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Officially, these prehistoric birds are the dromornithids, but everyone who studies them calls them thunderbirds--and for good reason.بقلم Flora Lichtman

The elephant bird was the heaviest bird to ever walk the earth. Also, its eggs were 150 times the size of chicken eggs, and thick as a dinner plate.بقلم Flora Lichtman

The fossil was a prehistoric bird is called Pelagornis sandersi, and its wings stretched out twice as wide as those of the great albatross.بقلم Flora Lichtman

James Rothman shared The Kavli Prize in Neuroscience in 2010 for discovering the molecular basis of neurotransmitter release. How did a biochemist come to win such a prestigious prize in neuroscience?بقلم Scientific American Custom Media

What you pay for tests, vaccines, and medicine will changeبقلم Josh Fischman,Tanya Lewis,Lauren J. Young

From North America to South Asia, summer heat waves are becoming longer, stronger and more frequent with climate change.بقلم Andrea Thompson,Kelso Harper,Alexa Lim

From the technology upsetting jobs and causing intellectual property issues to models making up fake answers to questions, here’s why we’re concerned about generative AI.بقلم Sophie Bushwick,Tulika Bose

More sustainable ways of removing persistent chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from the environment are on the horizon.بقلم Scientific American Custom Media

We learn the story of “Ella,” a patient with 12 different personalities, or “parts,” and of her therapist, who helped her form a peaceful community—many selves in one body and mind.بقلم Josh Fischman,Rebecca J. Lester,Jeffery DelViscio

Two SciAm editors duke it out to see if wormholes and multiverses could in fact exist.بقلم Lee Billings,Clara Moskowitz,Alexa Lim,Tulika Bose

Parrot nestlings spend time stringing together jumbled mixtures of sound—a rehearsal for more adult conversationsبقلم Karen Hopkin

Recent rulings on the abortion pill cite the Comstock Act, a 150-year-old law that’s still on the booksبقلم Josh Fischman,Tanya Lewis

Vernal pools are safe havens for creatures such as fairy shrimp, and they have lived through the end of the dinosaurs, the breakup of Pangaea and multiple ice ages. But humans are paving them over.بقلم Christopher Intagliata

Inside a vault at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles lies a microscopic population of immense value—the repository for vernal pool fairy shrimp.بقلم Christopher Intagliata

Carpets of gold, burrowing toads and fairy shrimp all depend on vernal pools—habitats that, most of the time, do not exist.بقلم Christopher Intagliata

Vernal pools are home to spectacular residents such as fairy shrimp, but these unusual natural wonders are under threat.بقلم Christopher Intagliata

A scientist who does whale necropsies — or in layman's terms, whale autopsies — tells us why so many dead whales are washing up on beaches.بقلم Tulika Bose

Very high HDL cholesterol levels almost double your risk of heart problems.بقلم Tanya Lewis,Josh Fischman,Jeffery DelViscio,Alexa Lim

Humans are building meaningful relationships with AI chatbots. What will the consequences be?بقلم Sophie Bushwick,Kelso Harper

The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) and Europa Clipper missions will search for signs of habitability on three of Jupiter’s potentially ocean-bearing moons.بقلم Clara Moskowitz,Lee Billings,Kelso Harper

Two of the foremost experts on witch hunts talk about the link between the formation of domestic labor and the rise of witch hunting.بقلم Tulika Bose

The AI GPT-4 has emergent abilities—but that’s not why it’s scary.بقلم Sophie Bushwick,Kelso Harper,Tulika Bose

A careful new study reveals coffee is generally safe for your heart and may boost your daily step count.بقلم Tanya Lewis,Josh Fischman,Kelso Harper

These two researchers journey toward the center of Earth—via windows to the crust—to find bacteria that can breathe iron, arsenic and other metals that would kill us pretty quickly.بقلم Jeffery DelViscio

The real-life fungi that inspired The Last of Us hijack the bodies of ants, wasps, cicadas, and more.بقلم Allison Parshall

Our first known interstellar visitor is now long gone, but new research has some ideas about why it moved the way it did while it was in our cosmic neighborhood.بقلم Lee Billings,Meghan Bartels,Jeffery DelViscio

Insights from Deaf and autistic communities could finally make office spaces better for everyone.بقلم Kelso Harper,George Musser

Vera Rubin went from a teenager with a cardboard telescope to the “mother of dark matter.” Some of her colleagues and mentees weigh in on her fascinating life and how she was a champion for women in astronomy.بقلم Tulika Bose,Clara Moskowitz,Jeffery DelViscio

Post-COVID symptoms can linger for months or years, and more and more evidence points to problems with the nervous system.بقلم Josh Fischman,Tanya Lewis,Kelso Harper

Music made with artificial intelligence could upend the music industry. Here’s what that might look like.بقلم Allison Parshall

Google’s new AI model can generate entirely new music from text prompts. Here’s what they sound like.بقلم Allison Parshall

Machine-learning algorithms are getting so good that they can translate Western instruments into Thai ones with ease.بقلم Allison Parshall

In the inaugural episode of Cosmos, Quickly, we blast off with Lt. Gen. Nina Armagno of the Space Force, who is charged with protecting our space in space, particularly from Russia and China.بقلم Lee Billings,Clara Moskowitz,Jeffery DelViscio

The burgeoning field of “digital bioacoustics” is helping us understand animals like never before.بقلم Sophie Bushwick,Kelso Harper

A vaccine pioneer tells us that shots to protect against RSV—a dangerous virus for babies and older people—are finally nearing approval.بقلم Josh Fischman,Tanya Lewis,Tulika Bose

Every year on Pi Day, we have a reason to celebrate one of math’s most famous symbols. But this year we speak to someone who has captured it in song.بقلم Jeffery DelViscio

We slammed a $330-million spaceship the size of a dairy cow into an asteroid the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza. Here’s what we’re learning about how our first step in planetary defense could save us in the future.بقلم Lee Billings,Tulika Bose

Some animals’ babies physically relax when their parents whisk them away from danger. The same thing works for tiny, wailing humans.بقلم Karen Hopkin

Scientists partnered with tiger sharks to map seagrass—the unsung hero of ocean conservation.بقلم Joseph Polidoro

Some caterpillars have evolved with antifreeze in their body cavity, allowing them to become cater-Popsicles to survive cold winters. But climate change could threaten that.بقلم Kate Furby

Hosts Josh Fischman and Tanya Lewis explore the pandemic’s mental health toll on teens and young adults. They also delve into the effectiveness of telehealth, which has been booming since the start of the pandemic.بقلم Josh Fischman,Tanya Lewis,Tulika Bose

Researchers who study aphantasia, or the inability to visualize something in your “mind’s eye,” are starting to get a sense of how to accurately measure the condition and what it may mean for those who have it.بقلم Stefano Montali

From space aliens to foreign surveillance, we spoke to experts to find out what’s really going on with the balloon brouhaha.بقلم Sophie Bushwick,Tulika Bose

Successfully mitigating the impacts of climate change will rely heavily on innovation in science and technology.بقلم Scientific American Custom Media

Science might be redefining what “life out there” really means.بقلم Clara Moskowitz,Sarah Scoles

How romance affects our well-being is a lot more complicated than “they lived happily ever after.”بقلم Shayla Love

In fair zoo-ona, a pair of star-cross’d pandas take their life. And we learn about whether or not animals can fall in love.بقلم Shayla Love

Are you “anxious,” “avoidant” or “disorganized?” So-called attachment styles have taken the Internet by storm. But it turns out there’s a lot more to unpack than people think.بقلم Shayla Love

Host Shayla Love dives into the true story behind the now infamous 36 questions that lead to love.بقلم Shayla Love

A new era in Scientific American audio history is about to drop starting next week. Get ready for a science variety show guaranteed to quench your curiosity in under 10 minutes.بقلم Jeffery DelViscio,Tulika Bose