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October 8, 20253 min readScience behind Record-Breaking Everest Blizzard That Trapped HundredsA blizzard that trapped hundreds of trekkers on Mount Everest was truly “off the charts,”…

While ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel from the air “indefinitely” over comments on Charlie Kirk, the other late-night hosts talked Robert F Kennedy’s vaccine chaos and Kash…

The French president, Emmanuel Macron, and his wife plan to present scientific evidence to a US court to prove that Brigitte Macron was not born a…

September 16, 20254 min readContributors to Scientific American’s October 2025 IssueWriters, artists, photographers and researchers share the stories behind the storiesBy Jen Schwartz Chris GunnThe Lives…

August 30, 20255 min readTurn the Page on Summer: August’s Essential Book PicksCheck out this collection of nonfiction and fiction books recommended by Scientific AmericanBy Brianne…

Scientific American Celebrates 180 Years with Stories of Scientific U-turnsIn honor of SciAm’s 180th birthday, we’re spotlighting the biggest “wait, what?” moments in science history.By Rachel…

August 19, 20254 min readContributors to Scientific American’s September 2025 IssueWriters, artists, photographers and researchers share the stories behind the storiesBy Jen Schwartz David CheneyBrain WashingDavid…

For months, researchers in a laboratory in Dallas, Texas, worked in secrecy, culturing grey-wolf blood cells and altering the DNA within. The scientists then plucked nuclei…

In astronomy, 180 years is a very long time—maybe not for the goings-on in the universe but certainly for our understanding of it.When Scientific American published…