White House reclassifies federal epidemiologists and other scientists from civil servants to "at-will" hires #Science #Policy #PublicHealth
Scientists just built a powerful AI computer worm that learns as it spreads #AI #Cybersecurity #MachineLearning
Landmark pancreatic cancer treatment paves way for targeting other tricky tumors #Science #Health #Medicine
NASA's Mars mission MAVEN is lost forever #Space #Mars #Science
Edison may not have been the first to record the human voice, new evidence suggests #History #Invention #Science
The reason why elevators feel slow--and the surprising math behind everyday life #Science #Math #Physics
Ötzi the murdered Iceman's microbiome is still active #Science #History #Microbiome
U.S. science must innovate or die, National Academies president says #Science #Innovation #Research
In a first, scientists transplanted both a pig liver and kidneys into a person who was braindead #Medicine #Science #Biotech
Microsoft's upgraded Majorana quantum computing chip fizzles with physicists #QuantumComputing #Tech #Science
Sturgeon fish sex sounds like "thunder" #Science #Animals #Nature
Trump's new AI executive order drastically shifts the administration's stance on the tech #AI #TechPolicy #Government
Trump administration takes aim at crucial ocean monitoring network #Science #Environment #Ocean
Mathematicians sign declaration to rein in AI use #AI #Science #Ethics
Questioning everything #Science #Research #Curiosity
How Gödel numbers turn mathematical laws against themselves #Mathematics #Logic #Science
Trump's psychedelics executive order could accelerate new treatments--even for children #Science #Health #Research
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is being explored as a long COVID treatment. Here's what the research shows #Health #Science #Medicine
Oldest cave art in the U.K. discovered inside Wales cave #Archaeology #History #UK
How the war in Iran is affecting your dinner plate #Science #Food #GlobalAffairs
Andrew Scott talks about World War II, D-Day and weather forecasting for his new film Pressure #History #Film #Science
Join the Scientific American Summer Reading Challenge #Science #Reading #Challenge
China launches rival to SpaceX Falcon 9 with zero warning #Space #Rockets #Aerospace
Hurricane season explained--and what to expect in 2026 #Science #Weather #Climate
Scientists are racing to stop a type of Ebola we have no vaccine for #Science #Health #Research
These exotic particles could break physics #Physics #Science #Research
Top U.S. science funder slows research grants to universities #Science #Research #Funding
New protein-folding AI vastly expands on Alphafold's efforts #AI #Science #ProteinFolding
NASA's Hubble captures gorgeous new photo of a spiral galaxy as it wanders through the Virgo Cluster #Space #Astronomy #Science
How the success of D-Day hinged on a weather forecast #History #Weather #Military
Why high-bandwidth memory is a bottleneck for AI chips #AI #Tech #Hardware
Retatrutide results spark questions about how rapid weight loss affects the body #Science #Health #Medicine
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket explodes in massive fireball, imperiling NASA moon missions #Space #Rockets #Exploration
Europe's deadly spring heatwave is obliterating temperature records #ClimateChange #Heatwave #Science
How big can a galaxy get? #Space #Astronomy #Cosmos
How smartphones and AI are reshaping our bodies and minds #AI #Technology #Society
White House proposes new rules giving political appointees final say on research grants #Science #Policy #Research
A new study says homing pigeon livers act like compasses. Other experts aren't so sure #Science #Animals #Research
Back-to-back chemical accidents raise alarm over EPA push to reduce oversight #Environment #Regulation #Safety
San Antonio Spurs star "Wemby" is rocking the NBA playoffs. Science can help explain why #Science #Sports #Basketball