September 16, 2025 4 min read Contributors to Scientific American’s October 2025 Issue Writers, artists, photographers and researchers share the stories behind the stories By Jen Schwartz Chris GunnThe Lives of Dead Trees For almost 25 years Chris Gunn (above) worked as a contract photographer for NASA, where he shot precious objects such as moon…
Australian actress Teresa Palmer has welcomed her fifth child. Palmer announced the birth of her baby girl, Lotus Bloom Palmer, in an Instagram post. “Welcoming our baby GIRL, Lotus Bloom Palmer.” For a daily dose of 9honey, subscribe to our newsletter here. “She arrived early yesterday morning with the sun after a beautiful home waterbirth….
President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua and his wife, who is co-president, have been arresting longtime loyalists, in an apparent quest to ensure no one outside the family rises to power.
Our skin can be made more permeable with a little stretching MASTER/Getty Images Vaccines could one day be administered topically, with no needles required, by stretching the skin beforehand. Our skin is an essential barrier against pathogens, and is also tied to our immune system in other ways – gentle scratching, for example, seems to…
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> The Rams are off to a great start — but now comes the big test. The defending Super Bowl-champion Philadelphia Eagles, like the Rams, are 2-0. Sunday’s game at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia will be the Rams’ third opportunity in less than a year to show they can beat a team that…
Scientists found that Gen Z night owls may be trapped in a vicious cycle of loneliness, anxiety, and unhealthy smartphone use. Being a night owl has its perks. Scientists have found that people who habitually stay up late may be more creative, and perhaps even more intelligent, than those who go to bed and wake…
Sonny Curtis, a vintage rock ‘n’ roller who wrote the raw classic I Fought the Law and posed the enduring question “Who can turn the world on with her smile?” as the writer-crooner of the theme song to The Mary Tyler Moore Show, has died at 88. Curtis, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of…
Data center capacity has become a barometer for both the health of the tech market and the risk of an A.I. bubble.
The president of the Palestinian Authority won’t be able to attend the U.N. General Assembly after the Trump administration denied him a visa.
OF ALL THE things to cause outrage, to intensify the bleating that baseball is broken and the Los Angeles Dodgers are the culprit, the signing that generated the most consternation was that of a relief pitcher. Not Shohei Ohtani’s $700 million contract in 2023. Not the $325 million guaranteed to Yoshinobu Yamamoto a few weeks…
