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New Zealand Seeks Human Skin to Treat Volcano Burn Victims

RONI CARYN RABIN

The country’s need highlights a little-known type of organ donation.

Alaska's Coastal Communities Face a Growing Climate Threat

MAYA EARLS,E&E NEWS

A new government report highlights the damage from rising temperatures, including melting permafrost and flooding -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

A Research Nonprofit Shutters TB Vaccine Effort and Lays Off Scientists

KATIE THOMAS

A financially troubled Seattle research institute cut back programs, leaving researchers to find new homes for work on infectious diseases like tuberculosis and leprosy.

Readers Respond to the August 2019 Issue

Letters to the editor from the August 2019 issue of Scientific American -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The Real Riverworld

CALEB A. SCHARF

Meandering rivers may hold a vital clue to the earth's capacity for life -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

As U.N. Climate Talks Go to Overtime, a Battle for the ‘Spirit’ of the Paris Pact

SOMINI SENGUPTA

World leaders meeting in Madrid remained at loggerheads on Saturday about whether they could commit, just on paper, to raise voluntary climate targets next year.

Whakaari's/White Island's Disaster Reminds Us of the Dangers of Active Volcanoes

DANA HUNTER

A relatively small eruption on a New Zealand island volcano created an outsize tragedy -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Newly Identified Jet-Stream Pattern Could Imperil Global Food Supplies

JEFF MASTERS

A new study finds a 20-fold increase in the risk of simultaneous heat waves in major crop-producing regions when the pattern is in place -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

How to Watch the Geminids Meteor Shower 2019 This Weekend

NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR

Meteor showers can light up night skies from dusk to dawn, and if you’re lucky you might be able to catch a glimpse.

Citizen Scientists Deserve Journal Status Upgrade

JASON G. GOLDMAN

Here's an argument that citizen scientists deserve co-authorship on scientific journal papers to which they contributed research. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Nature’s Best Poetry of 2019: Clouds

JOSEPHINE SEDGWICK

Every day, members of the Cloud Appreciation Society post photos of the sky from around the world. This is why they stop to look up.

Prime Leverage: How Amazon Wields Power in the Technology World

DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI

Software start-ups have a phrase for what Amazon is doing to them: ‘strip-mining’ them of their innovations.

Beyond Physicalism

JOHN HORGAN

Philosopher Hedda Hassel Mørch defends the idea that consciousness pervades the cosmos -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

U.N. Climate Talks End With Big Polluters Blocking Stronger Action

SOMINI SENGUPTA

The United Nations secretary general, António Guterres, said countries had “lost an important opportunity” at the meeting in Madrid.

Alligators Don't Play Pick Up Sticks to Lure Lunch

RILEY BLACK

A new study casts doubt over the suggestion that alligators use sticks to catch birds -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com