Scientific American Content: Global

Iceland’s Orca Pods Mysteriously Include Baby Pilot Whales

Newborn pilot whales have been spotted mysteriously swimming among pods of orcas...

As Oceans Warm, Scientists Fight to Save Lush Kelp Forests

New research helps the “ocean’s veins” thrive under heat stress

Why NASA’s VIPER Lunar Rover Is Still in Limbo

NASA’s nearly complete yet canceled lunar rover VIPER isn’t going to get carried...

Strange Formations on Venus Hint at Ongoing Geological ...

A reappraisal of decades-old data suggests that strange circular formations on V...

Trump USDA Restores Climate Information for Farmers aft...

Facing a lawsuit, the Department of Agriculture says it will restore climate-rel...

Black Hole Mergers Show Strange Mathematical Link to St...

Researchers have shown that abstract mathematical functions from the frontiers o...

Migraine Drug Ubrogepant Tackles Debilitating Early Sym...

Results from a phase 3 clinical trial suggest that taking ubrogepant at the firs...

Science Tells Us the U.S. Is Heading toward a Dictatorship

The red flags abound—political research tells us the U.S. is becoming an autocracy

Wiggling Sperm Power a New Male Fertility Test

A physics-based sperm-screening technique could offer a more accurate at-home te...

West Texas Measles Cases Threaten Elimination Status in...

High vaccination rates eliminated measles in the U.S. An outbreak that began in ...

What Are AI Chatbot Companions Doing to Our Mental Health?

AI chatbot companions may not be real, but the feelings users form for them are....

Hurricanes, Wildfires and Other Disasters Displaced a R...

In 2024 disasters displaced a record number of people both globally and in the U...

How to Build a ‘Black Hole Bomb’

Astronomical amounts of energy could be extracted from black holes—to build a gi...

How Trump’s National Weather Service Cuts Could Cost Lives

Weather experts warn that staff cuts at the National Weather Service that have b...

California Told Companies to Label Toxic Chemicals. Ins...

Businesses are making moves to avoid consumer warning labels, and the effects re...

Do ‘Alternative’ Measles Treatments Touted by RFK Jr. W...

As the measles outbreak in the U.S. gets bigger, HHS’s secretary Robert F. Kenne...

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