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An authoritarian apparatus is being turned on wider society with lethal consequences

A recent decision that makes it easier to sentence children to life without parole ignores what we know about the prefrontal cortex

The directive charges federal agencies with assessing the potential economic toll of warming and urging regulators to address it

Those who refuse to consider an unconventional idea in science are disturbingly similar to those who refused to look through Galileo’s telescope 

Climate has emerged as a key sticking point in talks between President Biden and Republican leaders

It is uncertain if a highly divided Congress will pass such a mandate

The development from the Biden administration draws cheers from public health researchers and ire from drugmakers

Along with Pacific Islanders, they suffer from disproportionately high death rates and hospitalizations and low testing—but their suffering remains invisible

Louisa Terrell has the tough job of moving Biden’s infrastructure package through Congress

Sharing “an acute appreciation for science”

Letters to the editor from the January 2021 issue of Scientific American

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