PolicyNovember 1, 2021
Readers Respond to the July 2021 Issue
Letters to the editor from the July 2021 issue of Scientific American
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PolicyNovember 1, 2021
New State Laws Harm Public Health by Putting Politicians in Charge of Medicine
A crop of bad bills hobbles health agencies and makes it harder to stop disease
PolicyNovember 1, 2021
Ancient Egypt’s Sacred Baboons, Vapor Storms and Fighting Hunger
Why Thoth is our favorite deity, preparing the James Webb Space Telescope and fixing genes in this month’s issue
Climate ChangeOctober 28, 2021
The Infrastructure Bill Is Desperately Needed, Engineers Say
One of the experts who grades U.S. utilities every four years explains what needs to be fixed
OpinionOctober 20, 2021
Electoral Engineering and the Freedom to Vote
Securing basic voting rights should take priority over more elaborate reforms
OpinionOctober 18, 2021
Confronting the Political Determinants of Gun Violence
Addressing health inequities in the U.S. requires social and historical context
OpinionOctober 11, 2021
A Strategy for Rescheduling Psilocybin
There are three legal pathways to deregulating the drug under the Controlled Substances Act
PolicyOctober 1, 2021
A Big Day Birding and a Possible Fifth Force of Nature
Reduction of food waste, infinite math and quantum physics experiments designed by AI in our October issue
PolicyOctober 1, 2021
Scientists: When Talking to the Public, Please Speak Plainly
Jargon is appropriate when you’re speaking with colleagues, but it’s a turnoff for the rest of us
ConservationOctober 1, 2021
Biodiversity’s Greatest Protectors Need Protection
Indigenous peoples have been conserving ecosystems for millennia. Now the developed world wants to evict them
PolicyOctober 1, 2021
Readers Respond to the June 2021 Issue
Letters to the editor from the June 2021 issue of Scientific American