How Childhood Relationships Affect Your Adult Attachment Style, according to Large New Study
A large new study reveals how early relationships with parents and friends influence how we relate to those closest to us in adulthood
It’s Nearly Time to Say Goodbye to the International Space Station. What Happens Next?
How Are Annual Flu Vaccines Made?
How One Mom Built an AI Tutor for Her Dyslexic Son
Math Puzzle: Keep the Calendars
COVID During Pregnancy May Raise Autism Risk, Study Suggests
How Composers Make Horror Movie Music Sound Terrifying
The Race to Study an Interstellar Comet from Deep Space
Do We Live in a Haunted Galaxy?
Announcing the #SciAmInTheWild Photography Contest Short List
One Year after Scientific American’s First Issue, the Solar System Grew by a Planet
Scientific American Celebrates 180 Years with Stories of Scientific U-turns
U.S. Science and Scientific American Have Weathered Attacks Before and Won
Create as many words as you can!
Stretch your math muscles with these puzzles.
The Brain Science of Elusive ‘Aha! Moments’
Building Intelligent Machines Helps Us Learn How Our Brain Works
Lifting the Veil on Near-Death Experiences
How the Brain ‘Constructs’ the Outside World
Will American Ownership Change What TikTok Shows You?
Mosquitoes Invade Iceland, Earth Darkens, and Bird Flu Returns
Why Pregnant People Are Left Out of Drug Safety Studies
Why Some Apologies Feel Hollow—And Others Don’t
How an Error in Cult Classic Game Doom Sparked New Appreciation for Pi
What would the world look like if we changed the value of pi? Whether in the real world or a game environment, the answer is complex
The Race to Study an Interstellar Comet from Deep Space
Astronomers are hustling to use interplanetary spacecraft to study the interstellar comet dubbed 3I/ATLAS while the sun is hiding it from Earth
This New Shape Breaks an ‘Unbreakable’ 3D Geometry Rule
The noperthedron has a surprising property—which disproves a long-standing conjecture
The Neuroscience behind the ‘Parenting Paradox’ of Happiness
Separate brain processes cope with moment-to-moment versus big-picture experiences, which helps explain how parenting both increases and decreases aspects of well-being
A Classic Graphic Reveals Nature’s Most Efficient Traveler
A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom
Hurricane Melissa Was So Strong That It Shook the Earth Hundreds of Miles Away
Seismometers picked up the ferocious winds and waves of Hurricane Melissa, showing how the tools can be used to better understand storms today and those from the past
