Scientific American Content: Global

This Robot Copies Life—By Decomposing

A new soft robotic arm and its controller break down naturally

HIV, Trans Health, and Covid Research Targeted by Trump...

An analysis reveals which fields of science and U.S. states are being hit hardes...

JWST Spots Remains of Alien Planet That Fell into a Star

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope provided a closer look at the aftermath of a s...

Crows Are Surprisingly Good at Geometry

Crows can tell the shapes of stars from those of moons and symmetrical quadrilat...

Dolphins Communicate with ‘Fountains of Pee’

This discovery adds to a growing list of how animals talk with their urine

Three NASA Climate Satellites Are Dying. There’s No Pla...

Scientists are increasingly concerned about the future of Earth science under Pr...

Getting Rid of FEMA Will Bankrupt Small Towns

If the Trump administration successfully shutters FEMA, it will bankrupt small t...

What Is a Star?

At the lower end, and to the bitter end, defining a star is tougher than you mig...

Noninvasive Prenatal Blood Testing Finds Cancer in Some...

Researchers are trying to understand how a common prenatal blood test called NIP...

Measles Outbreak in U.S. May Undo Formal ‘Elimination’ ...

The U.S. formally eliminated measles in 2000 thanks to widespread vaccination, b...

Dear Breakthrough Prize Billionaires: Fund the Science ...

The billionaires behind Facebook and Google can do more than hand out glitzy awa...

Why Trump Just Axed a Major Climate Program

The dismemberment of the U.S. Global Change Research Program was outlined in Pro...

AI Will Drive Doubling of Data Center Energy Demand by ...

Data centers accounted for about 1.5 percent of global electricity consumption i...

Trump’s Immigration Tactics Leave U.S. Vulnerable to Bi...

As the bird flu outbreak continues, public health outreach to farm workers is me...

Denisovan Fossil Shows Enigmatic Hominins Lived from Si...

The third confirmed location of extinct hominins known as Denisovans shows these...

Jared Isaacman, Trump’s Top NASA Nominee, Sets a Course...

Billionaire entrepreneur and private astronaut Jared Isaacman told the U.S. Sena...

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