Skip to main content

Anthropology

This Amazonian Indigenous Group Has Lessons in Sustainable Living for All of Us

Carolina Schneider Comandulli and Apiwtxa Association

Public Health

New Antiobesity Drugs Help People Shed Dozens of Pounds, but They Must Be Taken for a Lifetime

Claudia Wallis

Space Exploration

Space Exploration

Largest Marsquake Ever Recorded May Be InSight’s Swan Song

Joanna Thompson

Guns Now Kill More Children and Young Adults Than Car Crashes

Firearms now exceed motor vehicle crashes as the leading cause of injury-related death for people ages one to 24, a new analysis shows

Tanya Lewis

Anthropology

This Amazonian Indigenous Group Has Lessons in Sustainable Living for All of Us

Carolina Schneider Comandulli and Apiwtxa Association

Public Health

New Antiobesity Drugs Help People Shed Dozens of Pounds, but They Must Be Taken for a Lifetime

Claudia Wallis

Space Exploration

Space Exploration

Largest Marsquake Ever Recorded May Be InSight’s Swan Song

Joanna Thompson

Policy

Where Gun Stores Open, Gun Homicides Increase

Jim Daley

Weather

Florida Lab to Mimic Category 6 Hurricanes with 200-Mile-per-Hour Wind

Daniel Cusick and E&E News

Public Health

What We Know about Mass School Shootings—and Shooters—in the U.S.

James Densley, Jillian Peterson and The Conversation US

Policy

Four Laws That Could Stem the Rising Threat of Mass Shootings

Melinda Wenner Moyer

Astronomy

Our Sun Could Someday Reveal the Surfaces of Alien Earths

Allison Gasparini

View All Stories

Most Popular

What Is Monkeypox, the Virus Infecting People in the U.S. and Europe?

A microbiologist explains what is known about this smallpox cousin

Rodney E. Rohde and The Conversation US

What the Science on Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Kids Really Shows

Laws that ban gender-affirming treatment ignore the wealth of research demonstrating its benefits for trans people’s health

Heather Boerner

How Accurate Are Rapid COVID Tests?

Two testing experts explain the latest data on how well the assays perform

Nathaniel Hafer, Apurv Soni and The Conversation US

Can’t Buy Me Luck: The Role of Serendipity in the Beatles’ Success

The right combination of variables is needed to achieve a blazing success—one explanation for why there was never a “Kinksmania”

This Tick Can Make You Allergic to Meat, and It’s Spreading

Work on genetically modified pigs might provide a solution to the strange illness

Yes, Phones Can Reveal if Someone Gets an Abortion

To protect personal information from companies that sell data, some individuals are relying on privacy guides instead of government regulation or industry transparency

Sophie Bushwick

Special Report

The Science of Abortion Rights

The Science of Abortion Rights

Reproduction

Safe and accessible reproductive health care is a basic right that is supported by science, medicine and respect for human dignity

May 9, 2022

View All Articles

Editor's Picks

Lost Women of Science: Season 2

Lost Women of Science: Season 2

A new podcast series that promotes the remarkable stories of the forgotten women of science

By Katie Hafner and The Lost Women of Science Initiative

Videos

The Black Hole in the Middle of our Galaxy Looks like This

It took hundreds of researchers and many telescopes to capture an image of the black hole at the middle of our Milky Way.

May 12, 2022

Policy

How Junk Science Is Being Used against Trans Kids

April 8, 2022

Public Health

AI Helps Small City Pull Toxic Lead Water Service Lines from the Ground Faster

March 8, 2022

Public Health

COVID Dominated Their Science Lives: Here's What Four Experts Learned over Two Years

February 16, 2022

Automobiles

Did Your Catalytic Converter Get Stolen? The Pandemic--and Rhodium--Could Share Some Blame

December 20, 2021

Podcasts

Your Phone Could Be Used to Prosecute for Getting an Abortion: Here's How

60-Second Science

Your Phone Could Be Used to Prosecute for Getting an Abortion: Here's How

Full Transcript

Continue reading with a Scientific American subscription.

You may cancel at any time.