During the summer, kids can forget some of what they learned during the school year. They recover quickly, but here are some ...

In 2008 scientists reported that rocks in Canada were the world’s oldest. New data appear to confirm this contested claim ...

Simona Beattie is director of communications at NWEA. Her background and communications expertise are in the K–12 and higher education sectors. She previously led communications efforts at Marylhurst ...

Megan Kuhfeld is director of growth modeling and data analytics at NWEA. Her research seeks to understand students’ trajectories of academic and social-emotional learning (SEL) and the school and ...

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

The cells in your ears aren’t the only ones listening: recent research suggests that crucial cells throughout the body may respond to audible sound. Experiments described in Communications Biology ...

Microwave satellite data are key to capturing major changes in a hurricane’s strength, such as when a storm undergoes rapid ...

The brain weighs factors based on their importance to oneself and one’s social world as part of a complex calculation ...

Scientists warn against reading too much into a small experiment about ChatGPT and brain activity that is receiving a lot of ...

A rapidly warming Arctic is driving long-lasting summer extremes, such as this month’s sweltering temperatures, new research ...

Close stellar encounters could change the structure of our planetary system, potentially dooming Earth or other worlds to ...

Recent observations have revealed carbon monoxide venting from the largest comet ever seen, providing clues about its origins ...