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How the shapes of letters can subtly influence our feelings

How Hollywood horror's 'killer wolf' trope is sabotaging rewilding efforts

The bacteria that won't wake up: NASA discovers new bacteria 'playing dead'

NASA's Fly Foundational robots demo to bolster in-space infrastructure

Interstellar object covered in 'icy volcanoes' could rewrite our understanding of how comets formed

Success in measuring nano water droplets: Real-time images could advance hydrogen and battery research

New study offers a glimpse into 230,000 years of climate and landscape shifts in the American Southwest

JWST finds a Milky Way twin born shockingly early in the Universe

Oysters booming in Firth of Forth

A new tunable cell-sorting device with potential biomedical applications

First evidence of lost-wax casting for silver in Bronze Age Western Europe uncovered

During times of market volatility, investors should track insider trades

New study finds high-narcissism CEOs pursue more acquisitions in response to strong firm performance

Chemists synthesize a fungal compound that holds promise for treating brain cancer

Poor mental health linked to dark web use

Water-resistant and recyclable redox-active MOFs enable stable energy storage in acidic solutions

Machine learning used to better predict New England floods

The solar mission that survived disaster and found 5,000 comets

Forming moon may have taken three big impacts early in Earth’s history

Human-caused earthquakes are real. Here’s why even stable regions can snap

A common constipation drug shows a surprising ability to protect kidneys

Human feelings influence beliefs about cat emotions and well-being, study shows

Your sweat reveals health problems long before symptoms appear

Study finds offshore wind areas in the Gulf of Mexico pose minimal impact to shrimping grounds

How Ramanujan's formulae for pi connect to modern high energy physics

Antibiotics could trigger immune response through gut microbiome metabolites

Fish freshness easily monitored with a new sensor

KIC 5623923 is a faint eclipsing binary exhibiting Delta Scuti-type pulsations, observations find

Scientists reveal what really drives the “freshman 15”

Manatee protection may be eroded under Trump administration's proposed changes to Endangered Species Act

SpaceX knocks out sunset Starlink launch from Cape Canaveral

The Scientific American Staff’s Favorite Books of 2025

Scientific American’s Best Fiction and Nonfiction Picks for Science-Minded Readers

Is the Drought in the Southwest Permanent?

Tropical Australian study sets new standard for Indigenous-led research

Tailored single atom platforms hold promise for next-generation catalysis

'Jaws' impact may be wearing off as shark perceptions soften

Study finds that purchasing things for two is stressful

Epigenetics linked to high-altitude adaptation in Andes

Deadly Asian floods are no fluke. They're a climate warning, scientists say

San Francisco's beloved albino alligator Claude dies at 30

Renowned astronomers push to protect Chile's cherished night sky from an industrial project

Space is filling with junk and scientists have a fix

Debris disk gallery shows tell-tale signs of asteroids and comets in distant solar systems

Early Earth’s sky may have created the first ingredients for life

Doomed ants send a final scent to save their colony

A tiny citrus pest is hiding a biological mystery never seen before

A long-overlooked weak point in your DNA has just been revealed

Terrestrial biodiversity grows with tree cover in agricultural landscapes

Is your gut being poisoned? Scientists reveal the hidden impact of everyday chemicals