To cat owners, a litter box is a nuisance. But to scientists, it’s a trove of information. A team of researchers at Nestlé ...

Three scientists, including one from the U.S., share the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing “metal-organic ...

Catherine Birndorf is a reproductive psychiatrist specializing in perinatal mental health and co-founder, CEO and medical director of the Motherhood Center of New York in New York City. She is also a ...

I’ve been a Scientific American subscriber since I was 12 years old, and it helped shape the way I look at the world. SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, ...

By casting doubt on antidepressants and other well-studied drugs, our government health agencies are choosing minimal risk to ...

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups ...

The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2025 honors scaled-up quantum physics—while sidestepping controversies swirling around quantum ...

Some researchers think artificial intelligence could produce Nobel-worthy research, but others question whether autonomous AI scientists are possible or even desirable ...

Space scientists look back on three decades of exoplanet discoveries—from rows of massive ‘super-Earths‘ to worlds with ...

Scammers use sophisticated tactics that prey on the vulnerabilities of older adults, inciting panic and inducing isolation so ...

Inspired by principles from traditional Chinese medicine, researchers used AI to analyze tongue color as a diagnostic ...

Julie Brancale is an assistant professor in the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida State University and co-director of the Aging Adult Fraud Research & Policy Institute. She is ...