Stories by The Editors

The way to avoid ruinous oil spills is to fix our national energy policy

This wonder of the age is likely to be used throughout the nation

Letters to the editor from the March 2010 issue of Scientific American

Robots are now a fact of war, but the prospect of androids that can hunt and kill on their own should give us all pause

In addition to reacting to news as it breaks, we work to anticipate what will happen. Here we contemplate 12 possibilities and rate their likelihood of happening by 2050

Bioweapons prevention needs to get more scientific

João Zilhão defends his controversial view that our oft-maligned relatives shared our cognitive abilities

Humankind has fundamentally altered the planet. But new thinking and new actions can prevent us from destroying ourselves

Congress needs to give federal agencies greater authority to test and regulate chemicals

Excellence in science education must begin in kindergarten

Weighing the risks and benefits of medical procedures is unquestionably a good thing

Letters to the editor from the October 2009 issue of Scientific American

Letters to the editor about the September/October 2009 issue of Scientific American MIND

Designers are pushing all the boundaries to make integrated circuits smaller, faster and cheaper

The EPA must act swiftly to evaluate the possible health risks of nanotechnology

Letters to the editor from the September 2009 issue of Scientific American

A hominid ancestor, swine flu, the world's biggest laser system and other highlights that defined this year in science

The time when we could do anything we want anywhere we want in the oceans is over

Letters to the editor: Neandertals; GM Crops

Industry leaders look way down the road

Letters to the editor: The Science of God and Left & Right

The U.S. can lead the world to a historic emissions agreement by committing to its own sweeping energy transformation

Letters to the editor on phosphorus bugs, cats and rats