Culture

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CultureOctober 15, 2024

Cultural Competency in Health Care Can Save Lives

Medical professionals who connect with their patients’ language and culture provide better care

Rod McCullom

A medical technician performs a sonogram on a pregnant patient

OpinionOctober 11, 2024

Third-Trimester Abortions Are Moral and Necessary Health Care

Abortions after 20 weeks are about ending suffering. To deny someone that care is barbaric

Cara C. Heuser

May Issue: Your Heart in Flames. Read Now!

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PsychologySeptember 26, 2024

Milgram’s Infamous Shock Studies Still Hold Lessons for Confronting Authoritarianism

Why ordinary people will follow orders to the point of hurting others remains a critical question for scientists—though some answers have emerged

Laura Niemi, Edouard Machery, John M. Doris

PsychologySeptember 20, 2024

Moral Judgments May Shift with the Seasons

Certain values carry more weight in spring and autumn than in summer and winter

Anvita Patwardhan

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NeuroscienceSeptember 18, 2024

How Your Brain Tells Speech and Music Apart

Simple cues help people to distinguish song from the spoken word

Andrew Chang

CultureSeptember 17, 2024

Contributors to Scientific American’s October 2024 Issue

Writers, artists, photographers and researchers share the stories behind the stories

Allison Parshall

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CultureSeptember 17, 2024

Readers Respond to the May 2024 Issue

Letters to the editors for the May 2024 issue of Scientific American

Aaron Shattuck

Cover of the October 2024 issue of Scientific American against an orange background

CultureSeptember 17, 2024

Going Back to the Moon, Researching Chickadee Hybrids and Understanding Addiction

This month’s issue covers the reasons it’s so hard to go back to the moon, the science of empathy and new advances in treating sickle cell disease

Laura Helmuth

OpinionSeptember 13, 2024

Elon Musk Owes His Success to Coming in Second (and Government Handouts)

The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, owes his superstar success to self-satisfied competitors who blew obvious opportunities

Dan Vergano

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PsychologyAugust 30, 2024

Buy Experiences instead of Possessions to Build Social Connection

Shared experiences, more than material things, bring people together

Amit Kumar

CultureAugust 20, 2024

Readers Respond to the April 2024 Issue

Letters to the editors for the April 2024 issue of Scientific American

Aaron Shattuck

Image of Beth Zaiken in front of a pre-historic landscape

CultureAugust 20, 2024

Contributors to Scientific American’s September 2024 Issue

Writers, artists, photographers and researchers share the stories behind the stories

Allison Parshall

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