Neuroscience
See the Top Entries in the Art of Neuroscience Competition
Van Gogh and Ramón y Cajal, like you’ve never seen them before, in the annual Art of Neuroscience Competition
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Astronomy
Behold, Some Hidden Gems from JWST’s First Images
Astronomers and the public alike are delighting in the glittering depths of the universe revealed by the James Webb Space Telescope
Behavior
Are Toxic Political Conversations Changing How We Feel about Objective Truth?
As political polarization grows, the arguments we have with one another may be shifting our understanding of truth itself
Policy
Would a Green New Deal Add or Kill Jobs?
A shift to renewable energy powered by a carbon tax would create millions of new jobs, but the amount of money it would return to U.S. residents in rebates could vary considerably
Natural Disasters
Volcanoes: Nature’s Way of Letting Off Steam
A slide show of eruptions and their impacts around the world
Environment
Bad Science Underlies EPA’s Air Pollution Program
For decades, the agency has used numbers that often underestimate industry emissions of dangerous substances—and isn’t going to change soon
Space & Physics
My Year on "Mars"
Physicist Christiane Heinicke spent 365 days sequestered with five others in a geodesic dome on the side of a Hawaiian volcano to test what isolation might do to the psyches of the crew on a Mars mission...
Space & Physics
Eclipse across America: An Interactive Multimedia Experience
Watch as Scientific American readers and reporters all over the country show off their eclipse-viewing adventures
Biology
Giving Dead Migrants a Name
By pushing forensics to its limits, a courageous scientist is attempting to identify the badly decomposed remains of 700 people who drowned in the Mediterranean Sea
Environment
Can We Really Eat Invasive Species into Submission?
The tale of a giant Amazon fish reveals the promise and peril of “invasivorism”
Policy
Will Democracy Survive Big Data and Artificial Intelligence?
We are in the middle of a technological upheaval that will transform the way society is organized. We must make the right decisions now
Policy
Voice Analysis Should Be Used with Caution in Court
Although voice recognition is often presented as evidence in legal cases, its scientific basis can be shaky
Biotech
The Puzzle of Pancreatic Cancer: How Steve Jobs Did Not Beat the Odds—but Nobel Winner Ralph Steinman Did
Despite having the same name, the diseases that killed Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and 2011 Nobel laureate Ralph Steinman are different kinds of cancer. Researchers are looking for new ways to diagnose and treat both...
Biotech
The Embarrassing, Destructive Fight over Biotech's Big Breakthrough
The gene-editing technology known as CRISPR has spawned an increasingly unseemly brawl over who will reap the rewards
Environment
Strange Pumping Effect above Asia Threatens the Ozone Layer
An atmospheric mechanism is lofting Indian and Chinese pollution into the stratosphere
