Policy
The Silenced: Meet the Climate Whistle-Blowers Muzzled by the Trump Administration
Six whistleblowers and ex-government scientists describe how the Trump administration made them bury climate science—and why they won’t stay quiet
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The Closure of a Historic Hospital Is an Ominous Warning Sign
Hahnemann University Hospital has been serving Philadelphia’s poorest residents since 1848; its demise is a harbinger of worse to come
Policy
Introducing the October 2019 Issue
Monsters of the Mesozoic skies, the quest for a room-temperature superconductor and more
Conservation
Drilling Could Cause Extinctions in Alaskan Refuge, Government Plan Says
Oil and gas development could exacerbate the impacts to species in the rapidly warming Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Policy
Readers Respond to the May 2019 Issue
Letters to the editor from the May 2019 issue of Scientific American
Policy
Consumer DNA Tests Negate Sperm-Bank-Donor Anonymity
Companies such as 23andMe and Ancestry.com have made it impossible for sperm banks to keep donors’ identities secret
Why We Need to Study Consciousness
Science has made outstandingly accurate descriptions of the world but has told us little about our subjective experience of it
Policy
Scientists Are Concerned over U.S. Environmental Agency’s Plan to Limit Animal Research
Critics say the shift away from using animals in safety tests will hamper chemical research and regulations
Energy
U.S. Could Lose Clean Energy Race, Lawmakers Are Warned
Experts push for policies to fight climate change and encourage clean energy production
The Future of Work Is the Future of Higher Education
We must end the false dichotomy between scholarship and career
Policy
How Professional Truth Seekers Search for Answers
Nine experts describe how they sort signal from noise
Biology
Immune-Cell Pioneers Win Prestigious Lasker Medical Award
The prizes honored the discoverers of B and T cells, the inventors of a breast cancer treatment, and a vaccination NGO
Leadership in the Age of the Surreal
The professionals at the National Weather Service deserve political leadership that will stand up for them—even when that puts the leaders’ own jobs in jeopardy
Climate Change
Benefits of Adaptation Measures Outweigh the Costs, Report Says
The new report calls for investment in climate-resilient infrastructure and other resiliency efforts
How STEM Education Must Evolve
We need to enhance the curriculum so graduates have a deeper understanding of how their work affects humanity
Policy
Trump Administration Releases Billions in Disaster Resilience Funding
Rather than simply rebuilding, the $7.65 billion is intended to reduce communities’ vulnerabilities to storms, floods and fires
The Darker Side of John Wesley Powell
Like other early American geologists, the man who explored the Colorado River did anthropologic research that presupposed the racial inferiority of Native Americans
We Desperately Need a Merger between Education and Work
School currently focuses too exclusively on knowledge and not enough on skills
Failure to Condemn: A Global Health Crisis Targeting Women Affects Us Here
Rep. Ilhan Omar missed an opportunity to call out the victimization of women and girls through female genital mutilation or cutting
Climate Change
Seven Takeaways from the Democratic Climate Marathon
A few key differences emerged between the Presidential candidates’ approaches to combatting climate change
