Scientific American Content: Global

The reversal of a Biden-era cap on emissions from the plants could have devastating effects in efforts to stop climate change

A new declaration from winners of the Fields Medal reflects many mathematicians’ growing alarm over a “severe misalignment” between the tech industry and their field a week after AI toppled one of math’s biggest open problems

As new 9/11 documents emerge, AI transforms math and fuels debates over pollution, power and progress

After months of headaches and visual hallucinations, a woman was finally revealed to have brain cysts filled with tapeworm larvae

A new study tries to map why humans can experience beauty collectively

The speech of people with schizophrenia sounds subtly different from their healthy counterparts. Can AI hear those differences better than human psychiatrists?

The case for not filling up every minute of your day

An Anthropic researcher quit over fears of runaway AI. His colleague who still works there agreed. Security experts argue that the incidents that are already on record call for tighter oversight, not panic

Researchers devised the dice to solve a tricky math problem: When playing a game, who goes first?

The Atlantic Ocean has never seen a year without a hurricane since reliable records began

Scientists have long wondered how these bizarre creatures endured for years without food—now they’ve found out why

Two studies find signs of strange black hole binary systems

NASA’s formidable gamma-ray burst hunter is doomed to soon reenter Earth’s atmosphere, leaving a glaring gap in our view of the high-energy sky

What do we lose when machines become our closest confidants?

A quarter of a century after the Twin Towers fell, those who lived through the attacks are still seeking care for myriad illnesses, including cancers, post-traumatic stress disorder, and more

The fires are burning peatlands, which can release more particulate matter into the air than other wildfires

The Pacific Ocean has seen an especially active hurricane season so far, while the Atlantic has had barely a whimper of a storm. Experts explain why

NASA’s satellites captured the aftermath of the eruption, which lasted for more than a day

The planet’s “wrinkles” give scientists a clue into how the world is contracting in size

The looming El Niño conditions, combined with the warming effects of climate change, contributed to the historic temperatures

What happens when machines surpass the most brilliant human minds? Mathematicians are finding out

Gondwana was much bigger than we thought, according to the new analysis

It’s unclear what these objects actually are, but evidence for them has been detected by NASA’s Chandra space telescope for years

An analysis of ancient bones found in a Chinese cave offer glimpses of how Denisovans lived more than 130,000 years ago

Up and down the Pacific coast, dead gray whales are mysteriously washing ashore—and scientists think they know why

There’s more to fog than meets the eye

Dozens of temporary gas turbines are powering SpaceXAI’s expansion—and fights over permits and pollution

Assistant professor of psychology Jessica Ayers’s new research challenges assumptions about the kind of friendships we need

In 2022 researchers detected a very odd photon from an enormous gamma-ray burst that should have been destroyed on its way to Earth

The five Platonic solids are the epitome of perfection—at least in mathematics. Topology explains why there are only five of them

Prior to the announcement, rumors were circulating online among mathematicians over the proof’s origins—OpenAI has denied all allegations

A new study finds sharp contrasts between brain changes in menopause and those during pregnancy and puberty

AlphaGenome Atlas predicts the effect of any single change in the fundamental structure of DNA

A mathematician compared the feat to the history-making chess competition in which IBM’s Deep Blue computer beat Garry Kasparov in 1997

Assisted by AI, companies have more options than ever to track employees, minute by minute, keystroke by keystroke. Does this have the desired effect?

Flying leads to positive emotions and optimism in Galahs

Music doesn’t just mask stress; it guides our brains back to a calm state

A new executive order calls for more than 1,000 U.S. rocket launches per year by the end of the decade. Rethinking the nation’s spaceports will be key

How people interact with their inner and outer worlds may shape how they approach generative AI

From flashing fireflies to human music, many biological rhythms appear to converge on the same rhythmic range

Autocracy wasn’t inevitable in early civilizations. But when riches were there to monopolize, strongmen and inequalities emerged

Collectively intelligent bricks figure out if they’re in a boat, chair or guitar

Huntington’s disease is an inherited condition that gradually robs people of their ability to move, speak and even think clearly—there is no cure

New solutions found to picture-hanging problems

Some voting districts are tilted intentionally toward one party or another—a factor in the midterms. Geometry plays a critical role in gerrymandering

The silliest science awards of the year are here, but the Ig Nobels aren’t just funny business

Experts say there is not enough evidence to support broadly screening men for testosterone without any symptoms

A researcher’s social media post that revealed how to break part of a popular encryption protocol has gone viral. But did he really do it with just “good old paper and pencil”?

The newfound star S301 orbits the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole so closely that its view of the heavens gets twisted

Author Sarah Pierce explores dating apps, loneliness and human connection through a novel about a corpse-matching algorithm