ArtsOctober 14, 2025
Poem: ‘In Reality’
Science in meter and verse
Arts
CatsOctober 6, 2025
See Stunning Feline Photography Revealing the Science of Cats
Tim Flach captures his fascination with the science of cats in stunning photographs from his new book Feline
SAVE $80 ON AN UNLIMITED SUBSCRIPTION TODAY!
CultureSeptember 22, 2025
Announcing the #SciAmInTheWild Photography Contest Short List
To celebrate Scientific American’s 180th anniversary, we invited readers to place our magazine covers in the wild. See our staff’s favorite submissions
ArtsSeptember 16, 2025
Poem: ‘Love Letter from Photograph 51’
Science in meter and verse
ArtsAugust 19, 2025
Poem: ‘Unison Call’
Science in meter and verse
ArtsJune 17, 2025
Poem: ‘Prayer to Fireflies’
Science in meter and verse
ArtsMay 20, 2025
Poem: ‘An Electrolysis of Brine’
Science in meter and verse
HistoryApril 28, 2025
This Cutting-Edge Encryption Originates in Renaissance Art and Math
The mathematics underpinning the modern method of elliptic curve cryptography originated with Renaissance architect Filippo Brunelleschi
ArtsApril 15, 2025
Poem: ‘Live and in Color’
Science in meter and verse
ArtsMarch 18, 2025
Poem: ‘Deep Time’
Science in meter and verse
ArtsFebruary 18, 2025
Poem: ‘(origins, positrons)’
Science in meter and verse
NeuroscienceJanuary 23, 2025
The Neuroscience of Severance: What’s Real? What’s Fake?
The hit show Severance can be refashioned as a teaching moment about certain brain disorders. But its famed “innie” versus “outie” conceit is totally bogus