U.S. budget proposal would hollow NASA to a husk bent to Elon Musk’s whims. Only one mission can save the space agency ...

Under President Trump, the Environmental Protection Agency plans to eliminate offices that track greenhouse gas emissions and ...

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It goes without saying that a lot has changed at Scientific American since our first issue came out in 1845. But the magazine—and the world of science journalism in general—also looks ...

Scientific American spoke with DeCarli about the effect that these funding disruptions will have on our understanding of dementia’s causes and the development of new treatments. [An edited ...

But a leaked draft of the president’s 2026 budget request, which Scientific American has reviewed, instead calls for canceling Roman. “This is nuts. You’ve built it, and you’re not going ...

There are only so many colors that the typical human eye can see; estimates put the number just below 10 million. But now, for the first time, scientists say they’ve broken out of that familiar ...

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Our nation is a superpower because of the advances in scientific research that were ... Please, Mr. President, do not destroy American science. This, more than anything, is what made America ...

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