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Campuses in the United Arab Emirates and other countries have switched to online learning. Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty Images The spiraling war with Iran has stranded American students…

February 27, 20263 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmThe U.S. just surpassed a grim measles milestoneAs the U.S. officially breaks 1,000 measles cases in 2026,…

February 25, 20263 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm‘Wellness influencer’ Casey Means heads to confirmation hearingThe U.S. Senate is holding a confirmation hearing today for…

In June 2025, a year-long investigation exposed an illegal trade smuggling timber from protected areas in the Congolese rainforest into neighbouring Burundi.Award-winning Burundian journalist Arthur Bizimana…

Last week, the Trump administration declared the federal government has no legal authority to regulate greenhouse gases, its latest move aimed at weakening regulations and boosting…

new video loaded: The Hidden Number Driving U.S. Job GrowthAfter a year of just 181,000 new jobs, January’s 131,000 increase in the U.S. workforce was surprisingly…

February 9, 20263 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmWhy has this winter been so cold?While it’s been a frigid winter in the eastern U.S., the…

When the universe first burst into being, all of space was a cosmic cauldron filled with a roiling, fiery liquid of fundamental particles heated to trillions…

President Donald Trump has been voicing interest in exploiting Greenland’s mineral wealth since his first term in office, when he started talking about possibly seizing the…

February 1, 20261 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmU.S. quietly declassifies Cold–War era ‘JUMPSEAT’ surveillance satellitesThe National Reconnaissance Office has now declassified a satellite program…