Scientific American Summaries and Reviews
See all summaries and reviews from Scientific American at a glance.
Humans Evolved to Exercise
Unlike our ape cousins, humans require high levels of physical activity to be healthy
Scientific American, 2019
You Really Can Learn in Your Sleep
Experimental techniques demonstrate how to strengthen memories when our brains are offline
Scientific American, 2018
Top 10 Emerging Technologies for 2021
Innovations to help tackle societal challenges – especially climate change
Scientific American, 2021
Intelligent Machines That Learn Like Children
Machines that learn like children provide deep insights into how the mind and body act together to bootstrap knowledge and skills
Scientific American, 2018
Mania May Be a Mental Illness in Its Own Right
Hundreds of thousands of people experience mania without ever getting depressed. Why does psychiatry insist on calling them bipolar?
Scientific American, 2019
Machines That Translate Wants into Actions
A new generation of brain-machine interface can deduce what a person wants
Scientific American, 2019
Why Social Media Makes People Unhappy – And Simple Ways to Fix It
Research suggests platform designs make us lose track of time spent on them and can heighten conflicts, and then we feel upset with ourselves
Scientific American, 2022
How the Brain ‘Constructs’ the Outside World
Neural activity probes your physical surroundings to select just the information needed to survive and flourish
Scientific American, 2022
Droughts and Floods May Level Off until 2050, but Then Watch Out
Strange waves in the jet stream foretell a future full of heat waves and floods
Scientific American, 2019
Subverting Climate Science in the Classroom
Oil and gas representatives influence the standards for courses and textbooks, from kindergarten to 12th grade.
Scientific American, 2022
Forestalling a Fatal Decision
Social scientists have begun to close in on new ways to stop people from taking their own lives
Scientific American, 2018
