- January 21, 2024
Pink Fairy Armadillos Have a Weird Double Skin Not Seen in Any Other Mammal
January 20, 2024 3 min read Pink fairy armadillos evolved a unique double skin millions of years ago as they moved underground in response to
Ocean Trawling May Release Locked-Away Carbon
CLIMATEWIRE | Dragging giant nets along the seafloor to catch fish — a practice known as bottom trawling — has long been criticized by environmentalists as
Preventing Child Abuse Should Not Be Controversial. My Own Hate Mail Reveals That It Is
In my senior year of college, I began my first job as a social worker, counseling victims of sexual assault. I began every morning determined
What’s Behind the ‘Arctic Blast’ Plunging into the U.S.?
January 12, 2024 3 min read This week’s cold snap across the U.S. will be one of “the most impressive Arctic outbreaks of this century,”
Wildfire Risk Maps Haven’t Kept Up with Wildfire Risks
CLIMATEWIRE | For years, Colorado’s wildfire risk map was so inaccurate that state officials all but ignored it. It was long outdated, especially in the state’s
How Networked Incitement Fueled the Jan. 6 Capitol Insurrection
The shocking events of Jan. 6, 2021, signaled a major break from the nonviolent rallies that categorized most major protests over the past few decades.
The Surprising Health Benefits of Dog Ownership
Andrea Thompson: Ever since I was a kid, I wanted a dog. But it wasn’t until I was an adult–newly laid off and missing a
Readers Respond to the September 2023 Issue
January 1, 2024 4 min read Letters to the editors for the September 2023 issue of Scientific American Credit: Scientific American, September 2023 INTELLIGENCE PROBE In
Sometimes We Can Have Nice Things: Our 10 Favorite Feel-Good Stories of 2023
December 28, 2023 3 min read Here’s the best, most inspiring and coolest science we encountered this year By Sarah Lewin Frasier Scientific American’s reporting
