Culture

A popular personality test beats out astrology but trails far behind scientific measure of personal traits

A missing mammal rediscovered in Indonesia, a speedy new species of dinosaur in Brazil, Ivory Coast chimpanzees that snoop on their neighbors, and much more in this month’s Quick Hits

Letters to the editors for the October 2023 issue of Scientific American

Throughout the world, the number of relatives that people have may dramatically shrink by 2095, which could change care for children and aging people

The bizarre life and legacy of Paul Erdős, the most prolific mathematician ever

A deep dive into one scholar’s correspondence shows society prefers blame and punishment over protecting children from sexual violence

The Navajo Nation has called for a delay in launching the commercial lander Peregrine, which is set to carry human remains on a private mission to the moon

Deciphering a scorched scroll from ancient Herculaneum, unlikely flavors in climate-change-affected wine, an undiscovered ore found in China, and more in this month’s Quick Hits

Letters to the editors for the September 2023 issue of Scientific American

As 2023 comes to a close, we look back at a year of poignant commentary on space, politics, climate, artificial intelligence, nuclear weapons, and health—and the ways we explore the human experience

Scientific American’s TikTok delivers piping-hot science in bite-sized videos

Gifts play an important role in human relationships and are about more than consumerism