TechnologySeptember 2, 2026
The hackers protecting America’s water supply
Cybersecurity experts are volunteering to keep America’s utilities safe from attacks
Terrorism
TechnologySeptember 11, 2024
How Forensic Breakthroughs Are Still Helping Identify 9/11 Victims Today
Forensic scientists are still working to identify victims of the 9/11 attacks using advancements in technology and techniques developed over the past two decades.
Read the November Issue: Social Media Addiction
OpinionDecember 7, 2023
The Same Extremists Target Both Muslims and Jews
Far-right extremists shifted their online hate from Muslims to Jews in 2017, and offline hate followed the same trends
OpinionMay 8, 2023
Amid War in Ukraine, Open-Source Intelligence Investigators Need Better Ethics
Much of the open-source intelligence (OSINT) community ignores ethical questions and the safety risks of reporting discoveries from the war in Ukraine
OpinionNovember 5, 2022
How Stochastic Terrorism Uses Disgust to Incite Violence
Pundits are weaponizing disgust to fuel violence, and it’s affecting our humanity
Mental HealthJune 6, 2022
Mass Shootings Leave Lasting Psychological Wounds
Tragedies such as the ones in Uvalde, Tex., and Buffalo, N.Y., can lead to major depression, PTSD and other lingering mental distress among survivors
Public HealthMay 25, 2022
What We Know about Mass School Shootings—and Shooters—in the U.S.
Criminologists explain what the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Tex., and other deadly assaults have in common
PsychologyJanuary 14, 2022
How Targeted Advertising on Social Media Drives People to Extremes
People seeking to radicalize others are using ads to push conspiracy theories and extremist views
HistorySeptember 10, 2021
Health Effects of 9/11 Still Plague Responders and Survivors
Those who were exposed to Ground Zero have increased rates of certain cancers and other health problems
Mind & BrainMarch 2, 2015
Can Science Solve Terrorism? Q&A with Psychologist John Horgan
For years, I’ve been getting e-mails from people who praise my brilliant research on terrorism and then ask me tough questions about the topic
September 26, 2014
Antwerp, 1914: New Technology, Civilian Targets
Reported in Scientific American—This Week in World War I: September 19, 1914 The Belgian field army retreated into the fortified city of Antwerp only 16 days after the Germans had invaded.