Browsing: Science

We all know that early birds get the worm. But who wants a worm? Not me. For most of my life I have identified as a…

Weevils, spores, slime mold and cells are in extreme closeup for the 51st anniversary of the Nikon Small World competition. For more than five decades, the…

The shutdown of the US government, about to enter its third week, is starting to take a toll on US science. Since the shutdown began, the…

Celebrities including Bella Hadid, Justin Bieber and Miranda Hart have talked about their years-long struggles with the effects of Lyme disease, but despite rising rates and…

For centuries, great thinkers have pondered why, given the hundreds of billions of planets in the galaxy, we have seen no compelling signs of intelligent life…

Scientific American is part of Springer Nature, which owns or has commercial relations with thousands of scientific publications (many of them can be found at www.springernature.com/us).…

It started with an innocent mistake. Texas entrepreneur Chris Bentley had founded a company to buy drilling rights for oil and gas. He realized that a…

October 14, 20253 min readNovember 2025: Science History from 50, 100 and 150 Years AgoCurveballs; poison wallpaperBy Mark Fischetti 1975, Pupil Perception: “Photographs of two women…

October 14, 20254 min readEconomics Nobel Honors Work Linking Scientific Research to ProsperityJoel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt share the Nobel economics prize for work…

October 14, 20255 min readImmigration Has Shaped the Lives and Careers of 30 Percent of Recent Nobel Prize ScientistsOf the 202 Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry…