Do We Live in a Special Part of the Universe?
According to a tenet scientists call the cosmological principle, our place in space is in no way exceptional. But recent observations could overturn this long-held assumption
Some of These Whales May Live to 150—Double the Age Previously Thought
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Meet Pearl Young, Who ‘Raised Hell’ at NASA’s Predecessor
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Nearly Forgotten ‘Phage Therapy’ Fights Antibiotic Resistance
Auroras May Light Up New Year’s Sky after Solar Outbursts
How Frazzled Parents Can Be More Present with Kids during the Holidays
Why Countries Are Color-Coding Healthy Foods at Grocery Stores
We May Be on the Brink of Finding the Real Planet Nine
Great Apes Joke Around, Suggesting Humor Is Older Than Humans
NASA’s Europa Clipper Spacecraft Aims for Jupiter’s Most Intriguing Moon
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Why Your Brain Needs Exercise
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These Cancers Were Beyond Treatment—But Might Not Be Anymore
Conservation Efforts Are Bringing Pandas, Wolves and Panthers Back from the Brink
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Audio and Imagery, Interpreted by AI, Are Improving Conservation Studies
Why Are Zoos Controversial?
Do We Live in a Special Part of the Universe?
According to a tenet scientists call the cosmological principle, our place in space is in no way exceptional. But recent observations could overturn this long-held assumption
Probability Probably Doesn’t Exist
All of statistics and much of science depends on probability—an astonishing achievement, considering no one’s really sure what it is
People Living in Las Vegas’s Tunnels Urged to Get Medical Treatment
Street medicine providers and homeless outreach workers who travel into Las Vegas’s drainage tunnels have noticed an uptick in the number of people living underground, and it can be difficult to persuade them to come aboveground for medicine and treatment
Auroras May Light Up New Year’s Sky after Solar Outbursts
Will still more auroras ring out 2024, a year marked by the celestial displays?
78 Books Scientific American Recommends in 2024
A collection of nonfiction and fiction books Scientific American editorial staff and contributors read and recommend in 2024
The Theory That Men Evolved to Hunt and Women Evolved to Gather Is Wrong
The influential idea that in the past men were hunters and women were not isn’t supported by the available evidence
