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British particle physicist Mark Thomson is director-general of CERN.Credit: CERNLast month, Europe’s particle-physics laboratory, CERN, announced that it had secured private donations worth an unprecedented €860…

NewsFeedUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he will meet Denmark next week as Donald Trump again raises the prospect of gaining control of Greenland. When…

The UK is “not entirely clear” what it means for the US to be in charge of Venezuela, the chief secretary to the prime minister has…

December 23, 20252 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmFCC Blocks New Foreign-Made Drones, Citing National Security RisksThe U.S.’s decision to ban the sale of new…

The Federal Aviation Administration plans to reduce flights by 10 percent across 40 major U.S. airports in response to the ongoing U.S. government shutdown. Hundreds of…

For a long time, ecology tended to ignore people. It mostly focused on beautiful places far from large-scale human development: deep rainforest or pristine grassland. Then,…

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman.TikTok’s algorithm, which shapes what more than a billion users see, has developed an almost mystical reputation…

Carson Wentz has been placed on injured reserve and will undergo season-ending shoulder surgery, according to CBS Sports NFL insider Jonathan Jones. Wentz made five starts this…

After a summer lull in U.S. cases of avian influenza in both poultry and dairy cattle—and no human infections reported in the country since February—the virus…

October 22, 20253 min readEarth Is Getting Darker, Which Could Accelerate Global WarmingThe planet’s brightness is dimming—changing rainfall, circulation and temperatureBy Ryan Green edited by Andrea…