Illicit nuclear detonations are anything but secret

Innovation and discovery as chronicled in Scientific American

People dump their exotic animals for logical, if not good, reasons

Why the singular of “data” is not “anecdote

Power imbalances facilitate environmental degradation—and the poor suffer the consequences

How algorithms designed to alleviate poverty can perpetuate it instead

And what we can do about it

Mathematicians are developing forensics to identify political maps that disenfranchise voters

Take a ride with Tesla's Enhanced Autopilot feature

Researchers wrestle with the rising rates of virus-related tumors

Researchers identify genes linked to rapid eye movement sleep

Officials will vote to overhaul the standard system of scientific measurements

The gender gap in leadership narrows when groups spend more time together

A linguist explains how limited our thinking about extraterrestrials can be

Creating artificial intelligence that continues to adapt

Visualizing climate catastrophes may spur people to act

The synthetic material is both robust and versatile

Where financial disparities are greatest, the murder rate tends to be high

The U.S. Congress has not protected health or the environment. Time to make it step up