Social Sciences

A new book reveals the surprising roles of wildlife scat

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

Coral trysts by moonlight in French Polynesia, polluted Antarctic wilderness, mummified bees in Portugal, and more in this month’s Quick Hits

Science in meter and verse

An Aboriginal language provides unexpected insight into how language influences perception

Researchers have documented that social media can harm teens

People may learn from and replicate the skewed perspective of an artificial intelligence algorithm, and they carry this bias beyond their interactions with the AI

Physicians need to be aware of how their choice of words and patient labels affect patients

Meat eating may not have made us human after all, say paleoanthropologists

While contempt for news organizations is intense in the wake of Trump, archived hate mail to reporters shows that even in the 1950s—supposedly the height of public trust in journalism—some Americans always despised the press

Esports are booming on college campuses, and safe participation in gaming is a new Title IX challenge. Schools should get ahead of the threat of harassment now

More than half of Miami-Dade County residents will face pressure to move as rising seas push residents inland to reach higher ground, a new study finds