Culture

Person holding head in hands with large cannabis leaf shadow in background

The Science of ParentingFebruary 3, 2025

The Link between Cannabis and Psychosis in Teens Is Real

Teens have access to vastly more potent cannabis than their parents had at their age. Parents need to understand the risks, including psychosis

Carrie E. Bearden

Digital illustration of a blue skeleton in a "plow" yoga pose, laying with its back and arms on the floor and back bent upwards so that the feet rest on the floor above the head. Major joints are highlighted in pink on the back, hips, knees, and ankles

AnatomyJanuary 25, 2025

Joints Are the Ultimate Flex

The evolution of joints is how we went from blobs to badasses

Bethany Brookshire

May Issue: Your Heart in Flames. Read Now!

Donald Trump star on Hollywood Walk Of Fame with MAGA hat

OpinionJanuary 24, 2025

How Reality TV Helps Explain Trump’s Success

What makes reality shows so popular also helps explain why Donald Trump is so popular

Maxim Voronov, Madeline Toubiana, Trish Ruebottom

NeuroscienceJanuary 23, 2025

The Neuroscience of Severance: What’s Real? What’s Fake?

The hit show Severance can be refashioned as a teaching moment about certain brain disorders. But its famed “innie” versus “outie” conceit is totally bogus

Rachael Elward, Lauren Ford, The Conversation US

Cover of the February 2025 issue of Scientific American.

CultureJanuary 21, 2025

Mysterious Blobs, Green Monsters and the Space Junk Crisis

Our February issue covers new Alzheimer’s guidelines, teens’ transcendent thinking, Neandertal DNA in all of us, and more

Jeanna Bryner

Cover of the October 2024 issue of Scientific American against a brown background

CultureJanuary 21, 2025

Readers Respond to the October 2024 Issue

Letters to the editors for the October 2024 issue of Scientific American

Aaron Shattuck

CultureJanuary 21, 2025

Contributors to Scientific American’s February 2025 Issue

Writers, artists, photographers and researchers share the stories behind the stories

Allison Parshall

CultureJanuary 17, 2025

Supreme Court Upholds Law Banning TikTok in U.S. What’s Next?

The end seems nigh for TikTok in the U.S.

Ben Guarino

CultureJanuary 15, 2025

Why Are U.S. TikTok Users Signing Up for RedNote?

Thousands of U.S. TikTok users are joining China-based app RedNote, spawning memes, jokes and confusion

Ben Guarino

TikTok supportors outside the US Capitol

Social MediaJanuary 10, 2025

U.S. TikTok Ban Looms as Supreme Court Hears Arguments

TikTok is on the clock: ByteDance, the app’s China-based owner, must sell it by January 19 or face a ban

Ben Guarino

A 17th-century celestial map showing depictions of the zodiacal constellations

The UniverseJanuary 3, 2025

What Is the Zodiac—And What Does It Mean for You?

The familiar zodiac constellations are defined by Earth’s motion around the sun, but they don’t define your fate

Phil Plait

Cookie dough which has been stamped in a tessalating pattern by a 3D printed cookie cutter being scraped off a counter

OpinionDecember 23, 2024

A Little Math Can Streamline Holiday Cookie Making

Making cookies is time- and labor-intensive. Here’s how a little math can make it easier and less wasteful this holiday season

Clara Eugenia Garza-Hume

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