Social Sciences

Research on morality shows that it can counterintuitively impede peace and progress

A college professor and his students explain what they learned from bringing ChatGPT into the classroom

Virtual meetings and video calls don’t quite stack up to in-person interaction—and a new study proves it

Egypt’s famous Sphinx may have originated as a rock feature carved by erosion that ancient Egyptians further refined into the iconic monument

The outcomes of state elections this week may mean more natural gas plants in Texas, greater use of climate law funds in Kentucky and the continuation of the status quo in Maine and Mississippi

A new facial approximation brings to life an Incan girl who was killed 500 years ago as part of a sacrificial ritual

Standard English names for North American birds will now focus on the animals rather than people

Every happy country is not alike

A machine-learning model helps identify and measure the prevailing buzz about peace in the news cycle

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

Mayan eclipses; birds sense cholera

Why scary things can be fun, how to grow materials in space, and language’s influence on the mind