This storm, a rarity for this part of the Pacific, is expected to bring heavy rains, strong wind and possibly “life-threatening flooding” to Hawaii this weekend ...

Ajdina Halilovic is a science writer and researcher based in London. She holds a degree in neuroscience from the University of Cambridge. She writes, most often and most dearly, about intelligence. Fo ...

Researchers are finally learning the mechanism behind one of the most prescribed medicines in the U.S., primarily used to treat or prevent type 2 diabetes ...

In the timelapse, on the left limb of the sun—that's the outer edge—we can see what is known as a solar prominence. This bright red structure is evidence of that plasma, extending out from the sun's ...

The 2026 total solar eclipse has come and gone, but that doesn’t mean the wonder has to end. Scientific American contributor and eclipse chaser Lucie McCormick watched the eclipse unfold from central ...

Why is there something rather than nothing? Philosopher Martin Heidegger called this “the first of all questions,” and it has vexed scholars and theologians alike throughout history. Science has yet ...

Any parent of school-age children will tell you: squishies are it. The viral squeezable toys come in all shapes and sizes—some of the most popular look like food items such as dumplings, bananas, ...

One of the central mysteries of the brain is how it achieves so much with so little. At any given moment, it processes an entire world of input, pilots a body and generates conscious experience—all ...