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Viruses in the Gut Protect Us and Change with Age and Diet

NASA’s InSight Lander Reveals Mars’s Lumpy Mantle in New Seismic Study

Survey Results Show People Prefer More Human Involvement in AI-driven Art

Ant Queens Birth Hybrid Offspring Using Another Species' Sperm

Scientists Sequence Bacterial DNA from Germs in Mammoth Teeth

Baby Pterosaur Fossils Show They Died in a Violent Storm

Extreme Heat in U.S. Schools Disproportionately Affects Marginalized Students

This Gloriously Weird Fish Has Teeth on Its Forehead for Sex

Newfound ‘Reality Signal’ Helps the Brain Tell Imagination from Real Life

Gene Therapy Marks a Turning Point for Rare Skin Diseases

Acne Vaccines Could Offer Robust Defense

How the Math of Shuffling Cards Almost Brought Down an Online Poker Empire

How Small, Easy Acts of Joy Improve Happiness and Well-Being

How Big Can a Black Hole Get?

Inside the CDC’s Breakdown—Legal Battles, Staff Exodus and Public Health Concerns

Senate Hearing with RFK, Jr., Sparks Backlash From Scientists and Health Experts

What’s the Smallest Particle in the Universe?

Hacking AI Agents—How Malicious Images and Pixel Manipulation Threaten Cybersecurity

Bacteria in Spacecraft Clean Rooms Can Go Dormant, Evading Death

U.S. States Start Sharp Divisions on Vaccines

Spouses Tend to Share Psychiatric Disorders, Massive Study Finds

A Giant Map Shows How DNA Changes as We Age

The Local Universe May Be Misleading Cosmologists about Dark Energy and Expansion

What to Know about Hurricane Season and Forecast Accuracy

Powerball Jackpot Hits $1.7 Billion—But Is Your $2 Bet Worth It?

Fiber Optics Breakthrough Promises Faster Internet

7 Vintage Books Science-Minded Readers Will Love Paired with a 2025 Book Recommendation

Is Consciousness the Hallmark of Life?

New Knot Theory Discovery Overturns Long-Held Mathematical Assumption

Chimps, Humans and Macaques All Have a Drive to ‘People Watch’

AI Spots Hidden Signs of Consciousness in Comatose Patients before Doctors Do

Giant ‘Gullies’ in the Earth Threaten Cities in Africa amid Rapid Urbanization

EPA Fires 5 Employees Who Signed ‘Dissent’ Letter

5 Books Scientific American Recommends for August

Neglecton Particles Could Be Key to More Stable Quantum Computers

Voting Integrity Messages Fight Misinformation in the Lab. But What about the Real World?

First Pig-to-Human Lung Transplant Marks Milestone in Xenotransplantation—But Surgeons Have Many More Questions

How Key Changes to the Pelvis Helped Humans Walk Upright

What 100 Years of Quantum Physics Has Taught Us about Reality—And Ourselves

Subliminal Learning Lets Student AI Models Learn Unexpected (and Sometimes Misaligned) Traits from Their Teachers

How to See Faster-Than-Light Motion

20 Years after Hurricane Katrina, Major Forecasting Advances Could Erode

The Science behind Hurricane Katrina: What Researchers Knew before the 2005 Disaster

CDC Leadership Chaos Could Disrupt Pandemic Preparedness, National Biosecurity

Deep-Sea Worm Produces Orpiment, a Toxic Yellow Pigment Used in Historical Art

Type 1 Diabetes Patient’s Insulin Production Restored with New Cell Transplant Therapy

20 Years After Hurricane Katrina, How Safe Is New Orleans From Another Catastrophic Flood?

Bottom Trawling Could Unleash Carbon Dioxide, Worsening Global Warming

Glow-in-the-Dark Succulents Created by Scientists Shine in Multiple Colors

Who Is Eligible for the COVID Vaccine in 2025, and How to Get It