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The International Space Station (ISS) returned to full strength with Saturday’s arrival of four new astronauts to replace colleagues who bailed early because of health concerns.SpaceX…

Many health-care workers in Myanmar joined the Civil Disobedience Movement to protest against a coup by the nation’s military.Credit: Ya Aung Thu/AFP/GettyOn 1 February 2021, Myanmar’s…

In my January 23, 2026, “The Universe” column, I wrote about some of the biggest bangs the universe has to offer: exploding stars, hiccupping magnetars, stellar…

Epibatidine, the dart frog toxin Britain says was used to kill Alexei Navalny, is about 100 times more potent than morphine.The extremely toxic, nicotine-like substance was…

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT 13 February 2026 A virus that became integrated into the wasp genome long ago is useful for subduing moth larvae.

February 14, 20263 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmHow often do people fall passionately in love? The answer may be less than you thinkA large…

Within hours of the expiration last week of the final arms control treaty between Moscow and Washington, the State Department sent its top arms diplomat, Thomas…

Adam Levy 00:04Hello. I’m Adam Levy, and this is Off Limits: Academia’s Taboos, a podcast from Nature Careers.In this episode: loss and grief.Death is a contradiction.…

One year ago this week, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm vaccine opponent, environmental lawyer and politician Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., as head of the $1.7…

The NIAID funds high-containment biosafety level-4 laboratories, in which research on highly infectious and deadly viruses is performed. Credit: Olivier Douliery/AFP via GettyStaff members at the…