Inspired by superconductivity, a strange new theory that seeks to explain dark matter might explain dark energy, too ...

The brain weighs factors based on their importance to oneself and one’s social world as part of a complex calculation ...

In the early 20th century, a mathematician and economist sought the optimal strategy for Holmes to escape Moriarty’s pursuit ...

This explorer spacecraft is heading to a rare asteroid with a naked metal core. It could hold clues to how Earth began ...

Power-hungry AI and associated data centers could make the grid cleaner, eventually cutting more climate-change-causing ...

Astronomy fans can zoom in practically forever into the stunning first images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory ...

And killer whale youngsters are fond of playing kelp keep-away. But what the southern residents are doing with the kelp ...

A Denisovan skull has been identified for the first time. The find was based on proteins and calcified dental plaque ...

For more than a century, cars have meant freedom, escape and self-reinvention to Americans. Now Tesla’s forthcoming Cybercab ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. H5N1 bird flu has been making a lot of headlines since last year, and for good reason: since March 2024 this subtype of ...

Researchers bring a SETI approach to the question of what—if anything—humpbacks’ underwater smoke rings might be trying to ...

NOAA’s Hurricane Hunter airplane missions significantly increase the accuracy of hurricane forecasts, but President Trump’s ...