It goes without saying that a lot has changed at Scientific American since our first issue came out in 1845. But the magazine—and the world of science journalism in general—also looks ...

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After I read “The Hunt for Planet Nine,” by Robin George Andrews, it occurred to me that one thing that should be discussed is the possibility of sending a probe out to this hidden planet in ...

The National Institutes of Health said it pulled the policy because of language on diversity and inclusion, in line with directives from the Trump administration ...

Ask someone to name a favorite shape, and they’ll probably choose one of the usual suspects: triangle, circle, maybe a trapezoid. These run-of-the-mill forms take a back seat to more ...

Picture a robot. What do you see? A rugged, steel-clad machine built to transcend living beings’ organic fragility? Unfortunately, this very quality now threatens to drown the planet in ...

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Some scientific organizations, like the American Public Health Association, have taken a stand and joined an ACLU lawsuit filed on April 2 to protect these essential projects, and just two days ...

You are currently logged out. Please sign in to download the issue PDF. What are the beliefs, desires and problems of Americans of high-school age? The answer is ...

When Scientific American reached out to Faust for comment, he said he couldn’t speak for Harvard. “What I can say on behalf of myself is that I had been seriously considering submitting my ...

Some species seem to live fast and die young. Others, though, “appear not to age,” says João Pedro de Magalhães, a molecular biologist at the University of Birmingham in England. He is ...

In the blink of an eye the land bloomed with a spectrum of brilliant color where before it was all greens and earth tones. It was the sudden awakening of a new aesthetic; our “shrew ...