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Alexander Clapp, author of new nonfiction book Waste Wars, tracks the worldwide black market trade of our garbage

If Americans don’t fight back against efforts to dismantle higher education, the U.S. will lose lifesaving medical research, innovation that spurs our economy and the ability to freely study science and society

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ancient Egyptian, who lived when the earliest pyramids were built

Here's a collection of exclusive book recommendations, from slithering snakes to a river’s impact, for your summer reading lists, curated by Scientific American

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

Researchers and expert seafarers teamed up to re-create an ocean journey from more than 30,000 years ago

Employees at the National Science Foundation say they’ve been blindsided by a plan for the Department of Housing and Urban Development to take over their offices

A Denisovan skull has been identified for the first time. The find was based on proteins and calcified dental plaque

One hundred years after the Scopes trial, religious ideologues are still trying to supplant evidence-based curricula with myths, to the detriment of a well-informed society

Play this crossword inspired by the July/August 2025 issue of Scientific American

Inside this double issue of SciAm, you’ll find black holes that burp up their stellar meals, metal detectorists that hit pay dirt, hope for psychopathy, the truth about testosterone and a consumer guide to sustainable clothes shopping