Sci-fi author Becky Chambers on designing believable ecosystems, balancing scientific accuracy with emotional impact and emphasizing empathy over spectacle

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION“A story that is dazzling and devastating, tender and unflinching . . . Sentence by sentence, Mad Ed...

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The Scientific American returns, exploring science in fiction with four authors of this year's highly anticipated releases!

The Scientific American returns, exploring science in fiction with four authors of this year's highly anticipated releases!

What do we lose when machines become our closest confidants?

Historian Jill Lepore explains what tech leaders miss in their favorite stories—and why the fight over AI data centers may be where the machine stops

Historian Jill Lepore explains what tech leaders miss in their favorite stories—and why the fight over AI data centers may be where the machine stops

This sweet film uncovers bitter disagreements among urban ecology and conversation experts that go way beyond just one owl

Historian Craig Fehrman unpacks the science, politics and human stories behind one of America’s most famous expeditions

David Haskell brings readers through millions of years of botanical history for his latest book, How Flowers Made Our World

Historian Craig Fehrman unpacks the science, politics and human stories behind one of America’s most famous expeditions

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YouTube video by Scientific American

Fill your bingo card with fascinating science stories, discoveries and ideas all summer long for a chance to win prizes

The following is a statement from Writers Guild of America East members at Scientific American on Springer Nature’s decision to sell the publication and lay off staff: “Earlier today in an all-staff m...

On Tuesday, the international scientific publisher Springer Nature sold Scientific American, the iconic 181-year old publication famous for its authoritative coverage of science to LabX Media Group. L...

Mars researchers are wrestling with the potential costs of a flashy new NASA mission to the Red Planet

Are you tossing an eco-horror book in your beach bag? Making room for a big biography of a scientist in your carry-on luggage? Tell us how you’re reading along with Scientific American this summer!

The 24 alien books the Scientific American staff love, from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy to Contact and beyond

Creating artificial-intelligence models to find treatments for cardiac diseases

A selection of audiobooks to help check off challenge items on our summer book bingo card!