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Most Wikipedia Profiles Are of Men. This Scientist Is Changing That.

MAYA SALAM

Jessica Wade has added nearly 700 Wikipedia biographies for important female and minority scientists in less than two years.

Intensive Anti-H.I.V. Efforts Meet With Mixed Success in Africa

APOORVA MANDAVILLI

Scientists tested a costly approach to curbing the AIDS epidemic: Test everyone in the community, and treat anyone who is infected.

3,271 Pill Bottles, a Town of 2,831: Court Filings Say Corporations Fed Opioid Epidemic

JAN HOFFMAN, KATIE THOMAS AND DANNY HAKIM

Cities and counties are suing major drugstore chains and Walmart, contending they distributed billions of painkillers that devastated communities.

The Magic in Your Eyes

STEPHEN L. MACKNIK

What spectators' gaze reveals about the conjuring arts -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

How ‘The Lion King’ Gets Real-Life Lion Family Dynamics Wrong

KNVUL SHEIKH

Disney’s 2019 remake is no nature documentary. It should probably be “The Lion Queen” because males don’t rule the pride; females do.

Why a Thriving Civilization in Malta Collapsed 4,000 Years Ago - Facts So Romantic

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The Ġgantija temples of Malta are among the earliest free-standing buildings known.Photograph by Bs0u10e01 / WikicommonsThe mysteries of an ancient civilization that survived for more than a millennium on the island of Malta—and then collapsed within two generations—have been unravelled by archaeologists who analyzed pollen buried deep within the earth and ancient DNA from skulls and bones. It’s part of a field of work that is expanding the use of archaeological techniques into environments where they were previously thought to be unusable. The Temple Culture of the Maltese archipelago in the Mediterranean began nearly 6,000 years ago and at its height probably numbered several thousand people—far denser than the people of mainland Europe could manage at the time. The island people constructed elaborate sacred sites, such as the famous Ġgantija temple complex, and their buildings are among the earliest free-standing buildings known. But, after 1,500 years, they were gone.Islands can be used as laboratories for understanding change in the wider world. Caroline Malone, prehistory specialist at Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, wanted to understand how the fragile island ecology sustained the people for so long despite drought, violent storms, and soil erosion—and why it ultimately failed.…Read More…

What Does a Medical Nihilist Do When He Gets Sick?

JOHN HORGAN

Philosopher Jacob Stegenga, author of a scathing critique of medicine, discusses vaccines and his own health -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

We Went to the Moon. Why Can’t We Solve Climate Change?

JOHN SCHWARTZ

The original moon shoot inspired billions. Calling climate action a moon shot isn’t a perfect parallel — but maybe we should try it anyway.

It's Melting: Science On Ice

STEVE MIRSKY

Glaciologist Elizabeth Case, of Columbia University Earth Institute's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, takes us out near Juneau to study and live on the shifting ice. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

This New Liquid Is Magnetic, and Mesmerizing

KNVUL SHEIKH

Scientists have created “soft” magnets that can flow and change shape, and that could be a boon to medicine and robotics.

The Urgency of Agency

CALEB A. SCHARF

Our consciousness gets in the way of thinking about evolution -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Just Before the Eagle Landed, an Alien Arrived in Our Living Room

MATTHEW PURDY

Until the Apollo 11 mission, my family didn’t have a television. Then, for one weekend, we joined the rest of Planet Earth.

To Make It to the Moon, Women Have to Escape Earth’s Gender Bias

MARY ROBINETTE KOWAL

The Apollo program was designed by men, for men. But NASA can learn from its failures as it aims to send women to the moon and beyond.

Heat Waves in the Age of Climate Change: Longer, More Frequent and More Dangerous

KENDRA PIERRE-LOUIS

The average number of heat waves in 50 major American cities has tripled since the 1960s.

How to Watch India’s Chandrayaan-2 Moon Launch

KENNETH CHANG

The country hopes to become the fourth to land on the moon, a week after postponing its launch.