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Feeling Overwhelmed by the News? Here’s How to Protect ...

An explanation of the science behind news fatigue, plus expert advice to take co...

National Science Foundation Mass Firings Go Beyond Trum...

At an emotional meeting, NSF officials announced layoffs for about 10 percent of...

Trump Administration’s Attacks on Science in First 30 Days

The Trump administration has acted fast to attack science with a range of fundin...

Microsoft Claims Quantum-Computing Breakthrough—but Som...

With its ‘topological’ quantum computers, Microsoft aims to reach useful scales ...

‘City Killer’ Asteroid’s Earth Impact Risk Rises to Hig...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 3.1 percent chance of hitting Earth, astronomers say—but...

Surprising Chimpanzee Signal Reveals Secrets of Ape Com...

A rare and deliberate signal between a mother chimpanzee and her daughter raises...

Trump’s DEI Purge Is Hitting NASA Hard

Space scientists within NASA and outside it feel betrayed by the Trump administr...

Trump FEMA Firings Hit Agency Already Suffering Staffin...

After firing 200 first-year employees this weekend, FEMA was directed "to make a...

Contributors to Scientific American’s March 2025 Issue

Writers, artists, photographers and researchers share the stories behind the sto...

The Brain Science of Elusive ‘Aha! Moments’

What happens in your mind when insight strikes?

Carl Zimmer on His New Book Air-Borne and What Public H...

Journalist Carl Zimmer chats about aerobiology and his new book Air-Borne: The H...

3 More Bird Flu Infections in People as Chicken Deaths ...

Bird flu headlines include three new human cases, millions of dead birds in poul...

Trump’s ‘Iron Dome’ Space Weapons Plan Ignores Physics ...

Proposed U.S. space defenses against hypersonic nuclear missiles are unnecessary...

Exoplanet Census Identifies ‘Missing Planets’ Gap

Planet demographics reveal a puzzling lack of worlds in a certain size range thr...

Science Crossword: Creative Bursts

Play this crossword inspired by the March 2025 issue of Scientific American

Government Agencies, Universities, Nonprofits Pause Cri...

America's status as a global science leader is in doubt as the administration fr...

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