Texas has identified more than $50 billion in flood control needs, but lawmakers have devoted just $1.4 billion to address ...

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A few weeks ago, while comparing language proficiency in essays written by ChatGPT with that in essays by human authors, I ...

An attosecond—or 0.000000000000000001 second—is no time at all for a person. That is not so for electrons, atoms and molecules, and laser-wielding scientists are revealing the action ...

To celebrate Scientific American ’s 180th anniversary, we’re publishing a jigsaw every weekday to show off some of our most ...

One of history’s dark jokes is that the Roman Empire, for all its vaunted accomplishments, only made a single great ...

A hydrologist explains why Texas Hill Country is known as Flash Flood Alley and how its geography and geology can lead to ...

Brain differences in children and teens who experiment with drugs early show up before they take their first puff or sip ...

Flash floods happen when heavy rains unleash more water than the ground can absorb, causing that water to pile up and flow to ...

Babies lacking in key gut bacteria are at greater risk of developing asthma, allergies or eczema Dirty diapers are more than ...

The National Weather Service issued timely alerts, meteorologists say, but few were listening in the hours before the ...

Chemical fingerprints from volcanic rock offer hints of what’s happening in the mantle below the area where three rift zones ...