If you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning journalism by subscribing. By purchasing a ...

In an exclusive excerpt of her new book The Great Shadow, historian Susan Wise Bauer explores how sickness is distinct from ...

Billionaire Jared Isaacman is taking the reins at NASA at a challenging time for the space agency, as it faces budget cuts ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a bizarre-looking exoplanet that defies explanation ...

Oceans hiding within the crusts of distant moons are tantalizing targets for scientists looking for life beyond Earth ...

The U.S. government is dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research, jettisoning key climate science projects in ...

The combination of a supernova and a kilonova may have produced a rare space explosion that astronomers have never seen ...

Bones of now extinct species became a haven for bee babies thousands of years ago, scientists report in a first-of-its-kind ...

I’ve been a Scientific American subscriber since I was 12 years old, and it helped shape the way I look at the world. SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, ...

The Arctic has changed dramatically in the past 20 years, a new report shows, as temperatures skyrocket and ice rapidly melts ...

President Donald Trump is expected to sign a defense bill this week that orders an investigation into whether the U.S.

A novel influenza variant called subclade K appears to be driving an uptick in cases and hospitalizations throughout the U.S.