Social Sciences

Chicken takeovers, the missing histories of silk, a dazzling memoir of gravity, and more books out now

Hostility toward LGBTQ kids, enshrined in hundreds of new bills, has put families with such children under unprecedented threat, raising risks of suicide and physical attacks

Chromosome cats; Louis Pasteur, master brewer

Science in meter and verse

Children need patient adults and lots of practice to understand fairness, justice and equality

Researchers use powerful geometrical methods to try fixing unfair districts. That alone isn’t enough; we need to fight the values behind gerrymandering

Researchers are studying how to maximize creativity and connection in remote and hybrid work settings

Election polls are accurate but can only reveal voter intentions on the day they were taken. They don’t predict the future

Digital books will never replace the tactile experience of paper books, but as part of bedtime reading and improving access to reading materials, they shouldn’t be counted as screen time

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

New insights into why animals play, how to hunt an asteroid, and more books out now

Hashish addiction; a pension for Madame Curie