Scientific American

Record-breaking objects can tell us about the most powerful events in the cosmos—sometimes

A pill version of the popular GLP-1 weight-loss drug Wegovy has been green-lit for use in the U.S. Here’s what that means for health care

A novel influenza variant called subclade K appears to be driving an uptick in cases and hospitalizations throughout the U.S. and other countries

SpaceX is mulling an IPO in 2026. Here’s how that could affect its work with NASA and the push to put humans on Mars

From the first sighting of a colossal squid in the wild to a seriously goofy octopus, 2025 delivered some astounding photos from the ocean’s depths

Autism has at least four subtypes, an analysis of more than 5,000 children’s genes, traits and developmental trajectories has shown