Social Sciences

Science in meter and verse

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

Earth as a zoo; sunburned eyes

Why we’re seduced by nature’s toxins, horror stories for winter solstice, and more books out this month

A broad genetic study has revised the prevailing narrative about how wine grapes spread around the world

A government shutdown would disrupt biomedical research and clinical trials as federal experimental facilities shuttered

Pioneering scholar Riane Eisler describes her lifelong quest to understand why warlike societies are the norm

Phonics may be a popular way to teach reading, but it fails too many children

A government shutdown could force the Federal Emergency Management Agency to curtail all disaster activities at a time when it is already short of cash to respond to crises

Researchers say the discovery of the earliest known wooden construction expands their knowledge of the woodworking skills of early humans that existed before Homo sapiens

Today we introduce to the world Scientific American’s redesign, which we hope will nod to our rich history while also look forward to the everchanging landscape of publishing

Four decades into his activism, Robert Bullard looks back on his legacy and the work ahead.