Scientific American Content: Global

Swapping out one AI model on a classified network for another takes minutes. Retraining the people who’ve learned to rely on it will take much longer

Smashing a spacecraft into a binary asteroid system has managed to alter its path around the sun, a new analysis reveals

U.S. lawmakers are moving to delay the International Space Station’s retirement, giving more time for commercial replacements to be built

A continental collision trapped oil within what is today Iran. The same collision explains why that oil is trapped behind the Strait of Hormuz now

Maryland is one of several states that are reporting cases of the infectious disease mumps, suggesting the return of diseases—like measles—that vaccines protect against

When people understand the system and process behind AI art, its moral implications become harder to accept

Satellites are wonders of modern technology that have improved all of our lives. But having more than a million of them in orbit could destroy our view of the heavens and seriously damage our planet

Michael Pollan tells Scientific American why the science of consciousness may ultimately be too subject to our own conscious minds to crack

Michael Pollan dives into the scientific and philosophical puzzles of consciousness, from brain biology to AI and beyond

Earthlings aren't the only ones safe from a city-wrecking-size asteroid. Future lunar inhabitants won't have to worry about a strike in 2032 either

An analysis found that, following Trump’s claim that acetaminophen was linked to autism, orders for the drug for pregnant patients in emergency rooms dropped, while the number of children prescribed an unproven autism treatment increased

Camp East Montana, one of the largest immigration detention facilities in the U.S., has reported 14 confirmed measles infections, triggering the El Paso center to close to visitors

When it comes to health advice, more people trust the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Medical Association than they do federal health agencies, according to a new poll

Scientists have discovered a potential path out of devastating genetic bottlenecks that could help these Australian animals, as well as many other vulnerable and endangered species

New insights into a tiny, tough microbe have huge implications for the search for life beyond Earth

A team at IBM Research has assembled a strange new ring-shaped molecule that bends around like a more complicated Möbius strip

This year’s Death Valley flower bloom is the greatest since 2016, according to the U.S. National Park Service. See it for yourself

A new study finds that heart attack deaths in U.S. hospitals are rising in people aged 54 and below, signaling a shift in cardiovascular issues in younger ages

A new catalog of gravitational waves more than doubles the known number of these spacetime ripples

At the height of her career, chemist and physicist Katharine Burr Blodgett faced challenges that not even her closest colleagues suspected

Using a synchrotron powered CT scanner, the Antscan project created an open-source digital library cataloguing thousands of 3D ant specimens

As clocks spring forward, light and movement are cues for daytime wakefulness that can improve sleep and overall health

Public health chaos and research funding cuts are inspiring nationwide pro-science protests against the Trump administration

Many older adults improve their physical and cognitive health over time, overturning the idea that aging equates to a decline

A large epidemiological study of more than 600,000 veterans with diabetes suggests GLP-1 weight-loss medications may reduce drug- and alcohol-related overdoses and deaths

New gene therapy results bring hope for treating Dravet syndrome, a rare and often fatal seizure condition

TerraPower, a start-up founded by Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates, is set to build a new kind of nuclear power plant in Wyoming

The space-based telescopes Hubble and Euclid combined forces to capture the vibrant remains of a dying star in stunning new detail

A massive bloom of rimu berries fueled a mating surge among the world’s heaviest (and strangest) parrots

Fossils show exceptionally rare evidence of a cloacal vent—the slit that most vertebrates use to excrete, have sex and lay egg—which could shed light on the evolution of the orifice

BBC tech journalist Thomas Germain’s simple—and hilarious—experiment exposes a serious flaw in common artificial intelligence tools

These results are preliminary, but they could eventually improve ovarian health and fertility in women, researchers say

Don’t worry if you missed Tuesday’s total lunar eclipse. These images show the celestial marvel from around the world

Punch, a monkey that went viral after he was abandoned by his mother in a Japanese zoo, is reminiscent of a foundational attachment theory experiment

Russia’s war has left many of Ukraine’s world-class observatories in ruins—but the besieged nation’s astronomers already have plans to rebuild and recover

CATL says its sodium-ion pack can keep charging and delivering power far below freezing. The real test is whether those lab numbers survive real winter driving

Studies find AI helps developers release more software—while logging longer hours and fixing problems after the code goes live

Experimental composer Holly Herndon says this technology isn’t here to replace artists—and that the future of creativity belongs to collective intelligence

The strange case for prime numbers at the heart of physics

Supplements, surprising treatments, immunity-boosting vaccines and even exercises can help the immune system do its job

Weather events like El Niño can be notoriously hard to predict, but this year could mark its return

The Trump administration’s war with Iran over its nuclear ambitions raises new questions about the country’s uranium stockpile

The WHO has warned countries in the Northern Hemisphere to be prepared to fight influenza viruses that fall under the subtypes H1N1 and H3N2 and the lineage B/Victoria in the next flu season

Known as “La Calima,” this desert dust plume could hit Spain, Portugal and France, bringing with it grit-laden, rust-colored rainfall

A Dutch lock is closed for the spring, and its employees want you to tell them when migrating fish come knocking by ringing a digital doorbell

“Little Foot” is the most complete Australopithecus fossil ever found. And now we finally have an idea of what this group of ancient hominins looked like

Roboticist Benjie Holson created the “Humanoid Olympic Games” thinking home robots were 15 years away. Then they started folding the laundry

A total lunar eclipse is set to grace the sky on Tuesday. Here’s how to see it

What a worrying forecast says about women’s heart health, what’s happening with NASA’s Artemis II moon mission and why female reindeer have antlers

This Oscar-winning classic set a surprisingly simple mathematical challenge