Happy, Hot Earth Day! [Interactive]
Almost no one had heard of global warming when the U.S. commemorated its first Earth Day 44 years ago. Now most Americans know about anthropogenic climate change--whether or not they accept the science is another story.
April 2014 Book Reviews Roundup
Books and recommendations from Scientific American
April 2014 Advances: Additional Resources
Protect the Endangered Species Act [Editorial]
The most successful environmental legislation ever enacted faces new threats from Congress
Calming a Child's Mind
New techniques help kids develop healthy behaviors and lasting resilience
Free the Elephants and Orcas in Captivity [Editorial]
Such large, intelligent animals suffer when stuffed in a zoo
When Scientists Go Bad [Podcast]
What drives some researchers to cheat?
How Psychologists Study the Einstellung Effect in Chess
Cognitive bias can prevent even the most talented chess players from seeing the swiftest path to victory
End the Ban on Psychoactive Drug Research
It's time to let scientists study whether LSD, marijuana and ecstasy can ease psychiatric disorders
February Book Reviews Roundup
Books and recommendations from Scientific American
Video: Debating the State of Global Science
Live from the 2014 World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland
Video: How Can Policy Enable Scientific and Technological Progress?
Live from the 2014 World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland
Video from Davos: Leading the Global Climate and Energy Agenda
Live from the 2014 World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland
Video: Debating the Surveillance State
Live from the 2014 World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland
January Book Reviews Roundup
Books and recommendations from Scientific American
January 2014 Advances: Additional Resources
Additional resources for Advances articles in the January 2014 issue
Biometric Security Poses Huge Privacy Risks
Without explicit safeguards, your personal biometric data are destined for a government database
How "Gangnam Style" Went Viral [Graphic]
Data scientists trace how the most-viewed video in YouTube history spread across the Internet
The Most Popular Scientific American Stories of 2013
Here are the stories you clicked on the most on our site
Scientific American's Top 10 Science Stories of 2013
A carbon threshold breached, commitments to brain science made, mystery neutrinos found and human evolution revised—these and other events highlight the year in science and technology as picked by the editors of Scientific American
December 2013 Advances: Additional Resources
Additional resources for Advances articles in the December 2013 issue
World Changing Ideas 2013
10 ways science may jazz up our gadgets, help to solve our most intractable problems and save lives
What to Do about the Flu?
A roundup of recent articles about influenza and scientific efforts to head off a pandemic
December Book Reviews Roundup
Books and recommendations from Scientific American