Category: International

The True Story of Charles Hudspeth and America’s Forgotten Miscarriage of Justice In 1892, a man named Charles Hudspeth was executed in Harrison, Arkansas, for …

The actor, whose unshaven look was so inspiring in the 1990s, is a living embodiment of how the way we present ourselves is always a …

“Beneath the neon glow of Las Vegas, a hidden city survives in darkness — where the homeless sleep under the streets of paradise.” If you’ve …

When Nature Surprises Us: A Predator’s Tender Mistake and the Power of Compassion Imagine this: you’re in the wild, your camera poised to capture the …

Lewis Albert Sayre (1820–1900) is considered to be among the founding fathers of orthopaedic surgery in the United States. He studied medicine at the College …

It was a beautiful day in New York. The morning calm was broken by a passing taxi driver who yelled out that a plane had …

Editor’s Note (9/11/18): Scientific American is re-posting the following article, originally published September 6, 2011, in light of the 17th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States. …

We’ve all heard the stories—whispers from ancient mariners of serpentine beasts that could drag a galleon to the depths, of sirens luring sailors onto rocks, …

The granddaughters of one of America’s most notorious gangsters – Al Capone- are putting a treasure trove of the mobster’s personal items, including his favorite …

When the right-wing American activist and influencer Charlie Kirk was shot dead aged 31, he was speaking at the kind of university event that helped …