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Scientific American

What really happened on Easter Island?

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The brain doesn’t just experience reality. It edits it into a story

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September 2026: Science history from 50, 100 and 150 years ago

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Scientists cited by Heritage Foundation report on women’s sports say it misrepresented their research

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Science crossword: Give me some space!

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SciAm is on the move

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Readers respond to the April 2026 issue

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Poem: ‘The Bachelor, Season 92 Million’

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If millions of satellites launch to space, is chaos the inevitable outcome?

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How solar became the cheapest form of energy in the world

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How Zipline’s drone delivery system works in U.S. suburbs

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How NASA turned a spy satellite into the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

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How Golden Dome’s space-based missile interceptors would work

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From geothermal energy to tidal power, these bold projects could change our clean-energy future

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Does fibermaxxing work? It may depend on your microbiome

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Can QuantumScape and Factorial Energy mass-produce solid-state batteries?

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OpenAI funds research to try to stop AI from being used to make bioweapons

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How Hurricane Lala was juiced by El Niño

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How climate change created a new ‘Ice Silk Road’ in the Arctic

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AI decodes the mathematical ‘fingerprints’ of famous jazz musicians, from Chick Corea to Thelonious Monk

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Total solar eclipse, vaccine controversy and coffee health benefits

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Why it may be impossible to eradicate feral hogs

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388 years ago Galileo worked out why human giants can’t exist—and explained a law of nature

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