A U.S. gravitational wave detector spotted a collision between fast-spinning “forbidden” black holes that challenge physics ...

The Trump administration wants to reduce the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s budget by $2.2 billion, ...

Bird flu fears have focused on the poultry and dairy industries and human health. But wild animals are threatened, too—at ...

The H5N1 avian flu is circulating in cows and other mammals. Whether it will make a permanent leap to humans is another ...

Bird flu was nearly everywhere in the U.S.—in chickens, cows, pet cats and even humans. Cases have gone down, but experts ...

Influenza viruses like bird flu can mix and match their genomes, and this has played a role in at least three of the last ...

When large masses of water are moved from one place to another, this changes the shape of Earth and leads to a phenomenon ...

Many states, including Texas, have not used billions of dollars from FEMA intended to reduce damage from flooding and other ...

To celebrate Scientific American ’s 180th anniversary, we’re publishing a jigsaw every weekday to show off some of our most ...

In a routine blood test that turned extraordinary, French scientists have identified the world’s newest and rarest blood group. The sole known carrier is a woman from Guadeloupe whose blood is so ...

Illnesses from stealthy pathogens known as Vibrio are advancing northward along numerous coasts, potentially ruining your ...

This AI system can analyze up to one million DNA letters at once, predicting how tiny changes in noncoding regions trigger ...