COVID might be fought efficiently with fewer shutdowns by restricting activities only in a particular area with a population up to 200,000 when its case rate rises above a chosen threshold. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Scientific American senior editor Mark Fischetti talks about how this election will affect environmental science and policy. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Scientific American's senior medicine editor, Josh Fischman, talks about issues in medicine and public health that will be affected by this election. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Scientific American's senior medicine editor, Josh Fischman, talks about issues in medicine and public health that will be affected by this election. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Amid the pandemic, candidates in tight contests in Arizona and Kansas contrast their understanding of science with opponents’ disregard -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
A stretch of Neanderthal DNA has been associated with some cases of severe COVID-19, but it's unclear how much a risk it poses. Christopher Intagliata reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
A stretch of Neanderthal DNA has been associated with some cases of severe COVID-19, but it's unclear how much a risk it poses. Christopher Intagliata reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
New chemistry Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna talks about various applications of the gene editing tool CRISPR. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Charles Rice, who today shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the hepatitis C virus, talked about how rapidly research now occurs compared with his early work. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
How can we make our schools, office buildings and homes safer? -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Researchers seeking evidence for cancer in dinosaurs found it in a collection of bones at an Alberta paleontology museum. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
An ordinary bacterium can trigger changes in some primary tumors that lead to dangerous metastasis -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
An ordinary bacterium can trigger changes in some primary tumors that lead to dangerous metastasis -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Medical ethicist Ezekiel Emanuel discusses a framework for equitably allocating COVID-19 vaccines based on preventing premature deaths and mitigating long-term economic impacts -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Medical ethicist Ezekiel Emanuel discusses a framework for equitably allocating COVID-19 vaccines based on preventing premature deaths and mitigating long-term economic impacts -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Beyond factors such as age and sex, underlying aspects of biology and society influence disease severity -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com