Author: Scientific American

A review of 47,282 tree species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature found that more than one third are at risk of extinction

During the pandemic, researcher Daniela Rößler couldn't go out, so she started looking around her for her next research project. Then she found a really big one, and it had been right in front of her all along.

If the influenza virus infecting cattle workers starts a pandemic, help in the form of a vaccine is months away

When voters decide between two alternatives, as is effectively the case in the U.S. presidential election, it usually comes down to a neck-and-neck race. Researchers can now explain this mathematically

Recent studies show that the Supreme Court ruling that overturned the national right to abortion led to a sharp increase in people—particularly younger, single individuals—seeking a vasectomy or a tubal sterilization procedure

This blazingly-fast star is shooting through the Milky Way with a planet in tow

Host Rachel Feltman and behavioral scientist Coltan Scrivner explore our fascination with fear and what drives our obsession with all things spooky.

An ancient temple made by Arabian immigrants from the Nabataean culture has finally been found off the Italian coast

Scientific American columnist Martin Gardner started a long mathematical conversation that continues today

To heal political division, start with common moral ground, a study suggests