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Scientific American

NASA’s Artemis III will pit SpaceX against Blue Origin

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The East Coast could see blazing hot temperatures this week. Here’s why

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Scientists just discovered 5.6 million bees under a New York State cemetery

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The real science of Pokémon

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Unlikely paths to discovery

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The engineering marvels hidden inside six-figure watches

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The baffling ecological disaster that's killing America’s freshwater mussels

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Science crossword: Hot stuff

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Readers respond to the January 2026 issue

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Poem: ‘How I Became a Spitfire Pilot during My Cataract Operation’

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New evidence links heart disease to inflammation—and drugs can stop it

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May 2026: Science History from 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago

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Mathematicians created an ‘impossible’ shape that shouldn’t exist

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Math puzzle: A disassembly job

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How two mathematicians solved a cryptography mystery

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How to build a space hotel

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How physicists found a new type of magnet hiding in plain sight

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How cosmic rays are helping mining companies find critical minerals underground

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How chemists engineer the signature smells of luxury perfumes

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Expensive versus affordable binoculars—what’s the difference?

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DARPA built an AI to fact-check enemy weapons claims

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An asteroid extinguished all the dinosaurs except for birds. Here’s why

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A hot pair of supplements, creatine and methylene blue dye, may not work together

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The humble ham sandwich inspired a math theorem for sharing food fairly

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Imperiled ‘cloud jaguar’ spotted in Honduran mountains for the first time in a decade

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Person functionally cured of HIV after bone marrow transplant from sibling

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Dream Chaser space plane faces uncertain future in NASA’s push for the moon

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Bizarre ‘compleximers’ break the rules of both glass and plastic

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This method to reverse cellular aging is about to be tested in humans

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The Artemis II mission worked—but should we really keep returning to the moon?

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