Reports

Viral lies, overwhelming uncertainty, and leadership that amplifies falsehoods and fear: no wonder we feel anguished by our information environment. During an election season of …

We’ve partnered with The Great Courses to bring some of our best feature articles to life with video adaptations. We’re adding new video content monthly, …

A graphical tour of popular words paired with key moments in the history of the magazine

Fresh approaches and hopeful clues in the search for novel therapies

Optimize your time stuck at home with these strategies

Life’s master molecule has been transformed into therapies that tackle the roots of human illness

A virus that originated in Wuhan, China, has sickened thousands in the country and spread to numerous other nations

Celebrating the past and future of humans on the moon

Plastic pollution, including tiny bits known as microplastic, permeate the environment, posing a threat to human and planetary health

What we don’t know, why we don’t know it, and where we go from here

Berlin conference spotlights world-shaping science

How high economic inequality negatively impacts nearly every aspect of human well-being—as well as the health of the biosphere

After years of research, therapies tailored to the genomes of individual patients are reaching maturity

Disruptive solutions that are poised to change the world - a special report produced by Scientific American in collaboration with the World Economic Forum

As Ebola outbreaks occur again and again, the scramble for answers and medications is ongoing

How smart urban planning and design can help people and the planet

How emerging diseases in a changing world jeopardize public health, and what can be done

Discover the physics of snowboarding, curling and skating, get inside the minds of athletes, and explore all things Olympics

Students across the U.S. are in jeopardy, but smart policies can help schools

The science behind the powerful storms that have thrashed the Caribbean and U.S. coasts

Millions of people will view this spectacular event in person. Will you be one of them?

The debate over so-called "net neutrality" has raged for more than a decade between tech entrepreneurs and the Internet Service Providers (ISPs) who deliver digital …