Policy

Synchronizing chimpanzees in Zambia, a plankton-trapping ecosystem in the Maldives, Neandertal teeth from Spain, and much more in this month’s Quick Hits

Lightning-resistant trees in Panama, an Australian avian arms race, hydrogen-powered trains in Germany, and much more in this month’s Quick Hits

Letters to the editor for the August 2022 issue of Scientific American

Elon Musk wants to run Twitter like SpaceX. But human behavior will make it much more difficult

To make sure that COVID is the last pandemic of such devastation, political leaders must change their mindset and take these actions

Seven races help illustrate how the landscape for climate action may change in Congress and in several states

Under Elon Musk’s leadership, extremists could flock back to Twitter under the guise of “free speech,” and researchers are gearing up to study their impact

Hospitals and health care workers are making voter engagement a part of whole-person health care

Pundits are weaponizing disgust to fuel violence, and it’s affecting our humanity

Letters to the editor for the July 2022 issue of Scientific American

The Thwaites Ice Shelf is cracking up, humans learned to walk many times, and covert consciousness can be detected in unresponsive patients

The beginnings of agriculture in Turkey, the bitter origins of watermelon, a giant deep-sea isopod found in Mexico and more in this month’s Quick Hits