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Of the more than 5,000 exoplanets now in astronomers’ catalogs, the most intriguing yet might be one confirmed last week, a potentially habitable world...

January 28, 20253 min readPristine Ancient Forest Found Frozen in Time in Rocky MountainsA melting ice patch in the Rocky Mountains uncovered an ancient...

January 31, 20253 min readWhat Is Journavx, the New Opioid-Free Painkiller from Vertex?The nonaddictive painkiller suzetrigine (Journavx) is as effective for acute pain as...

Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners! For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Hope your February is off to a great start. Let’s kick...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research.President Donald Trump’s executive order to rename the...

January 28, 20255 min readCelebrate Lunar New Year with 7 Snake FactsIn honor of the Year of the Snake, let’s appreciate the strange anatomy...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Life as we know it couldn’t exist without the sun, but we know surprisingly...

January 29, 20254 min readWhich Foods Are the Most Ultraprocessed? New System Ranks ThemScientists have created a ranking of grocery store items based on...

President Donald Trump has nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an environmental lawyer with no formal medical or public health expertise, as secretary of Health...

The deserts of Utah are notorious for supposed alien visitations, but a real extraterrestrial emissary that parachuted to a soft landing there in September...