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Trump Orders Genesis Mission to Advance AI Breakthroughs
Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American
A new federal initiative aims to accelerate scientific discovery by uniting artificial intelligence with large federal datasets
Nov 25, 2025, 6:10 PM
COP30 In Brazil Highlights Global Climate Challenges and Indigenous voices
Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Alex Sugiura, Scientific American
A new study finds that fluoride is safe for kids’ brain—and linked to slightly better test scores.
Nov 24, 2025, 11:00 AM
The Paris Climate Agreement Is Turning 10—These 5 Charts Show What Progress We’ve Made
Meghan Bartels, Scientific American
The 2015 Paris Agreement forged a path for the world to stave off the worst climate change scenarios. Here’s where we stand 10 years later
Nov 22, 2025, 1:45 PM
CDC to End Monkey Research Program
Claire Cameron, Scientific American
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s decision to end its monkey research program will affect studies involving some 200 macaques, and the fate of the animals is unclear
Nov 21, 2025, 5:30 PM
Can We Find Cleaner Ways to Extract Rare Earth Elements?
Clara Moskowitz, Studio Terp, Scientific American
These valuable but difficult-to-extract metals are increasingly important to modern life
Nov 18, 2025, 11:00 AM
NASA’s Mars Sample Return Mission in Jeopardy as U.S. Considers Abandoning Retrieval
Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American
NASA spent years and billions of dollars collecting Martian samples to bring home. Now they might be stranded
Nov 18, 2025, 11:00 AM
How Fossil-Fuel Companies Are Driving Plastic Production and Pollution
Beth Gardiner, Scientific American
To keep profits rolling in, oil and gas companies want to turn fossil fuels into a mounting pile of packaging and other plastic products
Nov 18, 2025, 10:00 AM
Personalized mRNA Vaccines Will Revolutionize Cancer Treatment—If Federal Funding Cuts Don’t Doom Them
Rowan Moore Gerety, Scientific American
Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
Nov 18, 2025, 10:00 AM
Amelia Earhart Records Released by U.S. Spy Agency
Dan Vergano, Scientific American
The U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence released long-promised records related to vanished pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart. More records are promised on a rolling basis
Nov 14, 2025, 10:20 PM
New Glenn Rocket Launch Tests Jared Isaacman’s Commercial Space Vision for NASA
Morgan McFall-Johnsen, Scientific American
NASA’s presumptive next leader wants to outsource more of the space agency’s interplanetary science. The newly launched ESCAPADE mission to Mars offers a sanity check for those plans
Nov 14, 2025, 4:45 PM
A New Kind of Vaccine Offers Hope for Surviving Pancreatic Cancer
Kendra Pierre-Louis, Rowan Moore Gerety, Fonda Mwangi, Alex Sugiura, Jeffery DelViscio, Scientific American
From COVID shots to cancer therapy, mRNA is changing medicine.
Nov 14, 2025, 11:00 AM
Jeffrey Epstein E-mails Reveal Ties to Prominent Scientists
Dan Vergano, Scientific American
A trove of e-mails from convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was released by a congressional committee on Wednesday
Nov 13, 2025, 6:00 PM
NASA Chief Pick Jared Isaacman Renominated to Head Agency
Dan Vergano, Scientific American
Ahead of Jared Isaacman’s renomination for the position of NASA’s administrator, a dispute between him and its acting chief Sean Duffy spilled into the open, with potentially profound consequences for the U.S. space agency
Nov 5, 2025, 7:00 PM
COVID During Pregnancy May Raise Autism Risk, Study Suggests
Tanya Lewis, Scientific American
A new study adds to the evidence that viral infections during pregnancy might contribute to a child’s likelihood of having autism
Nov 1, 2025, 2:35 PM
Trump’s Baffling Call for Resuming U.S. Nuclear Tests
Dan Vergano, Scientific American
“The only countries that will really learn more if [U.S. nuclear] testing resumes are Russia and, to a much greater extent, China,” says Jeffrey Lewis, an expert on the geopolitics of nuclear weaponry
Oct 30, 2025, 4:45 PM
FDA Is Investigating the Abortion Pill Mifepristone despite Decades of Studies Showing It’s Safe
Liz Szabo, Scientific American
Some scientists are concerned that the Trump administration will use “junk science” when reviewing mifepristone’s safety record
Oct 30, 2025, 3:30 PM
Russia’s Burevestnik Nuclear-Powered Missile Is a Very Bad Idea
Dan Vergano, Scientific American
Russian leader Vladimir Putin claimed his nation conducted a successful flight of a nuclear-powered cruise missile. Here’s how that missile might work
Oct 29, 2025, 5:45 PM
What TikTok’s U.S. Spin-off Means for Its Algorithm and Content Moderation
Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Alex Sugiura, Scientific American
TikTok’s U.S. spin-off could reshape its algorithm and the way culture is curated online.
Oct 29, 2025, 10:00 AM
Why Bird Flu Is Surging Again—And What It Means for Public Health
Meghan Bartels, Scientific American
After a quiet summer, bird flu cases are rising again. Scientists expected the development, but what happens next is still uncertain
Oct 24, 2025, 11:00 AM
The Dangerous Data Gap in Pregnancy Drug Research
Rachel Feltman, Tanya Lewis, Fonda Mwangi, Alex Sugiura, Scientific American
Despite the widespread use of medication during pregnancy, a lack of clinical research leaves patients and doctors navigating treatment with dangerously few data.
Oct 24, 2025, 10:00 AM
What Medications Are Safe to Take While Pregnant? Studies Are Lacking
Tanya Lewis, Scientific American
Less than 1 percent of clinical trials include pregnant or breastfeeding people. Experts say that needs to change
Oct 23, 2025, 4:00 PM
‘No Kings’ Protesters Reject Political Violence, Survey Shows
Dan Vergano, Scientific American
Massive marches nationwide in the U.S. marked a turn against an increasing acceptance of political violence among protesters, report sociologists
Oct 20, 2025, 6:15 PM
CDC Cuts Threaten Public Health Nationwide, Fired Employees Say
Dan Vergano, Scientific American
A quarter of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff is gone after the Trump administration’s latest reductions in force and earlier layoffs
Oct 14, 2025, 6:44 PM
NASA Is Crucial to the U.S. Winning the New Space Race
The Editors, Scientific American
The U.S. wants to remain a superpower in space. It can’t without supporting NASA
Oct 14, 2025, 10:00 AM
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