This article explores how autonomous science could speed up breakthroughs in medicine & materials, while raising urgent ...

An international research team from Germany, the UK, and Greece has found evidence that wooden tools were used in Greece ...

The vast majority of forest restorations contain just one tree species—leaving them vulnerable to pests like the emerald ash ...

Working memory is like a mental chalkboard we use to store temporary information while executing other tasks. Scientists worked with more than 200 elementary students to test their working memory, ...

Treating hair loss is a multi-billion dollar business, so scientists (and many others) are interested in understanding how to generate functioning hair follicles in the lab. A new study found that ...

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Lewis Terman, a Stanford University psychologist, was a pioneer in I.Q. testing. His revisions of the Stanford-Binet test helped it become a widespread tool for measuring general intelligence.

On Friday, a judge ruled that the Trump administration violated the law in forming its Climate Working Group, which released a report that was intended to undercut the rationale behind greenhouse gas ...

Re “If Science Keeps Changing, Why Trust It?,” by Elay Shech (Opinion guest essay, Jan. 7): Professor Shech offers a thoughtful argument for what he calls “disciplined trust” in science, a position ...

Two things are true at once — First, humans influence the climate system, presenting risks that merit policy attention. Second, climate research, broadly construed, is a deeply politicized endeavor, ...

The editors of Scientific American look to 2026 as a chance to peer into the future to see what science may be unfolding and what discoveries may lurk on the horizon. But the new year is also a chance ...

Just a few days ago, I met up with a couple of friends at a coffee shop, and together we set up our habit-tracking journals for the next 75 days. The table was covered with notebooks, pens, and lattes ...