Technology

America’s compact between science and politics is broken

How did we get here?

Trump’s Genesis Mission is putting AI to work on nuclea...

The Department of Energy bills Genesis as an AI push for scientific discovery. I...

Science crossword: Looking to the future

Play this crossword inspired by the July/August 2026 issue of Scientific American

Readers respond to the March 2026 issue

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

Poem: ‘The Soliloquy of Schrödinger’s Cat’

A meditation on life and the von Neumann–Wigner interpretation of quantum mechanics

July/August 2026: Science history from 50, 100 and 150 ...

Natural fission reactor uncovered; geometry of soap bubbles

Jennifer Doudna

The Nobel laureate on why the U.S. needs to treat scientific research as an esse...

John Allen Paulos

The prolific mathematician discusses the role culture plays in understanding and...

Ayanna Howard

The noted robotics expert discusses the need for better communication to the pub...

Fred Ramsdell

The 2025 Nobel laureate on the need for better science communication

Geoffrey Hinton

The machine-learning guru discusses how politics is undermining U.S. science

Gavin Newsom

The governor of California, where science and technology are large parts of the ...

Bill Foster

The congressional representative and physicist talks about the search for scient...

Rochelle Walensky

The former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention talks abou...

J. Marshall Shepherd

The well-regarded meteorologist shares advice for young scientists to become as ...

Anthony Fauci

The public health expert and former federal health official talks about the poli...

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