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There are many contenders for “world’s greatest invention.” The wheel. The printing press. The steam engine.According to a new book, however, that title should go to…

Global estimates indicate that 6 in 100 people who get COVID-19 develop post-COVID-19 condition, also known as long COVID.Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via GettyIn a…

An ancient Egyptian pleasure boat that matches a description by the first-century Greek historian Strabo has been discovered off the coast of Alexandria, to the excitement…

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman.The birth of a child comes with a swirl of positive emotions: awe,…

The same optic fibers that pulse with the world’s Internet traffic are now listening to the pulse of the planet, picking up earthquake tremors in better…

Ageing can feel remarkably sudden. One morning you awake to find new aches, or lapses in strength and memory that you could swear were not present…

December 7, 20253 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmDeath by Fermented FoodSome fermenting foods can carry the risk of a bacterium that produces an extremely…

For most people around the world, 16 August 1977 was memorable because it was the day Elvis Presley died.“We turned the radio on when we got…

Alien invasion stories are among the earliest science fiction in the Western canon—they not only explore the strange and unknown but also heighten the stakes by…

Couples undergoing IVF in the UK are exploiting an apparent legal loophole to rank their embryos based on genetic predictions of IQ, height and health, the…