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Ecologists and biologists commonly conduct surveys of the plants, fungi and animals in the environment they study. It’s less common,...

This image of Io was captured by the Juno spacecraftNASA/SwRI/MSSS We have just had our closest look at Jupiter’s volcanic...

For Gastón Paladini, pork is a family affair. In 1923, his great-grandfather Don Juan Paladini moved from Italy to Santa...

Under African skiesthe earth splits widelike sun-baked clay,birthing lifeless fieldsin empty beds.Across this broken landpeople shiftlike shadows,adapting,surviving,moving,always moving.Towards the riverwhispered...

January 1, 20242 min readThieving worms may manipulate their prey with stolen genesBy Darren IncorvaiaHorsehair worm and its mantid host....

Researchers tested the vision abilities of AI in a virtual environment that mimicked a test for baby chicksLalit Pandey, Samantha...

It’s been hard recently to think about anything other than the wars and humanitarian crises raging around the world. Climate...

Richard Dolan was first to use the phrase, though I first heard it from Jason Jorjani. The idea is that...

January 1, 20244 min readLetters to the editors for the September 2023 issue of Scientific American Credit: Scientific American, September 2023INTELLIGENCE...

A bride and groom and their wedding guests watching a solar eclipse in MexicoMartin Zetina/AP/Alamy On 8 April 2024, a...

“We know from direct imaging searches of young stars that very few stars have giant planets in orbits,” Bate said. “It...

For decades, science fiction authors have imagined scenarios in which life thrives on the harsh surfaces of Mars or our...

January 1, 20242 min readDeciphering a scorched scroll from ancient Herculaneum, unlikely flavors in climate-change-affected wine, an undiscovered ore found...

Around 200 molecules were turned into a quantum state of matterWill Lab, Columbia University A quantum state of matter has...

Cari Siestra first learned about menstrual regulation when they were working on the Myanmar-Thailand border. At the time, abortion was...

Amid the threat of dramatic sea level rise, coastal communities face unprecedented dangers, but a new study reveals that as...