Scientific American Content: Global

Researchers created a new map of the fruit fly brain. Then the Internet found it

Nearly 200 countries will participate in this year’s climate talks, held in Antalya, Türkiye

Foundayo, a daily pill, successfully reduced obstructive sleep apnea, according to clinical trial data

Here’s how the ubiquitous HyperLogLog algorithm works

Triggering a flow of the brain’s cleaning fluid could lead to better sleep—and may decrease harmful waste particles

 One story asks whether cats fart. The others are a lot less funny

The less internal noise you have, the more reliably you can tell similar sounds apart

Despite deer’s essential role in tick reproduction, looking to acorn numbers instead can forecast Lyme disease booms almost two years in advance

At a press event on Saturday, the agency’s officials stressed that rovers and other infrastructure will be critical to ensuring human survival on the moon

The “Great Unconformity” has puzzled scientists since its discovery in the 1870s

We asked a statistics expert how difficult it would be to find a needle in a haystack—the answer is: just as hard as you think

Quantum researchers show how materials inevitably absorb light

Can you guess the puzzle writer’s secret formula?

Using data from a 1950s Russian experiment, researchers are getting “to the heart of brain programming” in foxes

Archived observations appear to show a moving object in the far-distant outer solar system, but its reality is unclear

What happens when a technology becomes more powerful than its creators can fully understand?

New findings from a Siberian tomb offer the earliest direct evidence for human marijuana use

Learn more about the scientific community coming into office in January

The ocean’s blue and green hues near the infamous zone of debris have gotten brighter over the past 20 years, satellite data show

The find includes 280 engravings, including 55 depictions of animals

Fifty years after its spectacular debut, George Clinton’s smoke-spewing spaceship remains a marvel of live-music technology and Afrofuturist imagination

Across 10 states this Election Day, voters overwhelmingly backed restrictions on data center development or rejected measures that would have eased their construction

This week Florida and the Four Corners region have been hammered by major rain events, swamping roads and washing away homes

Researchers and advocates say they hope the “blue wave” could signal more accountability after two years of attacks on science

What happens when the most successful rocket in history stops flying? The world is about to find out

“Everybody’s hair is on fire in the climate or meteorologist community”

Democrats swept Congress and won in red states. Here are the races that matter most for decarbonization, disasters and data centers

The observatory had spent decades studying powerful cosmic explosions and was the target of an unsuccessful rescue mission earlier this year

By modeling the James Webb Space Telescope’s tiny movements, a new technique can reveal up to 15 times fainter alien worlds

New findings could help explain why cognitive exhaustion feels so crummy

 How soybeans became the hidden ingredient powering the U.S.

By hijacking built-in defrost controls, attackers have spoiled millions of euros’ worth of food across Europe. U.S. military bases may have been hit, too

Modern calculators have many buttons, including ones for sine, square root, pi and exponents. But it’s possible just two could suffice

New toxicology tests of Inca mummies found the kids were given not just cocaine but also alcohol and chemicals found in ayahuasca before the ceremony

A child died after contracting the disease amid the largest national measles outbreak in more than three decades

A start-up valued at more than $1 billion wants to fly cargo planes with no one in the cockpit. First it needs to prove to regulators that they’re safe without a human aboard

The second Trump administration has dismantled, disrupted or weakened many of the country’s scientific bodies

Dogs are constantly passing gas. So why don’t cats seem to?

The unlikely pairing suggests that social relationships between males are more complex than we thought

I can clone my voice in seconds—but there are tricks to help tell real speech from AI

Ebola outbreak crosses grim milestone, artificial intelligence solves major math problems, and scientists caution against making daylight saving time permanent

How handy would it be if you could make your tattoos invisible for a job interview in the morning and reveal them again for a party in the evening?

Staring at yourself in the mirror can create an illusionary effect, distorting your features to the point of appearing fantastical

Time changes are more disruptive to our health than you might think. Here are some tips for a smooth transition

From ghosts to skeletons and even spiders, the cosmos is full of scary surprises

Can you ascend this unusual pyramid?

Global cities are subsiding by up to several inches a year, an exhaustive new survey shows

The clocks falling back this weekend will give you the opportunity to sleep like a caveman

Global projections suggest this October will be 1.76 degrees Celsius higher than preindustrial averages

An AI tool called REA can take apart software that isn’t meant to be opened in printers, smart TVs, cars, and more. Its pseudonymous creator wants everyone to get a peek