Scientific American - Science News

Page Updated: Wednesday, May 20, 2026 9:56 PM ET

Home Top Stories Opinion Technology Health Science Environment

Scientific American - Science

Extinction -- A contentious effort to 'resurrect' the extinct Moa and dodo takes a step forward

2 hours ago

Mind & Brain -- Screen time limits can protect children's health, U.S. surgeon general advisory says

3 hours ago

Public Health -- An Ebola outbreak is spreading fast. Should you be worried?

4 hours ago

Paleontology -- These bizarre fossils represent some of the earliest moving, sexually reproducing life ever discovered

7 hours ago

Vaccines -- Ebola vaccines exist, but not for the strain in the current outbreak

9 hours ago

Mars -- NASA's Psyche captures gorgeous Mars crescent photo on way to asteroid

10 hours ago

Exercise -- The Colorado Avalanche is dominating the NHL. The reason could lie in a quirk of geography

12 hours ago

Nuclear energy -- Putting a nuclear reactor on the moon: big promise, bigger challenges

15 hours ago

Evolutionary Biology -- Did the last common ancestor of humans and apes walk like a gorilla? A new study offers a clue

16 hours ago

Weather -- Extreme heat is breaking records in the East. Here's why

11 hours ago

Climate Change -- The last 12 months in the U.S. were the hottest on record

1 day ago

Spacecraft -- SpaceX punts Starship launch as investigation opens into Starbase worker's death

1 day ago

Home Top Stories Opinion Technology Health Science Environment