We often assume that how we respond to a rude comment says something stable about us: our personality, our culture, even the ...

Letters to the editors for the February 2026 issue of Scientific American ...

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is now aiming for an earlier launch in September 2026. Designed to explore dark ...

Physicists studying active matter — materials that can use their own internal energy to respond to forces — have uncovered ...

A decades-long study of nearly 200,000 adults challenges the low-carb versus low-fat debate. Both eating patterns were tied to lower heart disease risk when they emphasized whole grains, plant-based ...

The old advice to simply get eight hours misses a bigger picture, researchers say. New studies reveal that timing, ...

Brandon Ogbunu is a computational biologist whose research investigates complex problems in epidemiology, genetics, and evolution; an associate professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary ...

Anthropic's Mythos AI is being kept behind closed doors as governments assess what faster, AI-driven vulnerability discovery means for cybersecurity. Florida is facing its most intense drought in 15 ...

A few months ago, I traveled back home and met my childhood friends. It was heartwarming to meet the people who knew me before adult responsibilities and life’s complexities began to take shape. On ...