Author: Scientific American

Thursday's flight could be the most pivotal test of the Starship megarocket

The wobbly, lanky arachnids known as harvestmen or daddy longlegs may be overlooked as predators of small vertebrates such as frogs, researchers say

The science of de-extinction does not exist, but Colossal Bioscience’s “artificial egg” is an interesting technical feat

The Trump administration warned that too much screen time for children is linked to poor sleep, bad behavior and less physical and social activity

A deadly Ebola outbreak in parts of Africa is raising international alarm. Still, experts stress that the chance of a pandemic is low

New trove of fossils reveals that ancestral animals likely emerged in the deep sea

A decade after Ebola vaccines changed outbreak response, a new epidemic in central Africa is caused by a strain the world never fully prepared for

NASA’s Psyche snapped images as it flew by Mars last week. The spacecraft used the planet’s gravity to give itself a boost on its journey toward its target asteroid

Denver’s hockey team is studded with stars, but training and playing the game some 5,000 feet above sea level may give their athletic performance a boost over that of their rivals

Nuclear power could enable long-term lunar missions, but NASA’s timeline may be too ambitious