Scientific American

For years, art historians believed The Baptism of Christ was likely painted by El Greco with assistance from other artists. But new research suggests otherwise spklr.io/6018EJNjG

A new study in songbirds might help explain why humans don’t generate many new brain cells, called neurons, as adults spklr.io/6010EJ2QQ

All the sun’s planets are oddballs. But some are more so than others spklr.io/6019EJ2tv

The company says Mythos is too dangerous to release publicly. Cybersecurity experts agree the model's capabilities matter, but not all of them are buying the most alarming claims spklr.io/6015EJ2sZ

Author Rachel Zoffness breaks down why we have chronic pain and how science shows that it’s all in our head spklr.io/6012EJ23i

Observations by the Mars Express orbiter reveal rapid changes on the Red Planet’s surface from windblown volcanic ash spklr.io/6018EJFAs

As AI songs get harder to tell apart from human-made music, an older technology offers a revealing preview of the fight over artistry, labor and pay spklr.io/6013EJFfL

Erica Schwartz replaces NIH director Jay Bhattacharya, who had been leading the public health agency since February after the previous CDC director was fired in 2025 spklr.io/6014EJL6O

Astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen reflected on the highs and lows of their moon mission—the first of its kind in more than 50 years spklr.io/6012EJIl0

The HHS secretary defended proposed budget cuts to science, his vaccine moves and health care costs Thursday on Capitol Hill spklr.io/6012EJInq

A new study suggests a proto–Colorado River filled a large basin before spilling westward to set the Grand Canyon’s modern path spklr.io/6013EJIGc

A new map of the cosmos, including more than 47 million galaxies and other cosmic objects, represents one of the most extensive surveys of our universe ever conducted spklr.io/6011EJx2z

A Hungarian refugee who came to the U.S. with nothing but a diploma made a breakthrough discovery in the burgeoning field of neurochemistry spklr.io/6018EJxlM

A first-of-its-kind observation shows how jets from voracious black holes can shape the growth of galaxies spklr.io/6018EJx9o

Steve Brusatte, author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs and The Story of Birds, recommends 10 dinosaur books to dig into spklr.io/6015EJx5L

These drugs were hailed by proponents as breakthroughs in the fight to treat Alzheimer’s disease, but a new independent review finds they make “no meaningful difference” spklr.io/6014EJxzC

Artemis II’s crew went farther from humanity than anyone has been before. Here’s how one scientist determined whom, specifically, they were farthest from spklr.io/6019EJxyh

Peptide-based substances are largely unproven and risky, experts say, but they’re gaining popularity among influencers and athletes—and the U.S. health secretary. spklr.io/6017EJtgR

When their queen dies, naked mole rat females usually wage bloody battles of succession. But peace may be possible, a new study suggests spklr.io/6016EJtTn

If the U.S. is ever to set up a permanent outpost on the moon, it will need nuclear power. The White House just released a road map to get it as soon as 2028 spklr.io/6018EJsUs