Scientific American

Scientific American

Scientific American, often referred to as SciAm, is a well-known American magazine that focuses on popular science. For over 170 years, it has provided monthly insights into scientific topics for an educated audience, ensuring the writing is clear and accompanied by high-quality color graphics. Renowned scientists, such as Albert Einstein, have written articles for this magazine. It is recognized as the oldest magazine in the U.S. that has been published continuously on a monthly basis.

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#18369

United States

#5204

Science and Education/Science and Education

#18

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  • 1 day ago | scientificamerican.com | Lois Parshley

    At an addiction conference in Nashville, Tenn., in late April, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., spoke about his own experience with drug use. “Addiction is a source of misery. It’s also a symptom of misery,” he said. Kennedy’s very personal speech, however, ignored recent federal budget cuts and staffing reductions that could undo national drug programs’ recent progress in reversing overdoses and treating substance use.

  • 2 days ago | scientificamerican.com | Nadia Drake

    Late last week the Trump Administration released its detailed budget request for fiscal year 2026 —a request that, if enacted, would be the equivalent of carpet-bombing the national scientific enterprise. “This is a profound, generational threat to scientific leadership in the United States,” says Casey Dreier, chief of space policy at the Planetary Society, a science advocacy group.

  • 3 days ago | scientificamerican.com | Ariel Wittenberg

    CLIMATEWIRE | When federal regulators were crafting a first-ever proposal to protect workers from extreme heat, they relied on government health experts who had been working on the deadly effects of high temperatures for years. Now that entire team is gone due to President Donald Trump's personnel purges.

  • 3 days ago | scientificamerican.com | Andrea Gawrylewski

    In 2022 three scientists won the Nobel Prize in Physics for proving something astonishing: the universe is not locally real. In other words, particles don’t have fixed properties until they are measured.

  • 4 days ago | scientificamerican.com | Madhusree Mukerjee

    The coming summer is forecast to be a scorcher across the U.S. And climate scientists predict that at least one of the next five years will beat 2024 as the hottest year ever recorded globally. As heat waves are getting more intense and prolonged, their effect on the mind and body are also becoming more dire. Children and older people, as well as those who work outdoors, are most at risk. So are those with mental health disorders.