Masks and Emasculation: Why Some Men Refuse to Take Safety Precautions
They think it makes them look weak, and avoiding that is evidently more important to them than demonstrating responsible behavior
They think it makes them look weak, and avoiding that is evidently more important to them than demonstrating responsible behavior
Phil Anderson’s article “More Is Different” describes how different levels of complexity require new ways of thinking. And as the virus multiplies and spreads, that’s just what the human race desperately needs...
The pandemic is no excuse to abandon chronic disease management and prevention
Musings on a symphony in C
Nobel Laureate Frances H. Arnold talks to Scientific American editor-in-chief Mariette DiChristina about her work, which takes advantage of the evolution algorithm to make entirely new enzymes that can perform useful chemistry...
Even at the age of 15, I realized my obsession with collecting all the elements in the periodic table’s is not something most kids aspire to
The organizing scheme that revolutionized our understanding of the chemical elements turns 150 in 2019
We tend to imagine that below the crust, Earth is a seething pool of molten rock—but it’s not
Graphics from the Scientific American archive provide a glimpse of the history and science of pyrotechnics
Skills learned in the kitchen, at the vanity, in the craft room or in the garage can help put classroom struggles into context
This Fourth of July holiday, collectively Americans will eat some 150 million hot dogs, according to industry analysts. Lined up, that substantial serving of frankfurters would stretch from sea to shining sea—several times...
Staring up as cascades of colorful light bloom noisily from the dark sky—that's how many Americans will conclude their Independence Day. Behind the pretty image, however, fireworks rely on basic physical and chemical principles...
On the Periodic Table of Videos, Rob Stockman, a researcher who works to understand neurotransmitters, explains to us how sarin and other nerve gases work to disrupt bodily functions