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New test scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as the Nation’s Report Card, show eighth-graders’ science scores have fallen 4 points…

The US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, faced the Senate finance committee in a tense and combative hearing on Thursday, during which lawmakers questioned his…

Five years ago, investor Katelin Holloway made what she calls a “literal moon shot” investment. A founding partner of the generalist venture firm Seven Seven Six…

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on all things AI, follow Hayden Field. The…

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman.Twenty years ago, Hurricane Katrina became one of the deadliest storms ever to hit the U.S. After…

The sense of smell, it turns out, is highly individual—a scent that is enticingly floral to one person may be off-putting and chemical to another. Researchers…

August 19, 20253 min read180 Years of Standing Up for ScienceOur anniversary celebration begins with an outstanding collection of stories about times that science itself has…

Good morning, class. Today is the introduction to our next unit, entitled, “A Never-Ending List of the Obscene and Excruciating Ways that Sexual Activity will Kill…

August 19, 20253 min readSeptember 2025: Science History from 50, 100 and 150 Years AgoHuge fish; spiritualist rebukeBy Mark Fischetti 1975, Sun Loops: “Loops on the…

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