Author: Scientific American

When Israeli aircraft recently struck a uranium-enrichment complex in the nation, Iran could have been days away from achieving “breakout,” the ability to quickly turn “yellowcake” uranium into bomb-grade fuel, with its new high-speed centrifuges

President Trump will attend the G7 summit on Sunday in a nation he threatened to annex. He will also be an outlier on climate issues

Switching on air-conditioning during extreme heat doesn’t have to make us feel guilty—it can actually boost power grid reliability and help bring more renewable energy online

The decision to help a friend or stranger—and the amount of help that one chooses to give—may be powerfully shaped by the brain’s basolateral amydgala

Physicists are a step closer to using quantum computers for simulations that are beyond the ability of any ordinary computers

Evidence from Earth’s deep past suggests dramatic subduction zones can spread like a contagion

The Asian needle ant looks ordinary, but it's sting can be worse than a fire ant's and can be dangerous for anyone who has experienced anaphylaxis

A near-complete census of our interstellar neighborhood hopes to answer how stars, brown dwarfs and rogue planets form throughout the universe

This Father’s Day, we’re celebrating the unusually involved Djungarian hamsters dads

The EPA has contradicted itself—and legal precedent—in its bid to undo Biden-era limits on power-plant climate pollution