Social Sciences

Yes, conspiracy narratives are everywhere. But it’s not as bad as you think

The Tsimane’ language divides the rainbow into blackish, reddish and whitish. But bilingual Spanish and Tsimane’ speakers are changing that

This warm, fuzzy color can be found all over the natural world, from land to sea to space

Lost in today’s misinformation fights is the recognition that modern conspiracy theories spring from excesses of state secrecy

Science in meter and verse

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

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

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

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

Curious dinosaur eggs discovered; element 72 named

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

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