Stories by Sophie Bushwick

3-D printers can create models and prototypes, replicas of your head, even living tissues—and at Lehman College, they reproduce and reconstruct ancient fossils

To coincide with Scientific American's "Cities" special topic issue, we gathered recent lists ranking U.S. cities on aspects of green living, pollution, health and technology. Today, we feature the cities that showed up most frequently on the top 10 lists to determine the overall top performers, Part 5 of 5

To coincide with Scientific American's "Cities" special topic issue, we put together recently compiled lists ranking U.S. cities on aspects of green living, pollution, health and technology. Today, we feature lists that rank cities based on their on their technology opportunities, and then add up each city's rankings to find the best overall technology cities, Part 4 of 5

To coincide with Scientific American's "Cities" special topic issue, we assembled recently compiled lists ranking U.S. cities on aspects of green living, pollution, health and technology. Today, we feature lists that rank cities based on air pollution, Part 3 of 5

As part of Scientific American's "Cities" special topic issue, we assembled recently compiled lists ranking cities across the U.S. on aspects of green living, pollution, health and technology. Today, we feature lists that rank cities based on their residents' health, Part 2 of 5

Not all cities are created equal. As part of Scientific American's "Cities" special topic issue, for the next five days we will feature recently compiled lists ranking cities across the U.S. on aspects of green living, pollution, health and technology. Today, we feature rankings of cities based on green living, Part 1 of 5

Hostility toward others can explode into senseless violence. Reciprocal relationships and trust are keys to preventing such tragedies

The British Antarctic Survey has mapped 12 submarine volcanoes, which have created hydrothermal vents that support previously unseen life

Oil and gas industry analyst Jim Burkhard discusses the motivation for the release of oil from strategic reserves, starting at the end of this week

After more than 30 years, the FDA has announced new regulations for sunscreen. But how do these rules protect consumers?