Are we ready for a dose of digital medicine? Jackie Niam/iStock/Getty Images One of OpenAI’s leading artificial intelligence models can outperform humans at diagnosing medical conditions, but does that mean AI is ready to replace human doctors? Not quite, although…
The end of 2024 is approaching, marking another full loop around the sun for our planet. So Scientific American is here to celebrate with nine of our favorite space-related images from the year. In case you’ve lost track, 2024 was…
Life on our planet has experienced many mass extinctions over its 4.5 billion years. Scientists see evidence for at least five major episodes that eradicated creatures great and small. And many experts argue that the Anthropocene age, the current period…
Rachel Feltman: I want you to do something for me. Close your eyes. I’m going to say a word, and I’d like you to, as quickly as you can, come up with a mental image to go with it. The…
December 18, 2024 5 min read How to Manage Holiday Grief in Yourself and Others The holidays can be a difficult time for people who are grieving. Here’s how to get through it or support a loved one By J.…
Noland Arbaugh was the first person to receive a Neuralink brain implant John Francis Peters Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface (BCI) company Neuralink grabbed headlines this year with the announcement of its first human trial in January, followed by its second…
This past summer, I and many others around the world watched in horror as wildfires reduced nearly a third of the town of Jasper, Alberta, to ashes and incinerated some 150 square miles of the surrounding Jasper National Park. Although…
It wouldn’t be Christmas without the smell of freshly baked gingerbread wafting through the house. With a blend of warming spices and rich molasses, it is a must-have treat for a winter’s day. And as a child, it was always…
Every story is a science story, even the ones that sound more like science fiction. This year Scientific American introduced readers to real discoveries that sounded a bit like science-fiction, such as the crime rings trafficking sand around the world…
Researchers collecting a sediment core sample from Crawford Lake, Canada Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post via Getty Images A long-standing effort to formally place the Anthropocene on the geologic timescale came to a surprising end this year. In March, a panel of academics rejected…
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