Psychology
Peace Is More Than War’s Absence, And New Research Explains How To Build It
A new project measures ways to promote positive social relations among groups
Opinion
Public Health
Why COVID Deaths Have Surpassed AIDS Deaths in the U.S.
On World AIDS Day, why global COVID deaths are a fraction of global AIDS deaths
Vaccines
Omicron Is Here: A Lack of COVID Vaccines Is Partly Why
Global players need to get more vaccines to African nations, and convince more people to take them
Conservation
To Conserve More Species, Act while Their Numbers Are High
On Remembrance Day for Lost Species, mourn what’s lost, but also be grateful for the species we still have
Neuroscience
How Brains Seamlessly Switch Between Languages
Bilingual people engage the same brain region that monolingual individuals use to put together words—even when combining different languages
Evolution
Humans Are Doomed to Go Extinct
Habitat degradation, low genetic variation and declining fertility are setting Homo sapiens up for collapse
Climate Change
Seeking Certainty on Climate Change: How Much Is Enough?
Two physicists object to a Scientific American essay calling for an end to one climate report. A science historian counters that the report has done its job
Sex & Gender
Why We Didn’t Know That Female Birds Sing
Science and science communication are better when they’re inclusive
Vaccines
We Need School-Age Vaccine Mandates to End the COVID Pandemic
Vaccine refusal by parents is not about a lack of education, but amassing social status
Astronomy
When Did Life Start in the Universe?
Interstellar xenia, or the welcoming of cosmic strangers, could solve this mystery
