Stories by The Editors

Like it or not, guns are here to stay. To keep ourselves safer, we must study how they are used to kill

Join us for a live online chat with Randy Frost of Smith College and Lee Shuer on compulsive hoarding

This live event brings together noted scientists and intellectuals to debate our future in a climate-changed world

Join us for a live online chat with Edward Phillips, a Harvard physician who helps patients meet weight management goals with lifestyle changes

Scientific American asked leading scientists and science writers to look forward to what the world will be like in the years 2063, 2113 and 2163, and tell us what role science and technology will play in our future

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Join us for a live online chat with Mark Frauenfelder, editor in chief of MAKE magazine and co-editor of Boing Boing. He will help us understand what might be possible with a 3-D printer in your family room

Join us for a live online chat about the psychology behind sex drive and why so many people are willing to risk it all for a good time

Going beyond smart phone apps, augmented reality will take the next steps with Google Glass and other technologies that create a new kind of seamlessness and telepresence. A NOVA ScienceNow video with David Pogue

The renown neurologist talks about how the brain creates hallucinations—watch this hour-long discussion live and send questions to him via Twitter

Join us for a live online chat with computer scientist Andrew Appel of Princeton University. Dr. Appel will help us understand election security and voter fraud in light of yesterday's events

Scientific American rates the candidates' answers to 14 science questions

The minds of exceptionally creative people hold answers for us all

Join us for a live online chat with climate scientist Noah Diffenbaugh of Stanford University. He will help us understand the science behind Hurricane Sandy

Now that teams, not individuals, drive high-impact science,the Nobel Foundation should change how it awards its prize