Scientific American Content: Global

Male African Elephants Were Once Thought to Be Solitary...

Long thought to be loners, male African elephants turn out to have surprisingly ...

Science Crossword: Hidden Figures

Play this crossword inspired by the May 2025 issue of Scientific American

Why You Shouldn’t Ignore Loud Snoring in Kids

Snoring indicates oxygen reduction, but a variety of treatments can restore heal...

Miners Are Pulling Valuable Metals from the Seafloor, a...

The owners of a controversial mining license have begun extracting valuable meta...

A New Bee Crisis Could Make Your Food Scarce and Expensive

Scientists are racing to stop a tiny mite that could devastate the pollinators a...

Is Public Transit Really Safer than Driving?

The rates of fatal crashes and crime are both lower on public transportation tha...

Fusion Energy Needs Continued U.S. Leadership to Secure...

The U.S. leads the world in fusion energy research. It can’t squander that lead ...

Why Are Rare Earth Metals So Precious?

China is blocking exports of these vital minerals. What makes them so special?

Lofty Math Problem Called Hilbert’s Sixth Closer to Bei...

A breakthrough in Hilbert’s sixth problem is a major step in grounding physics i...

Can AI Let Us Chat with Dolphins?

Google is developing an LLM that could help us communicate with dolphins

Disaster Experts Are Missing Hurricane and Flood Meetin...

FEMA and NOAA officials are being forced to skip major hurricane and flood confe...

Neutrino Mass Mystery Shrinks with Latest KATRIN Results

In just the first 259 days of data collection, KATRIN, a beta-decay-based detect...

Replacing Federal Workers with Chatbots Would Be a Dyst...

The Trump administration sees an AI-driven federal workforce as more efficient. ...

Does Your Language’s Grammar Change How You Think?

The brain’s response to information depends on language’s grammatical structure

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...

This Butterfly’s Epic Migration Is Written into Its Che...

Painted ladies travel the globe every year on massive journeys—including across ...

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