Scientific American Content: Global

Tech Use Associated with Reduced Dementia Risk in Older...

Smartphone and computer use hasn’t put today’s older adults at increased risk of...

Length of a Day on Uranus Revised, Pour Height Influenc...

A fluid study homes in on the best method to make a cup of coffee, scientists us...

Harvard's Stand Against Trump Interference Cheered by S...

The Trump administration has frozen billions in funding to the world’s richest u...

Offshore Wind Power Poses Only Limited Risk to Whales, ...

Republicans asked Congress’s watchdog to scrutinize offshore wind power’s effect...

How and Where Is Nuclear Waste Stored in the U.S.?

The decades-long struggle to find a permanent place to dispose of nuclear waste ...

Poem: ‘Live and in Color’

Science in meter and verse

Hypochlorous Acid Is Trending in Skin Care and Cleaning...

Hypochlorous acid is safe enough to spray in your eyes yet more effective than b...

Contributors to Scientific American’s May 2025 Issue

Writers, artists, photographers and researchers share the stories behind the sto...

Beautiful Shapes, a Magic Molecule and Elephant Bromances

The May issue of Scientific American takes you on a deep-sea mining mission, exp...

Mysterious Dark Comets Could Unlock Solar System Secrets

A group of comets with unexplained movements presents a quandary

Math Puzzle: Construct the Dice

Build a special set of dice in this math puzzle

Why Some Animals Live for Only Days and Others Live for...

Scientists are studying why some species live so much longer than others

There Is No Such Thing as a Climate Haven

Climate change is everywhere. Moving to a new place because it seems less affect...

Readers Respond to the January 2025 Issue

Letters to the editors for the January 2025 issue of Scientific American

May 2025: Science History from 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago

Old-time graffiti; balloon deaths

These Mysterious Shapes Are at the Heart of Math’s Bigg...

Mathematicians describe the most beautiful and beguiling forms and surfaces they...

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