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Using the powerful James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have spotted a moon nestled near Uranus’s rings that’s so small you could walk around it

From Miami to Maine, the East Coast is under moderate or high rip current risk advisories because of Hurricane Erin

The National Science Foundation will stop operating the Nathaniel B. Palmer icebreaker and slash polar science funding by 70 percent, devastating Antarctic research

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How to make clean energy progress under Trump in the states—blue and red alike —Joshua A. Basseches is the David

Total reversals in scientific thinking are rare—but earth-shattering

Remarkable new treatments can free millions of kids and adults from the deadly threat of peanut allergy, tackling one of our fastest-growing medical problems

Washing waste from the brain is an essential function of sleep—and it could help ward off dementia

Letters to the editors for the April 2025 issue of Scientific American

Science in meter and verse