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Nature is arguably the world’s most prestigious scientific journal. Editor in chief Magdalena Skipper spoke with Scientific American’s acting editor in chief Curtis Brainard about her journal as it celebrates its 150th anniversary.

Reusing clothes saves on emissions and water use, but researchers have lingering questions on exactly how much it can contribute to making the apparel industry more sustainable

A few brief reports about international science and technology from Brazil to Hong Kong, including one about male elephants in India exhibiting unusual social behaviors.

The ecosystem of a crime scene, how undercover patients changed psychiatric care, and more

The pumpkin’s ancestor was an incredibly bitter, tennis-ball-sized squash—but it was apparently a common snack for mastodons. Christopher Intagliata reports.

What could have been an excellent documentary is marred by several glaring problems

Painter and mathematician Edward Belbruno inhabits both worlds with equal comfort

A recent excursion to Italy made it clear to students and professors alike that these things are interrelated

Bloom’s book The Anxiety of Influence helped a science writer understand the plight of modern scientists trying to surpass their predecessors

DNA from the teeth of medieval plague victims indicates the pathogen likely first arrived in eastern Europe before spreading across the continent.

A young philosopher finds philosophy consoling because it is impossible.

50 things to see in the night sky, untold stories of mathematical Americans, and more