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Summerlike heat is breaking records in the East. Here’s why

Summerlike heat is breaking records in the East. Here’s...

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A Bermuda High parked over the western Atlantic is pulling sweltering air up fro...

The U.S. just experienced its hottest 12 months on record

The U.S. just experienced its hottest 12 months on record

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March was a scorching 9.35 degrees Fahrenheit hotter than the 20th-century avera...

SpaceX punts Starship V3 launch to May 21 as investigation opens into Starbase worker’s death

SpaceX punts Starship V3 launch to May 21 as investigat...

SIN May 20, 2026 0 8

SpaceX is now targeting the evening of May 21 to launch the latest and largest v...

What it’s like being stuck in a hantavirus quarantine for six weeks

What it’s like being stuck in a hantavirus quarantine f...

SIN May 20, 2026 0 7

Scientific American spoke to one of the people who are currently being monitored...

‘Sensational’ proof topples decades-old geometry problem

‘Sensational’ proof topples decades-old geometry problem

SIN May 19, 2026 0 8

The sudden resolution of a well-known conjecture highlights the growing adoption...

Quantum computing is reaching its make-or-break moment

Quantum computing is reaching its make-or-break moment

SIN May 19, 2026 0 5

Will computers based on quantum physics really change the world?

June 2026: Science history from 50, 100 and 150 years ago

June 2026: Science history from 50, 100 and 150 years ago

SIN May 19, 2026 0 6

Door-building spiders; a new quantum liquid

Scientists race to develop Ebola drugs as outbreak surges

Scientists race to develop Ebola drugs as outbreak surges

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Clinical trials for treatments against Ebola Bundibugyo virus are ‘in a strong p...

How commercial satellites are changing modern warfare

How commercial satellites are changing modern warfare

SIN May 19, 2026 0 4

Commercial satellites can now watch much of Earth in near-real time. Militaries ...

New NASA Hubble image captures a rare, turbulent galaxy

New NASA Hubble image captures a rare, turbulent galaxy

SIN May 19, 2026 0 7

The new image shows the galaxy NGC 1266, a middle-aged object with a clutch of y...

Which problems will quantum computers solve—and when?

Which problems will quantum computers solve—and when?

SIN May 19, 2026 0 7

Quantum computing could lead to revolutions in cryptography, materials design an...

Math puzzle: Fix the matchstick equation

Math puzzle: Fix the matchstick equation

SIN May 19, 2026 0 6

Fix the matchstick equation in this math puzzle

NASA dreams of a nuclear power plant on the moon. Here’s why

NASA dreams of a nuclear power plant on the moon. Here’...

SIN May 19, 2026 0 6

To build its moon base, NASA needs a lot of power

New ways to keep from losing muscle on Ozempic

New ways to keep from losing muscle on Ozempic

SIN May 19, 2026 0 9

Ozempic and just getting older take off muscle. New therapies could retain it

Readers respond to the February 2026 issue

Readers respond to the February 2026 issue

SIN May 19, 2026 0 6

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

Poem: ‘Horseshoe Crab’

Poem: ‘Horseshoe Crab’

SIN May 19, 2026 0 5

Science in meter and verse

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