China delays supply mission to newly launched space station

Highest bid for Blue Origin's maiden voyage $2.6 million and climbing

Chinese Mars rover beams back first photos

Hot summers, intense burn seasons seed 'zombie' fires: study

Protected areas cover a sixth of Earth's land and freshwater

Silicon chips combine light and ultrasound for better signal processing

Soy kits provide earning power for women entrepreneurs in Malawi

The 'great dying': the abrupt collapse of forest-mire (Glossopteris) ecosystems in high southern latitudes

White shark population is small but healthy off the coast of Central California

Nuclear terrorism could be intercepted by neutron-gamma detector that pinpoints source

Unexpected 'Black Swan' defect discovered in soft matter for first time

San Diego Zoo's golden takin calf offers glimpse of a seldom-seen species

It's California wildfire season. But firefighters say federal hotshot crews are understaffed

The 'Great Dying'

Researchers uncover new role for strange organisms in ocean food web

Study on bizarre rodent genetics solves a mystery and reveals another

What causes pools below waterfalls to periodically fill with sediment?

Pets and their owners diet together, new study finds

Biden Touts Electric Vehicles amid Negotiations on Infrastructure Spending

'Alien' plants could pose risk to fruit bats

Sex-specific social learning prepares young orangutans for adulthood

Bringing sexy back: What Australian men and women find attractive in a potential mate

Half of Guadeloupe's snakes and lizards went extinct after European colonization

Different levels of conservation protection favor distinct communities

Physical activity may help to close the wealth gap in school attainment

Monitoring species condemned to extinction may help save others as global temperatures rise

To the Brain, a Tool Is Just a Tool, Not a Hand Extension

A revolutionary method to drastically reduce stray light on space telescopes

Scientists reconstruct past history of largest ice shelf on Antarctic Peninsula

A 15-year study shows effects of extreme weather on bees

NASA's Webb to study how massive stars' blasts of radiation influence their environments

Liquid-like motion in crystals could explain their promising behavior in solar cells

Long search finds grain of hope in the 'glume'

Study validates shorter treatment for major world infection, tuberculosis

A tale of frozen landscapes is also an urgent call to action

Birds dealing with change: Mapping migration routes can lead to conservation areas

CT scans offer new view of Lake Malawi cichlid specimens

Research team develops new class of soft materials

Researchers develop non-contact probe to analyze single cells within tumors

Palm oil plantations change the social behavior of macaques

Study points to potential treatment for citrus disease

Study reveals high levels of contaminants in killer whales

Groundwater monitoring with seismic instruments

New biological and safer soaps

Long search finds grain of hope in the glume

How the Scientific American Staff Is Reacting to the CDC's New Mask Guidance

Researchers use 'hole-y' math and machine learning to study cellular self-assembly

World meets protected areas target, quality needs improving

UN World Ocean Assessment: The ocean is in trouble, but we still have time to act

Researchers design new experiments to map and test the mysterious quantum realm

Heavy metal vapors unexpectedly found in comets throughout our Solar System—and beyond

'Postcode lottery' of nutrient intake from crops revealed in new study

See the Most Bizarre and Beautiful Animal Eyes on Earth

World's first, satellite-based monitoring system goes global to help save coral reefs

How a small fish coped with being isolated from the sea

Employees feeling burned over broken work-from-home promises, corporate culture 'BS'

Roe v. Wade gave American women a choice about having children—and changed their lives

Back to the space cradle: ESA astronaut's ongoing experiments in the ISS

Cool test of Proba-V companion during preparation for 'thermal balance' testing

Mercury decreased in brown watersnakes at Savannah River Site, study reveals

'E-nose' can discriminate various mint scents

Fruit crops reached the eastern peninsula almost 3,000 years ago

Wildfires threaten river networks in the western U.S.

Bullsh*tting: The pros and cons of using empty and misleading communication

Computational modeling can predict mutation hotspots in SARS-CoV-2 spike protein

A machine learning model behind COVID-19 vaccine development

Image: Meet the world's largest iceberg

New study explores digitally native but technologically illiterate students

Why frogs can't regenerate lost limbs like axolotls

Study of the 'nature is healing' memes that dominated social media during pandemic

Should businesses require vaccines? That's fine, most California voters say

Plant consumers play unexpectedly large role in the evolution of seedling success

Incest isn't a taboo in the animal kingdom, new study shows

Underneath it all: Dishing the dirt on protists

'One sip can kill': Why a highly toxic herbicide should be banned in Australia

We have evidence for what works in schools, but that doesn't mean everyone uses it

The curious incident of Swarm and sprites in the night-time

Single fingerprint at crime scene detects class A drug use

How public opinion about climate change affects climate policy

How wildfires affect climate change—and vice versa

Spiders avoid areas where fire ants have been

Video: Restoring the coastal wetlands of Everlasting Swamp

Imaging technique could identify where landslides are likely

Climate change could alter the gender ratios of American alligator offspring

China prepares to launch rocket carrying space station supplies

A solution to space junk: Satellites made of mushrooms?

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a 'perfect storm' for family violence

Researchers use 'hole-y' math and machine learning to study cellular self-assembly

Russia to sell Soyuz space module

New insights into androgen's action could boost battle against prostate cancer

Tidal tails detected in the open cluster NGC 752

Countdown begins to discover where Columbus came from

An illuminating possibility for stroke treatment: Nano-photosynthesis

Researchers identify potential approach to controlling epileptic seizures

Finding quasars: Rare extragalactic objects are now easier to spot

Global leaders' personalities influenced their response to pandemic, study shows

AI searched for single-atom-alloy catalysts, found 200 promising candidates

Standardizing efficiency estimates for crop nitrogen use

Ecofriendly chemicals can actually improve mineral processing

Researchers isolate new lignanamides with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities from W. ugandensis

New antimicrobial surface reduces bacteria build-up on medical instruments

Looking for the genuine 'tiny red beasts' in the Milky Way

Research challenges 'stigma effect' for industries with law-breaking companies

Digital precision agriculture tool helps Nepalese farmers break yield barriers

Genome mining leads to a new type of peptide prenylation

The Pandemic's Next Effect: A Giant Wave of Disabling Grief

Researchers shed light on the evolution of extremist groups

What England’s new vaccine passport could mean for covid tech’s next act

Pandemic mask mountain sets new recycling challenge

India cyclone death toll jumps as navy searches for dozens missing

Insect and animal invasions can teach us about COVID-19

How international students make decisions about staying in Canada

Did Earth's early rise in oxygen help multicellular life evolve?