History

Lessons about racial injustice help students understand reality

An archival project aims to document the experiences of people who suffered from U.S. nuclear weapons testing

Booster shots for smallpox, molten moonglow

How birds breathe, dehydrated meat

Food sources around Plymouth Colony were so abundant because of Native land management

A federal designation could help yield 3-D models that are useful for finding, studying and conserving vessels on the bed of Lake Michigan

A new podcast is on a mission to retrieve unsung female scientists from oblivion.

Lack of energy infrastructure explains the rise of the gasoline car

Fish in Death Valley; the Edison test

Those who were exposed to Ground Zero have increased rates of certain cancers and other health problems

Some of the cringiest articles in Scientific American’s history reveal bigger questions about scientific authority

At one time this magazine tangled with the FBI, the Atomic Energy Commission and Joseph McCarthy