Floods, wildfires, droughts and earthquakes forced more than 26 million people to leave their homes in 2023
The same massive sunspot that gave Earth multiple nights of stunning aurora displays has now produced the largest flare of the current solar cycle
Ancient tree rings show that the summer of 2023 was the hottest in the past 2,000 years because of human-caused climate change
Conspiracy theories are everywhere. Here's how you can figure out when you're being fooled
Scientists think they’ve cracked the long-standing mystery of attraction among particles with a similar charge
Scientists are putting together a catalog of communications from belugas’ forehead “melon”
Forestry is deadly. Could automating some logging tasks help?
Explore the new science of weird chemistry, anthropogenic evolution and near-death experiences
With few states tracking who is being homeschooled and what they are learning, an untold number of U.S. children are at risk of a poor education or even abuse
Walking barefoot on hot stones; what makes bluebirds blue
Rats as you’ve never seen them; the journey of restoring a garden; stories from a “post-Impact” future
Supportive care is often started late in an illness, but that may not be the best way
Rather than relying on bacteria, whiteflies cut out the middleman and acquired their own genes to process nitrogen
After decades of debate, grizzlies will be reintroduced to the North Cascades
Anthropogenic evolution is affecting species across the planet
Though sometimes overstated, the benefits of cold-water swimming are slowly becoming clearer
Writers, artists, photographers and researchers share the stories behind the stories
Research on the developing brain points to new ways to help young people with anxiety disorders
Moths and other insects aren’t drawn to nighttime illumination for the reasons we think they are
The way we’re “wired” to learn may divide us
This beer-making by-product could offer a sustainable way to isolate metals for recycling electronic waste
Our overreliance on the simplicity of game logic explains why capitalism got out of control
Scientists have recently discovered thousands of active RNA molecules that can control the human body
Letters to the editors for the February 2024 issue of Scientific American
