Author: Scientific American

The launch, when it comes, will mark the 12th flight test of Starship and the first demonstration of its V3 design—a new attempt could come as soon as Friday

Constructed by ancient Egyptians, the Great Pyramid has survived multiple earthquakes through the ages—now researchers think they know why

The critters were carrying the Sin Nombre variant of hantavirus, which can be spread from rodents to humans, but not from one person to another

An out-of-this-world weather report from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals how clouds move across a giant planet hundreds of light-years from Earth

Gold doesn’t tarnish like similar metals do. A new paper says that the key is the intricate “herringbone” pattern of its atoms.

Experts question this study’s design and its recommendations—and point out that you probably get more exercise than you think

This year’s expected El Niño could hamper hurricanes in the Atlantic but boost them in the central and eastern Pacific

While drugs such as Wegovy target a single gut hormone, retatrutide is among a new class of GLP drugs that aims at three hormone receptors

A chatbot’s result for the 80-year-old “unit distance” conjecture is the first AI proof that would likely be published in math’s top journal if humans had done it alone

This eerily simple math says our days are numbered—and nobody can agree why it’s wrong