A Singular Species: The Science of Being Human
Volume 319, Issue 3
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Features
What Made Us Unique
How we became a different kind of animal
The Ancient Roots of the Internal Combustion Engine
Taking apart the internal combustion engine reveals our collective genius
2 Mental Abilities Separate Humans from Animals
Two key features created the human mind
Are Humans the Only Conscious Animal?
Decoding the puzzle of human consciousness
The Cultural Origins of Language
What makes language distinctly human
What Makes the Human Brain Special
Parts of the brain involved in language and cognition have enlarged greatly over an evolutionary timescale
Why Is Homo sapiens the Sole Surviving Member of the Human Family?
Recent fossil, archaeological and genetic discoveries are revising the rise of our species
The Origins of Human Morality
How we learned to put our fate in one another’s hands
War Is Not Part of Human Nature
War may not be in our nature after all
Cities Are Forcing a New Era of Rapid Evolution
Humans are changing the course of evolution
Artificial Intelligence Will Serve Humans, Not Enslave Them
AI will serve our species, not control it
Are Humans Alone in the Milky Way?
Why we are probably the only intelligent life in the galaxy
Departments
Advances
"Bone-Crushing" Dogs Left Evidence in Their Poop
Honest Liars: Dishonest Leaders May Be Perceived as Authentic
Rescuing Ancient Art from Microbes
Missing Tape Discovery Solves 40-Year Lunar Mystery
Nuclear Bomb Sensors Eavesdrop on Whales
"Death Masks" Reveal How Earliest Complex Organisms Became Fossils
In Case You Missed It
Colon Cancer Screening Guidelines May Need Revising
Vintner's Dream: Oil Additive Could Aid in Wine Production
Facebook Use Linked to Gender Equality
Evolution
A Very Human Story: Why Our Species Is Special
Culture
Readers Respond to the May 2018 Issue
Essential Seaweed, the History of Cardiology, Neil deGrasse Tyson on Astrophysics and War and Other New Science Books
Policy
Clinical Trials Have Far Too Little Racial and Ethnic Diversity
Neurology
Alzheimer's Hits Men and Women Differently, and We Need to Understand Why
Medicine
The So-Called Right to Try Law Gives Patients False Hope
Biotech
Hearing Aids Are Finally Entering the 21st Century
An Interview with the CEO of the Only U.S.-Based Hearing-Aid Manufacturer
Public Health
Abortion Is a Problem to Be Solved, Not a Moral Issue
Conservation
Beavers Made America Great, a New Book Explains
Engineering
Dikes for Keeping Out the Zuyder Zee; the Victorian Fear of Being Buried Alive
Computing