Neuroscience
Machines That Translate Wants into Actions
A new generation of brain-machine interfaces can deduce what a person wants
Features
Conservation
Rebuilt Wetlands Can Protect Shorelines Better Than Walls
Fortified wetlands can protect shorelines better than hard structures
Public Health
How the World's First Dengue Vaccination Drive Ended in Disaster
Is a runaway immune reaction making a dengue vaccine dangerous?
Quantum Physics
Quantum Gravity in the Lab
Physicists attempting to unify the theories of gravity and quantum mechanics have long thought practical experiments were out of reach, but new proposals offer a chance to test the quantum nature of gravity on a tabletop...
Biotech
A Drug Shows an Astonishing Ability to Regenerate Damaged Hearts and Other Body Parts
A once abandoned drug compound shows an ability to rebuild organs damaged by illness and injury
Biology
Shocking Secrets of the Electric Eel
Investigations into how the electric eel uses electricity have revealed astonishing insights into the creature's physiology and behavior
Health
How Calculus Was the Unsung Hero in the Fight against HIV
The story of a differential equation and a medical breakthrough
Departments
- From the Editor
The Joy of Science
- Letters
Readers Respond to the December 2018 Issue
- Advances
Building a Brain Implant for Smell
Coral Reefugees: Certain Corals Could "Outrun" Climate Change
Implicit Biases toward Race and Sexuality Have Decreased
AI-Based App Could Screen for Cervical Cancer
Prehistoric Whodunit: New Technique Identifies What Killed Ancient Animals
How to Turn Failure into Success
Computer Program Measures the Entropy of Art
Volcanic Eruptions Detected from Space
In Case You Missed It
- Forum
Forests Are a Low-Tech but High-Impact Way to Fight Climate Change
- The Science of Health
A Three-Hour Fix for Phobia, a Four-Day Therapy for OCD
- The Science Agenda
The World Health Organization Gives the Nod to Traditional Chinese Medicine. Bad Idea
- Anti Gravity
How Some U.S. Cities Saw 70 Degree F Temperature Swings between January and February
- 50, 100 & 150 Years Ago
1969: We Used Flints for Threshing; 1919: We Wanted Airships for Travel
- Graphic Science
Scientific American Is the Source of More Than 1,000 New Terms
- Reviews
A New View of Life on Earth, the Paradox of Quantum Reality and Other New Science Books
- The Intersection
YouTube's Recommendation Algorithm Has a Dark Side
- Ventures
Machines That Read Your Brain Waves
