SA Special Editions

If politicians can lie without condemnation, what are scientists to do?

Research shows the appeal of untestable beliefs and how they lead to a polarized society

Evidence for human interference with Earth’s climate continues to accumulate

Although not all the studies agree, most climate scientists argue that, yes, Antarctica is losing mass in a warming world 

A compendium of irrefutable facts for these fact-starved times

Overwhelming medical evidence shows that negative side effects are rare and minor

More firearms do not keep people safe, hard numbers show. Why do so many Americans believe the opposite?

A researcher studies the consequences of the ubiquity of guns in the U.S.

To avert a future famine, scientists are manipulating the complex conversation that plants have with microbes, pests and other elements of the phytobiome

While we are working through a problem, the brain’s tendency to stick with familiar ideas can literally blind us to superior solutions

Whether or not the world reaches an international emissions agreement, the U.S. government holds the real solution

Proponents of genetically modified crops say the technology is the only way to feed a warming, increasingly populous world. Critics say we tamper with nature at our peril. Who is right?

From the standpoint of paleoecology, the so-called Paleo diet is a myth

Two prominent defenders of science exchange their views on how scientists ought to approach religion and its followers

Opponents of evolution want to make a place for creationism by tearing down real science, but their arguments don't hold up

The statute that got John Scopes in trouble back in 1925 was finally repealed in 1967—but the  teaching of evolution in public schools is still not entirely safe