OpinionOctober 11, 2024
Humanity’s Origins Paint Our Ancestors as Lovers, Not Fighters
Fossil and gene discoveries paint an ever-more-intertwined history of humans combining with vanished species like Neandertals
Stories by Dan Vergano
Dan Vergano is a senior editor at Scientific American. He has previously written for Grid News, BuzzFeed News, National Geographic and USA Today. He is chair of the New Horizons committee for the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing and a journalism award judge for both the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
Nuclear weaponsOctober 3, 2024
The Next President Faces Tough Nuclear Weapons Deadlines
Whoever wins the 2024 presidential election will face heightened nuclear geopolitics, deadlines on nuclear deals with Russia and Iran and decisions on a $2-trillion weapons-modernization effort
OpinionSeptember 17, 2024
The Next President Should End the ‘Senate’ Launch System Rocket
Rather than building an obsolescent, obscenely-over-budget jumbo rocket, NASA should turn to building truly innovative space technologies and plan a realistic lunar landing program
OpinionSeptember 13, 2024
Elon Musk Owes His Success to Coming in Second (and Government Handouts)
The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, owes his superstar success to self-satisfied competitors who blew obvious opportunities
MedicineMarch 18, 2024
People with ‘Havana Syndrome’ Show No Brain Damage or Medical Illness
The largest and most comprehensive studies of ‘Havana Syndrome’ point to stress or group psychology as likely explanations for most “anomalous health incidents”
DefenseFebruary 5, 2024
The Government’s Former UFO Hunter Found Something More Concerning Than Aliens
Sean Kirkpatrick looked into the skies and deep into government archives for extraterrestrials. What he found is, to him, more concerning than little green men.
AstronomyJuly 26, 2023
‘Millennium Falcon’ Comet Sprouts Icy Wings as It Loops around the Sun
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, headed for its closest encounter with the sun next year, has started to heat up, leading to a cinematic outburst of icy volcanism