Social Sciences

Discarded authors Sarah Gabbott and Jan Zalasiewicz, observers of the geological past, look into the future

The Trump administration has frozen billions in funding to the world’s richest university after Harvard refused to acquiesce to its demands

Old-time graffiti; balloon deaths

Science in meter and verse

Play this crossword inspired by the May 2025 issue of Scientific American

The May issue of Scientific American takes you on a deep-sea mining mission, explores dark comets and examines an invisible threat to the food we eat

Letters to the editors for the January 2025 issue of Scientific American

Writers, artists, photographers and researchers share the stories behind the stories

The brain’s response to information depends on language’s grammatical structure

The third confirmed location of extinct hominins known as Denisovans shows these human cousins adapted to an impressive range of environments

Science cannot operate like a black box and expect the trust of the public

Our instinct is to protect our kids from failure. But learning from failure is an important life skill that can’t be overlooked