Author: Scientific American

A solution to part of the Cohen-Lenstra conjecture helps resolve a long-standing mystery about quadratic forms

An active ingredient in magic mushrooms, psilocybin has shown early promise for treating eating disorders

The Swedish engineer influencer has spent over a decade on YouTube growing a loyal audience of over 2.5 million followers, but for her, the journey was all about living a less typical life in science.

This marks only the second ice age amphibian found in North America—and it gives researchers vital information abot the ancient climate

Wormholes are one way that physicists have imagined traveling into the past. But if something gets there, is it physically possible to change anything?

Charles Darwin predicted in 1875 that some members of the Saxifraga family could be carnivorous—now, scientists have finally proven him right

ThIS billionaire-backed fund is dedicating $200 million to preserve animals and even a plant that are facing extinction around the world

Astronomers' simulations predict what the lunar impact—and its aftermath—will look like

A rare fossil find shows a tooth embedded an ichthyosaur’s vertebra, where it was likely left when a giant pliosaurid chomped down on this dolphin-resembling reptile

A unique landform is vital for calibrating NASA's satellites, but it's likely sitting atop a vast deposit of the heavy metal, which is crucial for making munitions