The COVID-19 Pandemic Is Changing Our Dreams
Anxiety about social distancing and infection is altering how much we dream and the nature of our dreams themselves
Features
Lessons from AIDS for the COVID-19 Pandemic
We can learn from parallels between the coronavirus and HIV crises
Everything Scientists Know So Far about the First Interstellar Objects Ever Detected
Strange bodies from beyond the solar system have defied predictions
Inequality before Birth Contributes to Health Inequality in Adults
Improving newborn health is more essential now than ever
How to Unlearn Racism
Implicit bias training isn't enough. What actually works?
Moving in Sync Creates Surprising Social Bonds among People
Dancing, rowing and even finger tapping in unison unleash powerful forces in the brain that drive good feelings
Gallery: The Maya Who Escaped Spanish Conquest
The Lacandon Maya eluded the conquistadors and survived in the jungle for hundreds of years. Archaeological discoveries are revealing their past
Departments
- From the Editor
COVID-19 Dreams, Synchronicity and Visitors from Another Solar System
- Letters
Readers Respond to the June 2020 Issue
- Advances
'Supernova Slice' Simulates Blasts of Dying Stars
Science Pinpoints Global Metal Deposit Locations
Faraway Magma Reservoirs Complicate Volcano Monitoring
Strongest Evidence Yet Shows Air Pollution Kills
Old Seaweed Reveals Secret of Monterey Sardine History
New Bio-Inspired Molecule Helps Concrete Resist Freeze Damage
In Case You Missed It
Seabirds Anticipate Typhoons to Help Migrations
Rare Fossil Reveals Cicada Entombed in Opal
Rapid Heat-Stress Test Identifies Resilient Corals
- Forum
How Speech-Recognition Software Discriminates against Minority Voices
- The Science of Health
Deadly Spread of Some Cancers May Be Driven by a Common Mouth Microbe
- The Science Agenda
Scientific American Endorses Joe Biden
- Anti Gravity
A Quick Look at Underpaid Female Docs, Unethical Ethicists and Frogs with Intestinal Fortitude
- 50, 100 & 150 Years Ago
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: October 2020
- Graphic Science
Lead Pollution Reflects Dramatic World Events
- Reviews
The Surprising Origins of Chemotherapy and Other New Science Books
- Meter
Poem: The Warped Side of Our Universe
- Observatory
Racism and Sexism in Science Haven't Disappeared
