Sociology

Amid the machine-learning boom, model developers have built an all-purpose digital oracle from a trove of big data

These projected findings about depopulation in U.S. cities are shaped by a multitude of factors, including the decline of industry, lower birth rates and the impacts of climate change

Networked incitement, including cellphones and social media, powered the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol

The overuse of dangerous pesticides in Brazil threatens public health and serves as a warning to the rest of the world about the dangers of science denial

Experts weigh in on how you can navigate social gatherings and travel as respiratory illnesses rise this winter

Far-right extremists shifted their online hate from Muslims to Jews in 2017, and offline hate followed the same trends 

Why scary things can be fun, how to grow materials in space, and language’s influence on the mind

Every year about 1,000 human remains go unidentified in the U.S. New genetic technology can give them names and return them to their families

Whether or not UFOs exist, we need to pay attention to how they are influencing our politics and culture

Today we introduce to the world Scientific American’s redesign, which we hope will nod to our rich history while also look forward to the everchanging landscape of publishing

The pandemic provided a natural experiment, one that suggests fewer people in jail does not lead to more crime

Data show that mass-shooting deaths behave as a “species” different from other gun deaths