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A DAY AGO
Trump’s Plans for Nuclear Power Lurch Ahead
Recent technological advances have brought the president’s goals a bit closer to reality.
20 HOURS AGO
Heat Waves Are Taking a Big Toll on Chickens
The birds are particularly vulnerable to high temperatures, and France’s torrid June took a heavy toll.
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN12 HOURS AGO

‘Dark’ comets sprouting tails could help solve interstellar mysteries
A strange class of comet could explain the enigmatic behavior of 'Oumuamua, the first known interstellar object—and even shed light on how Earth became habitable
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN11 HOURS AGO

Is Earth the only planet with total solar eclipses?
Other planets have moons, too. Do they get eclipses like we do?
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN10 HOURS AGO

Why the controversy over de-extinction risks missing the point
Efforts to revive the thylacine and woolly mammoth are forcing conservationists to face a long-overdue debate over what kind of natural world we want to build
9 HOURS AGO
Advanced Recycling Hits a Rough Patch
In the past weeks, two sites in the United States have halted operations.
A DAY AGO
New York Sues Companies Over ‘Forever Chemicals’
The lawsuit claims that the companies, including 3M and DuPont, contaminated the environment and engaged in fraud by withholding information from the public about the harms of the chemicals, known as PFAS.
19 HOURS AGO
Chernobyl’s Wildlife Cameras Reveal How War Affects Wild Animals
A rare camera-trap study logged the effects of armed conflict on wild animals in real time.
7 HOURS AGO
She Studied Ways to Make People Smarter. Then Her Grant Was Cut.
Jessica Cantlon had a grant with the U.S. Navy to explore whether people could improve spatial problem-solving skills through training. Then the program was cut.
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN5 HOURS AGO

How could loosened radiation exposure rules affect public health?
A proposed rule change could expose more Americans to higher doses of radiation from nuclear facilities
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN5 HOURS AGO

Odds of a Super El Niño are rising, and that could have deadly consequences
This climate system is tied to more powerful typhoons, as well as famine and wildfires
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN4 HOURS AGO

China’s Long March 10B rocket successfully launches—and lands—in a global spaceflight milestone
The inaugural launch and first-stage booster recovery of China's Long March 10B rocket intensifies the nation's spaceflight rivalry with the U.S.
6 HOURS AGO
U.S. Department of Energy Underestimated Potential Los Alamos Plutonium Leak Danger, Study Finds
An accident at the lab that produces America’s nuclear bomb cores could lead to more fatalities than previously estimated by the federal government, according to new research.
5 HOURS AGO
Your Cat Is Being Nice? Think Again.
A new study finds that sometimes cats groom each other specifically to be annoying.
A DAY AGO
Joseph Fraumeni, 93, Dies; Helped Discover Genetic Link to Cancer
Considered the founder of molecular epidemiology, he worked with Frederick P. Li to identify a hereditary disorder that increased the risk of developing cancer at a young age.