Scientific American Endorses Joe Biden

Trouble viewing? View in your browser. View all Scientific American publications.

             

September 15, 2020

Dear Reader, In our 175-year history, Scientific American has never endorsed a presidential candidate—until today. We believe the 2020 election is literally a matter of life and death. That is why we urge you to vote for health, science and Joe Biden for President. The evidence shows that Donald Trump has badly damaged the U.S. and its people, from his willfully ignorant response to the COVID-19 pandemic to his administration's attack on environmental protections amid the climate crisis. Joe Biden is offering fact-based plans to protect our health, our economy and our planet. The proposals he has put forth can set the country back on course for a safer, more prosperous and more equitable future.

Sunya Bhutta, Senior Editor, Audience Engagement @sunyaaa

Policy & Ethics Scientific American Endorses Joe Biden We've never backed a presidential candidate in our 175-year history—until now By THE EDITORS

Public Health COVID-19's Other Unnecessary Death Toll Our bungled national response exposed the fragility of our already broken health care system by keeping people with other fatal diseases from getting treatment By Soumya Rangarajan

Climate A New Arctic Is Emerging, Thanks to Climate Change After years of warning, sea ice coverage and other indicators are beginning to push outside the bounds of the former "normal" climate By Chelsea Harvey,E&E News

Public Health How New Mexico Controlled the Spread of COVID-19 The state went after the disease with widespread testing and science-based targets. Now it is in better shape than its neighbors By Christie Aschwanden

Medicine NIH 'Very Concerned' About Serious Side Effect in Coronavirus Vaccine Trial​ The test was halted when a participant suffered spinal cord damage, and U.S. scientists launched an investigation By Arthur Allen,Liz Szabo,Kaiser Health News

Behavior & Society How to Do Better for Your Middle School Student In a new book, journalist Judith Warner offers compassionate advice for a difficult time—and suggests that parents are part of the problem By Gareth Cook

Biology This 'Small World' Is Packed with Animated Beauty Nikon's Small World in Motion competition captures creatures and forces that are invisible to the naked eye. By Jeffery DelViscio

Evolution High-Elevation Hummingbirds Evolved a Temperature Trick Hummingbirds in the Peruvian Andes enter a state of torpor at night to conserve energy, dipping their body temperatures to as low as 38 degrees Fahrenheit. Christopher Intagliata reports.  By Christopher Intagliata | 02:08

Cognition How to Be a Mystical Materialist Psychologist Susan Blackmore stays grounded in scientific skepticism while exploring the outer reaches of consciousness By John Horgan

FROM THE STORE Scientific American Print & Digital Subscription For $34.99 a year, your Print & Digital Subscription includes monthly delivery of print issues and is accessible on all of your devices via the web and Android and iOS apps.

ADVERTISEMENT

FROM THE ARCHIVE Trump's Views on Science Are Shockingly Ignorant His statements show a disregard for science that is alarming in a candidate for high office By THE EDITORS | November 2016

QUOTE OF THE DAY "Although Trump and his allies have tried to create obstacles that prevent people from casting ballots safely in November, either by mail or in person, it is crucial that we surmount them and vote. It's time to move Trump out and elect Biden, who has a record of following the data and being guided by science." The Editors of Scientific American

LATEST ISSUES

Questions?   Comments?

Download the Scientific American App

To view this email as a web page, go here. You received this email because you opted-in to receive email from Scientific American. To ensure delivery please add news@email.scientificamerican.com to your address book. Unsubscribe     Manage Email Preferences     Privacy Policy     Contact Us