Culture

Deciphering a scorched scroll from ancient Herculaneum, unlikely flavors in climate-change-affected wine, an undiscovered ore found in China, and more in this month’s Quick Hits

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

As 2023 comes to a close, we look back at a year of poignant commentary on space, politics, climate, artificial intelligence, nuclear weapons, and health—and the ways we explore the human experience

Scientific American’s TikTok delivers piping-hot science in bite-sized videos

Gifts play an important role in human relationships and are about more than consumerism

The best fiction, nonfiction, history and sci-fi books Scientific American staff read in 2023

The explosive secret behind Saturn’s rings, a Scandinavian arrow frozen for 4,000 years, the world's deepest-known virus, and much more in this month’s Quick Hits

Letters to the editors for the July/August 2023 issue of Scientific American

These historical forgeries show what makes misinformation so successful

The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara peoples are learning more about the missiles siloed on their lands, and that knowledge has put the preservation of their culture and heritage in even starker relief.

A year of exciting ideas and research has given us much to be grateful for

The missiles on the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota make it a potential target for a nuclear attack. And that doesn’t come close to describing what the reality would be for those on the ground.