Some extinct human ancestors and modern-day apes appear to share wrist traits that raise the question of whether our last common ancestor walked on its knuckles
Summerlike heat is breaking records in the East. Here’s why
A Bermuda High parked over the western Atlantic is pulling sweltering air up from the South, challenging records in parts of the eastern U.S.
The U.S. just experienced its hottest 12 months on record
March was a scorching 9.35 degrees Fahrenheit hotter than the 20th-century average for the month, capping the hottest 12-month stretch for the U.S. since records began in 1895
SpaceX punts Starship V3 launch to May 21 as investigation opens into Starbase worker’s death
SpaceX is now targeting the evening of May 21 to launch the latest and largest version of its Starship megarocket for the first time
What it’s like being stuck in a hantavirus quarantine for six weeks
Scientific American spoke to one of the people who are currently being monitored for possible hantavirus infection at the National Quarantine Unit in Nebraska
‘Sensational’ proof topples decades-old geometry problem
The sudden resolution of a well-known conjecture highlights the growing adoption of AI as an assistant in high-level mathematics
New NASA Hubble image captures a rare, turbulent galaxy
The new image shows the galaxy NGC 1266, a middle-aged object with a clutch of young stars that likely collided with another, smaller galaxy 500 million years ago
Scientists race to develop Ebola drugs as outbreak surges
Clinical trials for treatments against Ebola Bundibugyo virus are ‘in a strong position’ to be launched quickly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda
Math puzzle: Fix the matchstick equation
Fix the matchstick equation in this math puzzle
Female beast hunters battled leopards in ancient Rome
Mosaic depictions of a weapon-wielding female gladiator are the first physical evidence showing women in ancient Rome could be skilled beast hunters