Stories by The Editors

Letters to the editor from the June 2014 issue of Scientific American

It has a host of surprising properties, although it is not necessarily “lucky” in the usual sense of the word

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More proof of recent and rapid human evolution

To bolster the nation's high-tech labor pool, some higher education should come without a tuition bill

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Are computers taking our jobs? It is surprisingly hard to say, largely because of a lack of good data

Learn about new, tastier foods created via modern plant-breeding techniques

Recent spills show that tougher rules are needed to protect water supplies

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We at Scientific American share several passions with the actor, producer and educator LeVar Burton: fostering children's literacy, science, social good and education.

NuqneH! Buy' ngop! That's "greetings" and "good news" in Klingon. These otherworldly tidings seem like a fitting way to let you know that LeVar Burton, who played the U.S.S.

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A collection of Scientific American articles about recent research forcing scientists to question whether people really have conscious control over their actions

Drug companies have begun to share their clinical trial data. The long-overdue shift heralds a new era in medicine

A deeper dive into the magazine's Advances stories

The use of drugs to carry out capital punishment is putting bona fide medical patients at risk

Although he died young, the mathematical prodigy’s genius lives on

Maintaining adequate supplies of freshwater in the face of rising demand and climate change is a challenge that industry is starting to address

Check out this Earth Day video featuring LeVar Burton (Geordi La Forge from Star Trek: The Next Generation and Cofounder and Curator-in-Chief of the award-winning Reading Rainbow app and host of the original PBS series).