Diluted, simplistic animation, as cloying and feckless and smoothed over as anything from the last decade of Illumination, ...

Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of NPR's Short Wave talk about the brain benefits of quitting cigarettes, language development in premature babies, and a mysterious imprint in a Chicago sidewalk.

Works by Jane Godwin, Joshua David Stein and Matthew Diffee find new lenses through which to explore an old subject, in ...

Watch my daughter crush this emoji animal guessing game like a pro! Can you keep up with her lightning-fast answers? It's harder than it looks... or maybe she’s just a genius. #EmojiChallenge ...

The Rated Red Crew tests your skills at guessing animal calls. Russia responds to Trump sanctions threat Harrowing details emerge after surfer killed by shark off popular beach Ravens' stunning ...

With a title based on a cheeky terrace chant, this new quiz concept features all 92 teams in the English professional football pyramid, with a haiku written for each. Readers are then challenged to ...

Editor’s Note (10/8/25): This podcast was edited after posting to remove some incorrect descriptions of research on crickets in Hawaii. Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m ...

A fifth grader, assigned to read "Animal Farm" years ago, was asked by his teacher what he thought it was "about." "The American revolution," replied the 11-year-old promptly. "No, no, no." The ...

Melanie Walsh is an assistant professor in the Information School and an adjunct assistant professor in the English department at the University of Washington. She uses data to analyze contemporary ...

Image courtesy of Marvel Comics. There are many things to love about the world of superheroes, but let’s be real: we all love the adorable and loyal animal sidekicks. These heroes may not (always) ...

With two solo series to his name, one under DC/Vertigo and one in the New 52, Animal Man is one of the coolest characters DC has. As a host for The Red, the animal life force of the universe, Buddy ...

Alairic Alec Ramsbott, 23, was arrested on eight counts of animal cruelty after a Port St. Lucie Police investigation. Seven kittens were reported to have died after he adopted them. Books regarding ...