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- SCIENTIFIC AMERICANA DAY AGO

Inside the race to spot wildfires before they spiral out of control
Finding wildfires before they explode in size could save countless lives each year. Decades of technology development may finally make that possible
2 DAYS AGO
The Best Genetic Risk Tools Don’t Work Equally for Everyone
Genetic prediction models are poised to revolutionize medicine. But because they have been trained on European DNA, they threaten to widen health care disparities.
A DAY AGO
The Sewer Knows What You Ate
During the Covid-19 pandemic, wastewater testing became a virus warning system. Now, scientists are using the approach to understand how communities eat.
A DAY AGO
Trump Attacks National Academies Over Climate Chapter in Judges’ Manual
The president joined Republican officials who slammed the National Academies of Sciences for a chapter about climate science in an educational guide for judges.
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN15 HOURS AGO

This tiny, forgotten organ could help us live longer, healthier
A hormone produced by the thymus helps tamp down age-related inflammation, a new study in mice found
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN12 HOURS AGO

Rare footage reveals elusive Arctic bobtail squid mom with clutch of eggs
The Arctic Ocean is one of the most extreme environments on Earth, but that's not stopping this cephalopod
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN9 HOURS AGO

Rare double supernova discovered hiding in Jellyfish Nebula
For the first time ever, astronomers have found two sibling stars that each exploded as supernovas, gaining a new view of these epochal cosmic cataclysms
9 HOURS AGO
Cameron Hamilton Poised to Lead FEMA Once More
Cameron Hamilton defended the agency last year when President Trump talked about eliminating it. Emergency managers hope for more stability if he’s confirmed as administrator.
9 HOURS AGO
As Natural Disasters Expand, a Disaster-Tracking App Is Booming
Known for tracking California wildfires, Watch Duty is moving beyond that mission. Millions of people are turning to it for help.
7 HOURS AGO
Susumu Tonegawa Dies at 86; Nobel Laureate Showed How Antibodies Fight Infection
The first Japanese scientist to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, he went on to discover how memories are stored, advancing understanding of how the brain works.
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN6 HOURS AGO

How a Futurama plotline led to a totally new math proof
In an episode of the cartoon, a machine lets characters swap bodies, but they can't switch back with the same person. Math helps all the characters return to their original bodies
6 HOURS AGO
The U.S. Is Pulling Back on Energy Efficiency
The Trump administration is undoing fuel-saving efforts even as war in Iran, data centers and heat waves are pushing up gasoline and electricity costs.
6 HOURS AGO
Monkeys Understand Shapes in Almost the Same Way as Humans
Our geometric intuition, long considered something that sets us apart, seems to be shared with other primates.
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN5 HOURS AGO

Mesmerizing NASA time-lapse reveals Mars’s craters, polar ice caps and deserts
The Psyche spacecraft flew by Mars earlier this year on its way to a metal-rich asteroid, capturing the images along the way
3 HOURS AGO
What the Cyclospora Outbreak Reveals
Warming is expected to fuel the spread of food-borne pathogens. We might not be prepared.