Researchers show how tiny Arctic foxes travel thousands of kilometers for space—revealing potential disease pathways

White dwarfs, Earth-sized exoplanets, early galaxies and even Saturn’s moon Enceladus are on the agenda for JWST’s second year in space, but exomoons and others miss out

New research says climate change was responsible for yet another withering heat wave, which baked South Asia in April

Kissing probably predates Homo sapiens as a species, but the first texts documenting the beso go back to the early Bronze Age

Specialists speculate that a Chinese spacecraft that spent nine months in Earth’s orbit might be similar to a U.S. space plane, and it could have research or military uses

More sustainable ways of removing persistent chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from the environment are on the horizon.

Saturn’s surprisingly young rings and record-breaking bounty of moons make the planet a ripe target for springtime sky watchers

For academic research to be truly equitable, leadership, not just the scientists from underrepresented groups, must advocate for it

The last caldera-forming eruption at Yellowstone “was much more complex than previously thought,” according to the annual report about activity at the supervolcano

Using artificial intelligence like ChatGPT to trade stocks and other financial instruments could have benefits—and perils

Moral panics aimed against trans people are both attacks on that community and part of a broader strategy to control youth across the U.S.

From the technology upsetting jobs and causing intellectual property issues to models making up fake answers to questions, here’s why we’re concerned about generative AI.

To demonstrate our university’s biodiversity, we created maps using Indian folk art, and they have been a resounding success

Letters to the editor for the January 2023 issue of Scientific American

Exclusive breastfeeding is not imperative, and the “breast is best” mantra can be harmful to babies and parents, especially among marginalized people

Ovarian cancer is hard to detect and usually deadly. Preemptively removing fallopian tubes during other abdominal surgeries could save hundreds of thousands of lives

From North America to South Asia, summer heat waves are becoming longer, stronger and more frequent with climate change.

Solving a notorious quantum quandary could require abandoning some of science’s most cherished assumptions about the physical world

After years of downtime for upgrades, the world’s premier gravitational-wave observatories are coming back online with big hopes for transformative discoveries

A cluster of U.S. residents who traveled for surgery have developed severe fungal infections in the spine and brain. Here’s what you need to know about the disease