An emergency-room doctor, critics of COVID-19 vaccines and an obstetrician who advises a supplement company are among the advisers handpicked by vaccine sceptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the head of
Researchers have measured the brain’s faint glow for the first time, hinting at a potential role of “biophotons” in cognition By Conor Feehly edited by Allison Parshall Christoph Burgstedt/Science Photo
To build safe but powerful AI models, start by testing their ability to play games on the fly By Vinay K. Chaudhri edited by Dan Vergano A proposed game-playing challenge
For centuries, prime numbers have captured the imaginations of mathematicians, who continue to search for new patterns that help identify them and the way they’re distributed among other numbers. Primes
This episode was made possible by the support of Yakult and produced independently by Scientific American’s board of editors. Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners! For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m
Monitoring people’s breathing could help diagnose, or even treat, various conditions Milan Jovic/Getty Images Forget facial recognition – there could be a new way to identify you. Researchers have discovered
One of the four pillars of good conversation is levity. You needn’t be a comedian, you can but have some fun Tetra Images, LLC/Alamy Conversation lies at the heart of
Physics By using light to emulate the structure of space-time, researchers can better understand black holes – and the exotic objects that mimic them By Karmela Padavic-Callaghan Facebook / Meta
Artemis I sits at Launch Pad 39-B at Kennedy Space Center Tribune Content Agency LLC/Alamy The Stern-Gerlach experiment is, in my opinion, truly the first test that forced the results
A 19th-century painting of John Franklin’s doomed ship Erebus, trapped in ice Pictorial Press Ltd/Alamy The Ministry of Time Kaliane Bradley (Sceptre (UK); Avid Reader Press (US)) When you read
