Public HealthJuly 20, 2020
Civil War Vaccine May Have Lessons for COVID-19
Vaccination used against smallpox during the Civil War reveals the identity of the distantly related virus used to keep troops disease-free.
Culture
OpinionJuly 8, 2020
Black Images Matter: How Cameras Helped—and Sometimes Harmed—Black People
From Frederick Douglass to George Floyd, photography has been key for racial justice. But cameras have also been used to hurt
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CultureJuly 1, 2020
The Poetry of Autopsy
Science in meter and verse
CultureJuly 1, 2020
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: July 2020
Darwin’s legacy on nerves and behavior; the epic tale of monuments
CultureJuly 1, 2020
Vintage Scientific American Covers by Fish Illustrator Stanley Meltzoff
The latest science book recommendations from our editors
OpinionJune 25, 2020
How I Built a 3-D Model of the Coronavirus for Scientific American
Rendering SARS-CoV-2 in molecular detail required a mix of research, hypothesis and artistic license
CultureJune 23, 2020
Bored Moviegoers Want to See Real Actors
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OpinionJune 20, 2020
RIP David Perlman, the Dean of American Science Writing
Among other things, he covered the Apollo moon landings, the rise of recombinant DNA technology and the emergence of AIDS
CultureJune 9, 2020
Ancient DNA Rewrites Dead Sea Scroll History
By sequencing DNA from the dust of dead sea scrolls, scientists were able to glean new clues about the ancient manuscripts. Christopher Intagliata reports.
CultureJune 1, 2020
Poem: Drunken Forest
Science in meter and verse
CultureJune 1, 2020
Recommended Books, June 2020
How innovation works, a history of American hurricanes, and more
EnvironmentJune 1, 2020
COVID Has Changed Soundscapes Worldwide
The Silent Cities project is collecting sound from cities around the planet during the coronavirus pandemic to give researchers a database of natural sound in areas usually filled with human-generated noise.