Public Health
Biotech
Gene-Editing Success Brings Pig-to-Human Transplants Closer to Reality
Evolution
Fossil Reveals What Last Common Ancestor of Humans and Apes Looked Liked
Nukes, Warheads and Guam: How Did We Get Here, and What Should Happen Next?
Sanctions won’t end ‘cold war’ with North Korea, but diplomacy is still on the table, one expert says
Public Health
Trump to Declare Opioid Crisis a National Emergency
Biotech
Gene-Editing Success Brings Pig-to-Human Transplants Closer to Reality
Evolution
Fossil Reveals What Last Common Ancestor of Humans and Apes Looked Liked
Evolution
Family Meal? Ancestral Humans May Have Engaged in Ritualistic Cannibalism
Natural Disasters
U.S. Biomedical Research Facilities Still Unprepared for Natural Disasters and Attacks
Climate
Climate Change Has Influenced the Timing of Europe's Floods
Arts & Culture
Resurrecting Ancient Beasts, a Mysterious Disease and Other New Science Books
Mental Health
Suicide Is Much Too Common Among U.S. Physicians
Special Report
The Great Solar Eclipse of 2017
![The Great Solar Eclipse of 2017](/web/20170811154546im_/https://www.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/7455218C-C3CE-4AFE-86FA6825E2CC74D5_agenda.jpg?w=275&h=183)
Space
Millions of people will view this spectacular event in person. Will you be one of them?
Infographic of the Week
Videos
Perching Drone Clings to Walls
This fixed wing drone copies a bird to land on vertical surfaces and lift off again.