Public health experts warn that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s leadership crisis—sparked by the White House’s efforts to oust CDC director Susan Monarez—could jeopardize national ...

A deep-sea worm that lives in hydrothermal vents is the first known animal to create orpiment, a toxic, arsenic-containing mineral that was used by artists for centuries ...

Scientists treated a person’s type 1 diabetes with genetically modified insulin-producing cells that evaded immune system attacks. This is the first therapy for the condition that does not require imm ...

Bottom trawling is a fishing practice that is notoriously destructive to seafloor ecosystems. Now there’s growing evidence that it might unleash planet-warming carbon ...

Researchers have created glow-in-the-dark plants by injecting succulents with materials similar to those that make the posters light up. The fleshy plants shine as brightly as a night light, and can ...

Scientific American spoke with experts about what the public can expect in terms of COVID vaccines this fall.

Steep population declines in most countries are expected to have negative effects over the next several generations, but ...

Overcoming three recent failed tries, Elon Musk’s rocket company successfully flew its reusable jumbo booster and upper-stage ...

This new “connectome” could bring researchers one step closer to understanding how nerves connect to organs throughout the ...

A new long-term study suggests that the more heat waves people are exposed to, the more their body’s aging process ...

Microplastics are seemingly everywhere—and now growing research suggests they could be breeding grounds for drug-resistant ...

Long dismissed as impossible, nerve regrowth is offering new hope for healing injuries and treating neurodegeneration ...