December 19, 2025 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm The 10 Biggest Math Breakthroughs of 2025 Hidden Fibonacci numbers, a new shape and the search for a grand unified theory of mathematics are among our choices for most exciting findings of the year By Clara Moskowitz edited by Andrea Thompson OsakaWayne Studios/Getty Images…
Award-winning athletes may have been late bloomers when it came to developing their skills Michael Steele/Getty Images International chess masters, Olympic gold medallists and Nobel prize-winning scientists were rarely child prodigies, a review reveals. Likewise, early childhood successes and intense training programmes have rarely led to top achievement at a global level in the adult…
Just nine months since its launch, NASA’s newest space telescope has unveiled a jaw-dropping map of the cosmos unlike any we have seen before. Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) is a two-year-long mission designed to study the universe in infrared light. It began science operations in…
Quantum computers could help us understand how quantum objects behave Galina Nelyubova/Unsplash For the past year, I kept bringing the same story to my editor: quantum computers are on the edge of becoming useful for scientific discovery. Of course, that has always been the goal. The idea of using quantum computers to better understand our…
Chris Buck stands barefoot in his kitchen holding a glass bottle of unfiltered Lithuanian farmhouse ale. He swirls the bottle gently to stir up a fingerbreadth blanket of yeast and pours the turbulent beer into a glass mug. Buck raises the mug and sips. “Cloudy beer. Delightful!” He has just consumed what may be the…
December 19, 2025 1 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Offshore Wind Farm in China Becomes a Haven for Oysters, Barnacles, and More, Study Finds A wind farm off the coast of China appeared to boost fish numbers and supported colonies of oysters and barnacles, according to new research By Claire Cameron edited by…
Starcloud wants to build a data centre satellite that is 4 kilometres by 4 kilometres Starcloud Could AI’s insatiable thirst for colossal data centres be fixed by launching them into space? Tech companies are eyeing low Earth orbit as a potential solution, but researchers say it’s unlikely in the near future due to a mountain…
As daylight shortens and routines slow down, many people experience a dip in mood and motivation. The run-up to Christmas is marketed as joyful, but for a large number of households it brings family strain and a surprising amount of loneliness. Against this backdrop, it’s no wonder the idea of welcoming a dog into the…
NEW ORLEANS — There’s about a 4 percent chance that a building-sized asteroid will hit the moon in 2032. Moreover, there’s about a 1 percent chance that the asteroid, dubbed 2024 YR4, will not only strike the moon but also scatter a multitude of tiny meteorites into near-Earth space, potentially harming satellites and astronauts. “This…
Amy Bies was recovering in the hospital from injuries inflicted during a car accident in May 2007 when routine laboratory tests showed that her blood glucose and cholesterol were both dangerously high. Doctors ultimately sent her home with prescriptions for two standard drugs, metformin for what turned out to be type 2 diabetes and a…
