Reports

This special report explores the global burden of type 1 diabetes, along with incredible innovations that are leading to better treatments and care and a …

The prevention of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has seen incredible advancement in the past few years. In this editorially independent package, Scientific American explores breakthroughs …

What happens when foundational assumptions in a scientific field get put to the test?

Since 1845, SciAm has chronicled the science shaping our world. Explore our legacy in this special anniversary package.

The outlook on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease is brighter than ever. Backed by decades of research, the field is beginning to …

Patients, advocates, researchers and clinicians around the world are reducing bias and improving health care access for all

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris represent very different futures when it comes to science-related policy issues that deeply affect our lives. Scientific American has rounded …

Improve your health and well-being by understanding the science of prevention, treatments and medical advances

The promise and challenges of new gene therapies for sickle cell disease

These medical rebels are changing the way healthcare is done around the world

What humans really evolved to eat, why some people can be heavy but healthy, and what revolutionary weight-loss drugs are teaching us about appetite, pleasure …

There is a lot of parenting advice out there. Scientific American wants to wade through it and give you the most current, rigorous evidence to …

Less than two years after the arrival of ChatGPT, people are using machine learning to decode ancient scrolls, study theological riddles and investigate intelligence itself

April 8, 2024’s total solar eclipse, visible from parts of the U.S., Mexico and Canada, is the last opportunity to see this phenomenon across North …

The U.S. is beginning an ambitious, controversial reinvention of its nuclear arsenal. The project comes with incalculable costs and unfathomable risks

A special package explores problems and solutions to the geography of injustice

Here are solutions to improve students’ emotional, physical, and mental health and to boost educational outcomes

Climate change is making wildfires more likely and more intense, exposing more people to dangerous wildfire smoke. Scientists are continuing to learn how much damage …

Summer heat is increasingly breaking records as the climate warms. As we describe in our roundup, heat can be deadly. Make sure that you take …

Tobacco smoking places an enormous burden on global health — around 14% of all deaths in 2019 were attributed to this habit. New quitting tools …

Spacecraft will explore hidden oceans and the possibility of life on the moons of Jupiter

Honoring women at the forefront of science

What began as a call to action in response to police violence and anti-Black racism in the U.S. is now a global initiative to confront …

Charting a path towards material sustainability