Science

I was first just reading about how MRIs have got really big magnets in them, and thinking: I know that...

The skeleton of a person who lived 31,000 years ago bears hallmarks of the deliberate removal of their lower left...

Diamonds found in four meteorites in north-west Africa probably came from an ancient dwarf planet, and they are expected to...

Dan Preston logs in to our video call in a respectable, nondescript button-up shirt. His personal style may lean toward...

“This is interesting. Not too thick,” said Jim Crawford, an atmospheric chemist wearing a motion-sickness patch behind his ear. It...

Astronomers are concerned that the BlueWalker 3 satellite, which will use an antenna the size of a squash court to...

During a late summer heat wave in California, golden hour becomes danger hour. In the offices of the California Independent...

Elected officials who campaigned against critical race theory (CRT), the study of how social structures perpetuate racial inequality and injustice,...

Whether your biggest meal of the day is breakfast or dinner seems to make no difference when it comes to...

The JWST’s size and sensitivity enabled it to collect more light from this planet than any previous observatory has obtained....

Residents of Jackson, Miss., recently experienced a week without reliable water service. And an advisory to boil any water that...

Poliovirus types known to cause paralysis have now been found in wastewater samples from five counties in New York state,...

This story originally appeared on Canada’s National Observer and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.As droughts, deteriorating farmland, and...

Camilo Garzón: This is Scientific American’s 60-Second Science. I'm Camilo Garzón. In July, The White House released the first image...

Vibrating pads placed on people's arms can make the illusion of weight in virtual reality more convincing by tricking the...

I have a confession. Sometimes when I’m alone and feeling tense, I’ll take a break from what I’m doing, grab...