Ecology
Parrots Are Taking Over the World
Smart, adaptable and loud, parrots are thriving in cities far outside their native ranges
Stories by Ryan F. Mandelbaum
Natural Disasters
Telltale Tsunami Sounds Could Buy More Warning Time
Scientists are figuring out how to detect a tsunami-generating earthquake’s unique, fast-traveling sound waves
Medicine
Labs Can Now Grow Your Guts
Functional intestine becomes the latest lab-grown organ
Climate Change
Arctic Summer Ice Has Decreased by 72 Percent Since 1980 [Graphic]
This volumetric look at the scope of the melt is just as staggering as surface area comparisons
Medicine
Hidden Side Effects: Medical Studies Often Leave Out Adverse Outcomes
A new analysis estimates that for nearly half of clinical studies, data goes “missing” when published
Policy
Pres. Obama Wrote the Year’s Most Talked-About Science Paper
That’s just one of the highlights from a new analysis of buzzworthy publications
Public Health
Gonorrhea, Chlamydia and Syphilis Are All on the Rise
Reported cases of STDs in 2015 were at an all-time high
Fitness
What Does a Human Taste Like?
Hint: not chicken. Author Bill Schutt talks turkey about the history of cannibalism over a plate of placenta Italiana
Climate Change
The 9 Best Reactions to the House Science Committee’s Breitbart Tweet
Experts condemn lawmakers’ decision to promote fallacious article from conservative news site
How Well Do Americans Understand the Science of GMOs and Organic Foods?
Not all that well, says a new study from the Pew Research Center
Conservation
President Obama’s Conservation Legacy
He has protected more U.S land and water than any of his predecessors
Policy
Closer Look Punches Holes in Swing-State Election Hacking Report
Experts tone down a news story about the Clinton campaign being urged to challenge results due to possible cyber attack
What Trump's Surprise Victory Could Mean for Science
His stunning win took many people in both parties by surprise—and scientists are only beginning to process the possible fallout
Biology
CRISPR-Edited Mouse Genes Help Us Understand How Snakes Lost Their Legs
“Serpentized” rodents open one of evolution’s strangest morphological mysteries
What to Do about America's STEM Education Gap
Scientific American and Macmillan Learning just the fourth annual STEM Summit at the New York Academy of Sciences to explore some innovative strategies
Space & Physics
New Techniques Could Target More Exotic Dark Matter
After decades of experiments have failed to find evidence for physicists’ favored dark matter candidate particles, scientists plan searches for alternatives
Everything You Wanted to Know about This Year's Nobel Prizes, but Might Have Missed
The winning science of weird materials, nanoscale cars and self-eating cells
Policy
Grading the Presidential Candidates on Science
Scientific American evaluates responses from Clinton, Trump, Johnson and Stein to 20 questions
Natural Disasters
Satellite Radar May Help Predict Human-Caused Earthquakes
Ground that deforms above wells where wastewater is injected could be a telltale sign of trouble to come
