Author: Scientific American

New research reveals how bee stingers work, why microplastics may be harmful and what postmenopausal ovaries are doing decades later

A new discovery reveals how plants protect themselves from microbes in rotting material

A viral documentary has everyone talking about Elizabeth Holmes’s fraudulent blood testing start-up again—but scientists never stopped

An early start doesn’t necessarily mean disaster

You don’t need to sacrifice spookiness to keep real owls, bats and snakes safe

As far-fetched as it may seem, quirks of orbital mechanics could allow hundreds of planets to be packed around a star

Experts unpack the science of screen addiction and how to build a healthier relationship with technology

The work could help improve quantum computers’ accuracy in complex calculations

The wreck was found with relatively intact cargo on the seabed off the coast of Türkiye and is believed to be between 4,400 and 4,700 years old

OpenAI’s bumper crop of 722 math papers wowed and worried the research community—and cryptographers are split over whether the algorithms that protect our texts and bank log-ins are next