Society & Policy

We need an international agreement to prevent the development of autonomous weapons before they threaten global security

The U.S. energy transition will continue under the new plan, but it needs to move even faster

Electronic health data, long touted as a way to inject new life into patient recruitment, will finally be put to the test with clinical trials

After seven decades should we be optimistic or pessimistic?

Big names in education, technology and public plicy gather at Scientific American's STEM Executive Summit to advance a bold new vision for education

The new rule includes panoply of changes to help states trade emissions

Native Hawaiian groups are protesting construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea during a gathering of scientists in Honolulu

An expert weighs in on what the promising study results will mean for future outbreaks

A new study finds that temperature settings in many buildings favor middle-aged, skinny men

Has burning natural gas instead of coal helped the U.S. economy decarbonize? It's complicated

Needle exchanges, which exist in 34 states, are gaining wider acceptance as health officials nationwide have expressed alarm at the surge in opiate abuse

Aviation specialists are hurrying to confirm a new clue to last year’s mysterious Malaysian airliner crash