injections for his advanced disease, but they did not halt his vision loss. So his ophthalmologist tried ...

Brain and psychology researchers are delving into how slides down the moral slope begin and what keeps them going. Initially ...

Genetic screening can mean that people at risk of type 1 diabetes get earlier treatment and better outcomes This article is ...

Hundreds of people at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have received layoff notices, and work at many ...

Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land ...

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt share the Nobel economics prize for work that underlines the importance of ...

Texas lawmakers want to move the Smithsonian’s retired space shuttle to Houston. It’s “a vanity project that is apt to ...