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Scientific American spoke to one of the people who are currently being monitored for possible hantavirus infection at the National Quarantine Unit in Nebraska

The sudden resolution of a well-known conjecture highlights the growing adoption of AI as an assistant in high-level mathematics

The new image shows the galaxy NGC 1266, a transitional object with a clutch of young stars that likely collided with a smaller galaxy 500 million years ago

Clinical trials for treatments against Ebola Bundibugyo virus are ‘in a strong position’ to be launched quickly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda

Fix the matchstick equation in this math puzzle

Mosaic depictions of a weapon-wielding female gladiator are the first physical evidence showing women in ancient Rome could be skilled beast hunters

To build its moon base, NASA needs a lot of power

Quantum computing could lead to revolutions in cryptography, materials design and telecommunications. But fulfilling those promises could be many years away

Sometimes science does make our world turn upside down

Here are six ways to build a quantum computer

A massive digitization project has nearly doubled the known extent of the first continent-scale road network

Will computers based on quantum physics really change the world?

Commercial satellites can now watch much of Earth in near-real time. Militaries are learning new ways to fool them

Letters to the editors for the February 2026 issue of Scientific American

Ozempic and just getting older take off muscle. New therapies could retain it

This company says its pulsed plasma machine will deliver electricity to the grid by 2029. Some physicists warn that its promises are outrunning what the technology has proved

The intimidating legacy of the scariest problem in mathematics

Science in meter and verse

Play this crossword inspired by the June 2026 issue of Scientific American

Door-building spiders; a new quantum liquid