
Cities ‘Game’ Federal Program Meant to Reduce Flood Risk
The program, offering reduced insurance costs, does little to encourage adaptation to sea level rise

Cities ‘Game’ Federal Program Meant to Reduce Flood Risk
The program, offering reduced insurance costs, does little to encourage adaptation to sea level rise

What You Know about Trump’s Assault on Science Was Just the Tip of the Iceberg
Help us reveal the rest


E.U. Set to Unveil First-Ever Carbon Border Tax
The proposed tax places a fee on planet warming emissions embedded in goods produced outside the union

The Case for Antiracism

Bias Detectives
As machine learning infiltrates society, scientists are trying to help ward off injustice in algorithms

The NFL’s Racist ‘Race Norming’ Is an Afterlife of Slavery
A statistical manipulation that underpaid Black players in concussion settlements exemplifies American football’s immersion in the legacy of slavery

Research on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Is Being Stifled
Funders and peer reviewers are contributing to systemic racism through their biases about members of these populations

Bill Gates Should Stop Telling Africans What Kind of Agriculture Africans Need
Among other things, we might simply not agree

The Health Care System Is Shortchanging Non-English Speakers
We need to revamp our policies and procedures to guarantee they’ll receive language-appropriate materials and care

America’s Long-Term Care System Is Broken
It’s time to invest more in home-based care and nursing homes, increase workers’ pay and improve oversight

If You Say ‘Science Is Right,’ You’re Wrong
It can’t supply absolute truths about the world, but it brings us steadily closer

Readers Respond to the March 2021 Issue
Letters to the editor from the March 2021 issue of Scientific American