BehaviorOctober 30, 2018
Dissecting the Bloodthirsty Bliss of Death Metal
Fans of this violent music report feelings of transcendence and positive emotions; psychologists want to learn why
Culture
CultureOctober 29, 2018
Your Halloween Geo Grab Bag
It's Halloween season, and I've been saving up all sorts of treats for you!
May Issue: Your Heart in Flames. Read Now!
CultureOctober 25, 2018
Visualizing Science: Illustration and Beyond
Where does the illustrator end and the infographer begin? How does data visualization fit in? And what does science have to say about the design decisions we make?
CultureOctober 23, 2018
Beauty Does Not Equal Truth, in Physics or Elsewhere
Truth can be ugly, and beauty can lead us astray
CultureOctober 23, 2018
Can Science Fiction Save the World?
James Gunn, the last surviving author of the genre’s Golden Age, believes it can help, anyway
CultureOctober 21, 2018
Science News Briefs from around the Globe
A few very brief reports about science and technology from around the globe, including one from Mongolia on horse dentistry.
BiologyOctober 17, 2018
Revolutionary Microscopy Technique Nets Most Lucrative Prize in Science
The Breakthrough awards, each worth U.S. $3 million, honor advances in the life sciences, physics and mathematics
Climate ChangeOctober 15, 2018
Trouble Brewing? Climate Change Closes In on Beer Drinkers
Increasing droughts and heat waves could have a devastating effect on barley stocks—and beer prices
Space & PhysicsOctober 8, 2018
What Linguistics Can Tell Us about Talking to Aliens
Linguist Sheri Wells-Jensen explains the pitfalls in our assumptions about extraterrestrials
MedicineOctober 1, 2018
Unleashing Immunity against Cancer: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
James P. Allison and and Tasuku Honjo shared the Nobel Prize for their discovery of inhibition of negative immune regulation, the basis of new drugs against cancer.
CultureOctober 1, 2018
Readers Respond to the June 2018 Issue
Letters to the editor from the June 2018 issue of Scientific American
The SciencesOctober 1, 2018
Where There's a Wills There's a Way to Explain the Home Run Rise
Astrophysicist and sports data scientist Meredith Wills talks about why a subtle change in Major League baseballs may be behind the jump in home runs after 2014.