Culture

It’s vital to “keep humans in the loop” to avoid humanizing machine-learning models in research

New research highlights the necessity of stopping huge falsehoods during the presidential election cycle

Digital books will never replace the tactile experience of paper books, but as part of bedtime reading and improving access to reading materials, they shouldn’t be counted as screen time

Letters to the editors for the November 2023 issue of Scientific American

A popular personality test beats out astrology but trails far behind scientific measure of personal traits

A missing mammal rediscovered in Indonesia, a speedy new species of dinosaur in Brazil, Ivory Coast chimpanzees that snoop on their neighbors, and much more in this month’s Quick Hits

Letters to the editors for the October 2023 issue of Scientific American

Throughout the world, the number of relatives that people have may dramatically shrink by 2095, which could change care for children and aging people

The bizarre life and legacy of Paul Erdős, the most prolific mathematician ever

A deep dive into one scholar’s correspondence shows society prefers blame and punishment over protecting children from sexual violence

The Navajo Nation has called for a delay in launching the commercial lander Peregrine, which is set to carry human remains on a private mission to the moon

Letters to the editors for the September 2023 issue of Scientific American