OpinionFebruary 3, 2020
How Do You Write Compellingly about Science?
A new book entitled The Craft of Science Writing explains how to help readers understand the science that underlies so many of the issues that touch our lives
Culture
CultureFebruary 3, 2020
School Teaches Lions How to Star in Movies
Originally published in May 1914
The Young American Scientists Issue—Read Now
CultureFebruary 1, 2020
The Eclectic Works of Scientific American's Founder Rufus Porter
The latest science book recommendations from our editors
CultureFebruary 1, 2020
Poem: Mathematics Sets Sail
Science in meter and verse
CultureJanuary 31, 2020
Sign Languages Display Distinct Ancestries
Well more than 100 distinct sign languages exist worldwide, with each having features that made it possible for researchers to create an evolutionary tree of their lineages.
OpinionJanuary 29, 2020
What Lichens Can Teach Us
A new IMAX film highlights their beauty and resilience
CultureJanuary 22, 2020
Pop Culture’s Rate of Change May Mirror Organic Evolution
A new study finds that music and some other human phenomena have altered at a pace comparable to that of animals such as Darwin’s finches
OpinionJanuary 17, 2020
A Vision of Ephemeral Ice
Artist Shoshannah White views the endangered Arctic ice through a unique lens
CultureJanuary 16, 2020
A Chameleon City Is Built to Make Movies
Originally published in April 1915
OpinionJanuary 13, 2020
Flour, Butter, Science, Eggs: Recipes as Science Communication
Part protocol, part memoir, recipes can bring together the how and why
CultureJanuary 13, 2020
Japanese Tissues Surprise Americans
Originally published in June 1869
BehaviorJanuary 6, 2020
Is a Sad Song Sad for Everyone?
Researchers explore how different cultures respond to the same music