The female mosquito only mates once in her lifetime, and yet she can develop many hundreds of eggs from this single event.

Female Aedes mosquitoes signal that copulation can proceed by subtly extending their genitalia. Female mosquitoes that ...

Discover spider insights from Dr. Echeverri, a science communicator, author, wildlife photographer, and spider expert.

Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners! For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. You’re listening to our weekly science news roundup. First, we’re bringing in one of our regular ...

Basically, if someone fancies that person, you’re more likely to fancy them because they appeal to more people than just you. It sounds reductive, but there’s biological proof. ‘It’s been documented ...

In an excerpt from her upcoming memoir 107 Days published by the Atlantic, Kamala revealed that she was eyeing the then-Secretary of Transportation to be her vice presidential nominee. She wrote that ...

Large language models largely remain black boxes in terms of what is happening inside them to produce the outputs that they do. They have also been a bit of a black box in terms of who is using them ...

While sad people tend to have a noticeable change in mood and demeanor, people struggling with depression experience these shifts in a more dramatic way, which is where there are so many things people ...

While spending money and analyzing financial habits obviously provides a lot of insight into a person's financial security and income, sometimes it's the more flippant daily mentalities and habits ...

In 2022, I caught the attention of a man who wanted me as his mate. While his presentation was shy, he soon became outspoken on our very first date. He spent time talking about himself and then landed ...

Do you think that you have a good sense of your own level of attractiveness? Recent research by Greitemeyer (2020) suggests that very few of us accurately estimate our own physical attractiveness. In ...