Technology

Interoception Is Our Sixth Sense, and It May Be Key to ...

Disruptions in interoception may underlie anxiety, eating disorders, and other m...

Meet Your Plastic Pal

A new generation of household robots could change the way you live

The Arctic Is in Dire Straits, 20 Years of Reporting Show

The Arctic has changed dramatically in the past 20 years, a new report shows, as...

New Flu Variant May Be Triggering Spike in Severe Disease

A novel influenza variant called subclade K appears to be driving an uptick in c...

The Hype behind Expensive Probiotic Supplements

Popular supplements with billions of “good” microbes really help only a few illn...

Readers Respond to the September 2025 Issue

Letters to the editors for the September 2025 issue of Scientific American

These Orcas Are on the Brink—And So Is the Science That...

Inside the desperate rush to save the southern resident killer whales

Poem: ‘Large Hadron Collider,’ ‘Maxwell’s Demon’ and ‘M...

Science in meter and verse

Heart and Kidney Diseases, plus Type 2 Diabetes, May Be...

These three disorders could really be “CKM syndrome,” which can be treated with ...

Science Crossword: Pointing South

Play this crossword inspired by the January 2026 issue of Scientific American

Meet Your Future Robot Servants, Caregivers and Explorers

Robots are poised to play a much bigger role in daily life at home, at work and ...

How to See Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS as It Swings by ...

This week marks the last chance for backyard astronomers to see interstellar Com...

January 2026: Science History from 50, 100 and 150 Year...

Killer bees; Mars volcanoes

Science Carries On. Here Are Our Top Topics for 2026

Whether space, health, technology or environment, here are the issues in science...

RNA May Be Common throughout the Cosmos, New Study Sugg...

New experiments show how RNA might form not just on Earth but on other rocky pla...

Getting a COVID Vaccine while Pregnant Slashes Risk of ...

Pregnant people who receive a COVID vaccine are 60 percent less likely to experi...

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