Social Sciences

Why did matter outlast antimatter? And clumps of cells can learn and remember

Plutonium-pit secrets, growing up in parallel universes, the strange aftermath of a fictional wildfire, and more books out now

A missing mammal rediscovered in Indonesia, a speedy new species of dinosaur in Brazil, Ivory Coast chimpanzees that snoop on their neighbors, and much more in this month’s Quick Hits

Science in meter and verse

Letters to the editors for the October 2023 issue of Scientific American

Seventy-one essays of science trivia, from duck penises to hangover myths

Disinformation abounds, and it can kill. Fortunately, it can often be unambiguously identified

Prehistoric artifacts used in jewelry, such as beads made from shells, amber and ivory, have shed light on the cultural groups that were present in Europe tens of thousands of years ago

From Papua New Guinea to the Andaman Islands, Indigenous languages are under threat. An Indian linguist helped preserve one language family.

Changes in the climate may have caused disruptions to Roman society that manifested as disease outbreaks, researchers have found

Researchers calculated the number of pregnancies resulting from rape in states where abortion was banned throughout pregnancy after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision

A national survey shows Americans are increasingly worried about global warming. But partisan politics continues to drive a wedge between red and blue states