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As Scotland’s west coast recedes from view, the ocean resembles a mirror, broken only by the swash of the boat and the dolphins chasing us. We’re headed to the craggy, uninhabited islands known as the Garvellachs. Only reachable during…

An annular solar eclipse will turn the sun into a dramatic “ring of fire” on Feb. 17, as the moon passes between Earth and the sun, leaving a thin outer ring of sunlight visible. This striking effect will last up to 2 minutes and 20 seconds at…

We’ve seen dream engineering in blockbuster movies like Christopher Nolan’s Inception, and a new study shows that the science-fiction-style idea may be much closer to science fact than we realized.

A team led by researchers from Northwestern…

Around two millennia ago, Tumaco-Tolita potters living in what is now…

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. You’re listening to our weekly science news roundup.

First up, the Trump administration announced last week it would be…

Girls and women are often said to be more attuned to the faces of others, an important skillset needed for empathy, but results are mixed, and recent research suggests this preference is not something they are born with. A meta-analysis published…

Neuroscience has never been richer in data. Laboratories now generate detailed recordings of neural activity, behavior and physiology across species at scales unimaginable a decade ago. In rodents, researchers can monitor thousands…

An increasing number of people are dying of colorectal cancer at a young age, including those as young as 20. Actor James Van Der Beek, who was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2023, died at age 48 on Feb. 11, 2026, bringing the disease…

The arrival of 3I/ATLAS in our Solar System spawned multiple proposals for a rendezvous mission to study it up close. As the third interstellar object (ISO) ever detected, the wealth of information direct studies could provide would be…