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The biggest science story this year was the political upheaval in the United States. Funding cuts, academic lay-offs and vaccine-sceptic policies have widely been seen as…

Christmas may be associated with the aromas of oranges and mince pies but our towns and cities also boast special scents during the rest of the…

Psychologists have typically believed that we become less curious as we age, but recent research has shown curiosity actually becomes more targeted and specific in our…

About 800 years ago, Richard Fishacre, a Dominican friar at the University of Oxford, challenged the scientific thinking of the day, using his understanding of the…

December 24, 20252 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmWatch Scientific American’s Favorite Science Videos of 2025On TikTok and other short-form video platforms, Scientific American explored…

Christmas may seem like a time for switching off and suspending disbelief but there are plenty of ways to introduce a little science into the celebrations.We…

If there is one thing we can rely on in this world, it is human hubris, and space and astronomy are no exception.The ancients believed that…

A quantum computer. The administration of US President Donald Trump has announced sizable spending prorammes for quantum information science and artificial intelligence.Credit: Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg/GettyFor much of…

The editors of Scientific American look to 2026 as a chance to peer into the future to see what science may be unfolding and what discoveries…

Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock is a space scientist and science educator who has worked on a number of instruments that are revolutionising our view of the cosmos,…