Scientific American Shares Its First-Ever Best Fiction and Nonfiction Books of the Year
Scientific American unveils its first-ever best fiction and nonfiction books of the year, spotlighting stories that blend science, imagination and unforgettable voices.
Kissing May Have Evolved 21.5 Million Years Ago
Humans and their ancestors have likely been kissing for a very long time
Epstein Files Spark Harvard Investigation into Larry Summers
E-mails between Larry Summers and the now deceased financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein from 2018 and 2019 have raised questions about a relationship Summers pursued with a student
Five Essential Reads on Plastic, Power and Pollution
If you enjoyed Beth Gardiner’s feature about big oil’s bet on plastics, here are more books curated by Scientific American
December 2025: Science History from 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago
Heimlich maneuver; training fleas
Science Crossword: A Destructive Fix
Play this crossword inspired by the December 2025 issue of Scientific American
Readers Respond to the July/August 2025 Issue
Letters to the editors for the July/August Issue 2025 issue of Scientific American
Science Bleeds When It’s Cut
As funding dries up, researchers face setbacks that threaten innovation and public progress
Poem: ‘The Covert Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany’
Science in meter and verse
The unlikely story of an e-mail time machine
Twenty years ago Forbes.com sent hundreds of thousands of messages to the future. Here’s what happened next
How to send a message to future civilizations
When written knowledge is more ephemeral than ever, how can we pass on what’s important?
U.S. Spy Agency Releases Amelia Earhart Records
The U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence released long-promised records related to vanished pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart. More records are promised on a rolling basis