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 ...

We’d love to hear from you! E-mail us at [email protected] to share your experience.. A version of this puzzle originally appeared in the May 1959 issue of Scientific American.

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

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

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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.

While their images might not be immortalized on dollar bills or their stories ingrained into every high school syllabus, these lesser-known figures nonetheless played critical roles in the shaping of ...

Why do people become authoritarian followers? Some research indicates that authoritarianism is heritable.For example, the correlation between twins’ authoritarianism is over five times stronger ...

Ewalt becomes the magazine’s 10 th editor-in-chief as it celebrates 180 years. NEW YORK, June 03, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States of ...

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 ...