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Children are taught about the conduction of electricity at a science festival in China.Credit: Costfoto/NurPhoto via GettyAround the world, the scientific community is confronting challenges to…

The new moon on February 17 marks the start of the Lunar New Year, which is celebrated in many Southeast and East Asian countries. According to…

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. You’re listening to our weekly science news roundup.First up, the Trump administration…

Intermittent fasting is no better for shedding the pounds than conventional diets and is barely more effective than doing nothing, according to a major review of…

February 13, 20263 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmJoin the Great Backyard Bird Count—for science!Avian enthusiasts around the world will identify and count birds from…

One year ago this week, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm vaccine opponent, environmental lawyer and politician Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., as head of the $1.7…

In late January a new social media site took a certain corner of the internet by storm. Moltbook was conceived as a space where AI assistants…

AI slop is flooding computer science journals and conferences.Credit: Quality Stock/AlamyFifty-four seconds. That’s how long it took Raphael Wimmer to write up an experiment that he…

Valentine’s Day is here. And for those who want to ditch the candy and the dinner date for a good book, the staff at Scientific American…

Ice skating is counterintuitive: why should a narrow blade make it easier to slide over the ice? The science is surprisingly complex, but unscientific people worked…