As Elon Musk moves to shutter the U.S. Agency for International Development, the agency’s support for the discovery of novel ...

In the coming years, an unprecedented number of people will leave planet Earth—but it’s becoming increasingly clear that deep ...

Former Scientific American editor Laura Helmuth resigned after going on a tirade about President Trump following the election. Photo by Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images Scientific ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Earlier this month net neutrality was back in the news, thanks to a U.S. appeals court ruling. The decision ...

After NASA’s space shuttles retired in 2011, NASA bought transportation for its astronauts on Russian and then private American spacecraft. The black jagged line separates decades of space travel.

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sapiens, playing roles in autism and other neurological conditions in ethnic groups of people today who carry Denisovan DNA (primarily people of Asian and Native American ancestry). We will be ...

Tech giants are backing a massive effort, announced by President Trump and dubbed the Stargate Project, to add data centers across the U.S. President Biden issued an executive order to permit data ...

In scenes more reminiscent of Milwaukee or Boston, Gulf Coast cities from New Orleans to Pensacola, Fla., found themselves blanketed under drifts of snow. Palm trees had powdered-sugar-like ...

People can see that the scientific predictions have been correct all along. They are increasingly worried about their health and their children’s well-being. They are feeling the human impact.

By respecting the wisdom of Indigenous communities, ESA not only advanced their scientific goals but also promoted a sustainable model that can be applied to future space missions. New technology ...