Scientific American Content: Global

The new spaceport will support thousands of launches each year, according to SpaceX

A technique that manipulates the video game's random number generator makes rare Pokemón appear, showing how it's not so random after all

A request for information from the Department of Health and Human Services seeks public input as to how vaccines are categorized

Both of the deceased were unvaccinated against measles. The deaths are the first fatalities caused by the preventable disease in the state of Pennsylvania in 35 years

This near-total eclipse will be visible from the Americas, Africa and Europe—here’s how to see it

When fully grown, the octopuses that survive could eat up to four blue crabs per day in the Mediterranean Sea

In a 2023 podcast interview, Heidi Overton called for the creation of “alternate systems” for publishing research that would back conservative policy

Two robots beat Usain Bolt’s 100-meter-dash record—but likely couldn’t survive in the real world

A wildfire outside Reno began on August 22 and has already burned more than 15,000 acres of land

The world’s oceans hit 21.10 degrees Celsius last Saturday, breaking a record set in 2024

The search for frozen water is crucial to both China’s and NASA’s plans to establish permanent moon bases

On the 20th anniversary of Pluto’s infamous demotion, Mike “Pluto Killer” Brown explains why any reversal of that decision would be driven more by nostalgia than science

Forests, extreme weather and the realities of a warming world

Even as cases of diseases such as measles rise, childhood vaccinations are declining, thanks to changes in public health policies and antivaccine sentiment, experts say

When that energy reaches the ground, some of it is converted into seismic waves that ripple through the soil and rock beneath—“thunderquakes”

Snapped on August 23, 1966, by the uncrewed Lunar Orbiter 1, the photo’s legacy lives on in the breathtaking images of Earth taken by the Artemis II crew

Trauma can distort how memories are stored and retrieved in the brain

After a spike in infections in July, this explosive-diarrhea-causing outbreak may be coming to an end

Twisters don’t touch down in New York City often, but they can when the conditions are just right

A strengthening El Niño may surpass any seen since the 19th century and will usher in another record hot year or two

The mosquito-borne illness has sickened hundreds of people this year

Claiming an exoplanet to be “Earth-like” is a trend that needs to bite the dust

Researchers are exploring whether magic mushrooms could offer a new treatment for anorexia

An investigation into the incomprehensibly, unfathomably large amount of money the U.S. owes

A new study finds that China’s solar energy boom is hurting bird diversity

Growing crystals “like alchemy,” researchers plotted out the ideal site within the lattice to build a nuclear clock

The area of Europe affected by wildfires is due to triple, a new study finds

Without drastic interventions, data centers in space could disrupt scientific observations and fragile ecosystems by adding almost innumerable new “stars” to the heavens above

A groundbreaking study hints at a hazy boundary between “life” and “non-life,” as well as two distinct origins of biology on Earth

The country’s latest mission, Chang’e 7, will be the first ever to land directly at the moon’s south pole. Whatever it finds there could radically reshape a new space race

Testosterone is a longtime favorite of the bodybuilding crowd, but now the hormone is being touted for perimenopause, “looks maxxing,” and more

The space agency’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, which studied cataclysmic cosmic explosions, is expected to burn up in Earth’s atmosphere later this year

The combined drug works by nudging the body’s own immune system to make proteins that attack and destroy melanoma cells

Five common microorganisms found on Earth could survive at the lunar south pole, a new study finds, presenting a contamination risk for future human missions

The star S301 swoops so close to our galaxy’s supermassive black hole that it could, for the first time ever, reveal that dark behemoth’s rotation

Beijing’s success shows how close China is to the U.S. in the new space race

Miniature models of the human brain can be kept alive for years, allowing scientists to study neural development and brain diseases

Overton is a medical doctor with ties to the “Make America Healthy Again” movement

Psychedelics can create a new “hidden order” in brain activity that could explain how these drugs alter our sense of self

Could this secret cellular weapon be the key to longevity?

The SpaceX rocket fragment hit the moon at several times the speed of sound on August 5

Moiya McTier explores what makes human creativity unique in the age of AI

The 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule protects the nation’s forests from logging and other industry activities

Cryptographers use points along a curve to build tough codes

The unicorn of the sea’s spiral tooth has long been a scientific enigma

The same people affected by extreme weather are also likely to worry that they will face a future disaster, according to a new poll

Two new missions are revealing how robotic repair and assembly could become routine on the final frontier

Explore the Tetris paradox in this math puzzle

A recent change in ownership is an opportunity for SciAm to be even better and have some fun

SpaceX and other companies want to put millions of satellites into space. Could orbit run out of room?