
How to Decode Cat Behaviors
Clues to reading feline body language
Julia Calderone is a freelance science writer based in New York City.

How to Decode Cat Behaviors
Clues to reading feline body language

Decoding Cats: What Purrs, Meows and Licking Mean
Felines may be hard to study, but some things are purrfectly clear

Everyone Can Gain from Making Music
The perks of learning to play an instrument last for decades

Eye Tracking in Google Glass: A Window into the Soul?
Two scientists weigh in on the privacy implications of eye-tracking technology on head-mounted smart devices

Where Ebola Suits Are Made
Demand for protective garments for health workers has skyrocketed

Book Review: The Man Who Couldn't Stop
Books and recommendations from Scientific American

Personal Biases May Be Stoking the Flames in Ferguson

5 Ways to Treat Chronic Pain
Several options exist for managing persistent aches, ranging from straightforward lifestyle changes to major surgery

10 Big Ideas in 10 Years of Brain Science
Scientific American MIND reflects on the major discoveries of the past decade that have transformed how we think about the brain

Remembering Laika the Dog’s Trip to Space, 57 Years Later

The Rise of All-Purpose Antidepressants
Doctors are increasingly prescribing SSRIs to treat more than just depression

Electric Brain Therapies Improve Their Aim
Noninvasive fields zap specific areas

Searching for Signs of Consciousness

Primordial Giant Kangaroos Did Not Hop, They Walked

Enormous Sunshield Tested for Space Telescope

To Help Sharks, Conservationists Spy on Them

Garlic Cloves Can’t Stop Vaginal Yeast Infections—And Other Home Remedies Debunked
An obstetrician-gynecologist reviews the scientific evidence behind common alternative therapies for vaginal yeast infections—from yogurt to garlic

Transparent Rats Give Scientists Clear View to Innards
New technique turns rodent bodies transparent

Liquid Benzene Squeezed to Form Diamond Nanothreads
High-pressure cycles unexpectedly convert benzene into superstrong and ultrathin threads. Will they put a space elevator within reach?

When Peace Officers Dress for War
Unrest in Missouri may stem, in part, from changes to police culture centuries ago

Fact or Fiction?: The Tongue Is the Strongest Muscle in the Body
Is this agile appendage as brawny as people believe?

Remembrances of AIDS and HIV Workers Killed in Shot-Down Plane
HIV health workers, a WHO staffer and at least one top AIDS researcher were among those killed when a Malaysia Airlines plane was shot down over Ukraine

Parasitic Worms Wiggle Into Modern Medicine [Q&A]
In 2006, a man named Jasper Lawrence travelled to Africa to infect himself with hookworm by walking barefoot in a steaming mound of human excrement.

Plenty of Pheromones in the Sea
As we sat in my car outside a silent movie theater in Los Angeles, my friend anxiously opened a plastic bag containing a white T-shirt she’d slept in for the past three nights.