What the mathematics of billiards can tell us about loving and letting go A mathematician may have solved a 250-year-old ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers have nailed down an elusive quantity called baryon number, which may be responsible for the cosmic mismatch between matter and antimatter ...

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 ...

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 ...

Eunchun is assistant professor of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Arkansas.

Aaron Smith is a professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics at University of Tennessee.

Chris Boyer is professor and department head of Agricultural and Resource Economics at University of Tennessee.

Joel David Hamkins is the author of The Book of Infinity.

A new study of the Helix Nebula shows a never-before-seen detail of how dying stars recycle elements. Researchers found it by ...