Culture

Many parents choose sleep training to get their babies to sleep through the night. But the evidence supporting it is flawed

Gen Z can’t stand inequality. Why so many of its men voted Republican is a lesson in understanding male identity

If we lose sight of why empathy matters, both individual dignity and democracy suffer

Fast fashion may seem cheap, but it’s taking a costly toll on the planet—and on millions of young people

With the help of a powerful rare-earth alloy, magnet fishers pull garbage out of polluted waterways

The far side of the moon offers grounds for compromise between advocates and opponents of lunar development

Discovering weird new shapes, turning oil rigs into reefs and making the ocean absorb more greenhouse gases

Letters to the editors for the July/August 2024 issue of Scientific American

Writers, artists, photographers and researchers share the stories behind the stories

Today’s cannabis plant is highly cultivated and incredibly potent. Treating it like a commodity, and not a testable, regulated medicine, is hurting people

What was once fair under the law may become unfair when science changes. The law must react to uphold due process

No, but the direction of our hair whorls could teach us about human development