In 2023 Scientific American created a map, based on a then new extensive study to show the shift in large tornado outbreaks. Far more tornadoes strike the U.S. than any other country, and this is ...

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of George D. Pratt. The Smithsonian Institution came of age in the era of Manif ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. The death of Pope Francis has been announced by the Vatican. I first met ...

and the IT organization for higher education Surf are working together to map out how they can ensure continued access to data on American servers. Databases with scientific literature are often ...

Please send suggestions to Scientific American’s Mind Matters editor Daisy Yuhas [email protected]. This is an opinion and analysis article, and the views expressed by the author or authors are ...

Many people ignore their hypertension or fail to take medications as directed, even though the condition can cause heart attacks and strokes, says Abramson, who is co-chair of the American College ...

When facing an intruder, animals generally tend to fight, flee or simply freeze. But certain baby caterpillars do something else entirely: they vibrate. Newly hatched warty birch caterpillars ...

A conversation with Greg Grandin about his groundbreaking new book America, América: A New History of the New World.

New archaeological finds add to evidence that the Maya city of Tikal in Guatemala was once ruled by people from Teotihuacan in modern Mexico, over 600 miles away. Photograph by Martin Bache ...

On Tuesday Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., announced plans to order the U.S. food industry to eliminate eight petroleum-based food dyes within the next two years, based on some evidence that links them to ...

It's time for Central Texas voters to cast their ballots in the May 3 general election. Where can Central Texas residents vote during early voting and on Election Day? Here is what you need to ...

Indie folk duo Hollow Coves have mapped out some late-summer, early-fall dates with a couple of Canadian shows thrown in. They'll open the tour on August 31 in Phoenix, with West Coast dates to ...