Scientists Just Warned We Need to Cut Emissions by 60 Percent, but the U.S. Is Years Away

The IPCC’s latest climate assessment says the world must cut greenhouse gas emissions by 60 percent by 2035, but the U.S. is already behind on a less ambitious target

The Science of Spring’s Green Show

Spring’s burst of brightness comes before chloroplasts grow and mature

Fixing the Hated Open-Design Office

Open-office designs create productivity and health problems. New insights from Deaf and autistic communities could fix them

The Strange Way a 12-Foot-Long Invasive Python Was Caught

In Key Largo, Fla., scientists are looking to protect endangered native rodents and slow the invasion of massive Burmese pythons

‘Unstable’ Moons May Be Obliterating Alien Life across the Universe

Collisions between moons and planets may be a regular danger for possible extraterrestrial life

Scientific American Volume 328, Issue 4