Scientific American

Scientists have created a ranking of grocery store items based on their degree of processing

President Trump has placed an indefinite suspension on research grant reviews and travel at the National Institutes of Health and appears to have erased diversity programming pages at the agency’s website

A geographer explains how maps’ place names, such as the Gulf of Mexico and Denali, are decided

DNA inherited from Neandertals may influence modern human cognition

A Chinese start-up has stunned the technology industry—and financial markets—with a cheaper, lower-tech AI assistant that matches the state of the art

Drivers for ride-hailing apps helped evacuate people during the recent wildfires in the Los Angeles area. But by classifying such workers as contractors, California’s Proposition 22 excludes them from state rules that require companies to protect employees from workplace exposure to smoke