Astrophysicist and author Hakeem Oluseyi talks with cosmologist Janna Levin in a new 10-episode podcast series, Particles of Thought, from GBH and the producers of NOVA. In August 2025, 2,171 ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, this is Rachel Feltman. If you’re one of the many folks who eagerly awaits the arrival of Spotify Wrapped each December, you might have ...

Scientific American's endorsement of Kamala Harris for president ignited a ferocious debate in the science community. Is she the best choice for advancing science, as her supporters contend, or is it ...

Russ Altman Ph.D. ’89 MD ’90, professor and host of “The Future of Everything” podcast, says that “if people see that [scientists are] just trying to learn things to make the world better, [that they] ...

Last year was full of unexpected science news, from the discovery of a new colour, to the interstellar visitor 3I/Atlas passing by our solar system, and a world-first treatment with a personalised ...

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Imagine you’re hanging out at a bar with your very enthusiastic friends, about two beers in, and someone brings up Star Trek. OK, but the transporter! How would that actually work? What about the ...

Holden Thorp, editor of the once-prestigious academic journal 'Science,' has made many strange claims in recent years, including the assertion that anybody involved in or adjacent to science (a ...

Scroll down for a transcription of this episode. What if burnout isn’t a breaking point, but an invitation to slow down, tune in, and hear the intuition you have been trying to say all along? Summary: ...

If your kids say, “Can I have some water?”, “I heard a noise,” or — my favorite — “I’m not tired” as they rub their eyes and stifle a yawn, then you’re not alone. My 7- and 5-year-olds love coming out ...