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Scientific American

This implant burns up excess blood sugar with electricity

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Data centers are a target of modern warfare. How do we secure the infrastructure that runs our digital lives?

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The inside story behind OpenAI’s million-dollar math proof

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Astronomers unlock a mystery hidden in van Gogh’s The Starry Night

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New superconducting chip aims to help tame fusion plasma

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Ancient Egypt’s first female king revealed by long-lost royal seals

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National Science Foundation leader Brian Stone to retire with no clear replacement in sight

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Super Typhoon Champi sets the record for strongest storm of 2026

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Report pinpoints future exploration sites on the moon

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Physicists trap a single antimatter particle for a month

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Republican congressional candidate Tom Stalcup on how both parties abuse science for political gain

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A Wall Is Also a Road explores alien consciousness, slime mold life-forms and Pompeii

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See the Orionids meteor shower at its peak this week

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Christina Applegate says she was misdiagnosed with MS—how could that happen?

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The mathematical impossibility of making a perfect world map

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Scientists left in the dark by National Science Foundation grant application delays

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Green stars do exist—and others shine pink or purple, too

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The Selfish Gene at 50

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Math Puzzle: Baby bottle mix-up

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Why we probably live in a quantum multiverse

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Why data centers are reviving solid-state transformers

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What actually makes ultraprocessed foods unhealthy?

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We’re addicted to social media. How do we get sober?

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These extreme cosmic explosions are breaking physics

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The provocative new theory that could explain aging and disease

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Science crossword: Scroll bars

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Readers respond to the June 2026 issue

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Poem: ‘Life in Bilateral Wonder’

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Our love-hate relationship with social media

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

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Inside the bold, quixotic quest to store planet-warming carbon in the ocean

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How your brain learns to cope with uncertainty

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How a fusion start-up could help maintain the U.S. nuclear arsenal

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A graphic explainer of uranium enrichment

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Can AI predict whether you’ll die from cancer from just an image of your face?

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Japan launches a probe to collect rocks from Mars’s moon Phobos

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Alarm grows over Russian satellite’s provocative approach to U.S.-owned satellite

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How what we see and hear feed together to help us understand emotions

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The first mission to sample Mars’s moons launches today

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Biohackers say this supplement lets you drink coffee at night. No one knows if it’s safe

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The mechanics of honeybee stingers, microplastic health risks and new findings on postmenopausal ovaries

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Plants move to get away from their decaying brethren

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Here’s what scientists think about Theranos a decade after it imploded

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Everything you need to know about flu season 2026

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5 ways to make Halloween decorations friendlier to wildlife

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How many planets could fit in the solar system?

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Are you addicted to your phone? What scientists say about screen time and social media

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Google’s quantum Willow chip may be able to grow ‘magic states’

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Scientists discover an ancient shipwreck dating to when the Great Pyramid was built

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Can AI break encryption? OpenAI’s new math has cryptographers divided

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