Smell can bring back vivid childhood memories—the so-called “Proust’s madeleine” phenomenon—and neuroscientists now think they know why

Scientific American spoke to one of the people who are currently being monitored for possible hantavirus infection at the National Quarantine Unit in Nebraska

The filmmaker behind the newly released movie Silent Friend shares the scientific and historical inspiration for its story of botanical consciousness

Hantavirus misinformation is spreading fast. COVID trauma and social media algorithms may be to blame

Several teams appeared to spend the second half of the U.S. professional basketball season losing games on purpose for a better chance at a high draft pick. New ideas propose to fix this incentive pro...

Extra protein can be found in everything now, from potato chips to Pop-Tarts. Does this benefit the average eater?

Scientific American launches their Summer Reading Challenge with a new nonfiction panel, highlighting some of the season's best releases!

The triumph of NASA’s first crewed lunar mission in a half-century is a reminder of what the moon really means for Earth—and why we’re going back

Artemis II’s views from space trigger a special type of awe. Psychologists suggest holding onto it

A new study of AI sycophancy shows how asking agreeable chatbots for advice can change your behavior

The autism spectrum is big, vibrant and complicated, a new graphic of 39 traits shows

The autism spectrum is big, vibrant and complicated, a new graphic of 39 traits shows

How do figure skaters like Ilia Malinin keep landing harder and harder jumps?

Science Quickly brings you fresh discoveries and cutting-edge science stories. Host Rachel Feltman unpacks complex ideas with clarity, making it easy to stay informed and inspired—no science backgroun...

A long, winding journey to find out why companies treat their chicken broth recipes like state secrets.

It was thought that complex cells couldn’t survive above a certain temperature, but a tiny amoeba has proven that assumption wrong

Horror movie composers use musical tricks to hijack your nervous system and put you on edge

Horror movie composers use musical tricks to hijack your nervous system and put you on edge

A special class of immune proteins protect us from pathogens but also drive inflammation and cell death

Your brain gets used to wrongdoing. It can also get used to doing good

A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom

A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

After years of heartbreak, researchers have found an experimental treatment that can slow the progression of Huntington’s disease, according to early results from a small clinical trial

The former director of a CDC center reveals how political ideology is undermining science, threatening vaccine policy and endangering public health across the U.S.

A museum exhibit in Australia lets visitors hear music generated by brain cells derived from the blood of a dead composer.

A museum exhibit in Australia lets visitors hear music generated by brain cells derived from the blood of a dead composer.

Trump's remarks linking Tylenol to autism are a return to an era when mothers were blamed for children developing the disorder.

A Harvard dean whose work was cited as justification for curtailing Tylenol use provided what a judge called 'unreliable' expert testimony against the drug’s maker

President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made an announcement declaring that they had found a link between autism and acetaminophen, commonly known as Tylen...

Trump and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. plan to tie Tylenol use during pregnancy and folate deficiencies to rising autism rates—but the evidence is thin

Scientists will not find a simple answer to how autism arises, despite Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s promise to announce its causes sometime this month. Here’s what makes the condition so staggeringly comp...

Trump and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. plan to tie Tylenol use during pregnancy and folate deficiencies to rising autism rates—but the evidence is thin