Author: Scientific American

Trump’s anti-immigrant good-gene-bad-gene screeds are nothing but factless eugenics for a new era

A vast, ancient slab of seafloor plunged beneath the Pacific Ocean and has hovered in Earth’s mantle for more than 120 million years, a new study suggests

Brain studies show that language is not essential for the cognitive processes that underlie thought

As tensions soar in the Middle East, the president’s lame duck status hinders efforts to manage the escalation of risks in the region

Hurricane Helene devastated a North Carolina facility that produces peritoneal dialysis fluid, which is used by about 80,000 people nationally

Despite high levels of innumeracy and math anxiety, people often appreciate numeric data

Inspired by a classic movie, conservationists are teaching endangered Northern Bald Ibises to fly south for the winter

Harris would continue the Biden administration’s landmark climate efforts; Trump would roll the country back to more oil and gas

How do you stop implicit bias from getting in the way of better health? This doctor wants to make learning how to manage bias as important as learning how to suture.

SpaceX’s fifth Starship flight test concluded with mechanical arms snatching the descending rocket booster out of the air