Engineering

Crewed flights of the Dragon spacecraft and preparations for the Big Falcon Rocket are on the agenda

Whether a success or a failure, the first test flight of the world's current most powerful rocket guarantees fireworks

With electric self-warming jackets and new insulated fabrics, Team USA hopes to overcome record-setting chills

High-quality beams could be among the first practical applications of the booming field of topological physics

If successful, the rocket’s first test flight will include three boosters flying back to Earth

Most comparisons between human drivers and automated vehicles have been at best uneven—and at worst unfair

Magnetic clothing could be used to store passwords and other data 

The ambitious plan to send astronauts to lunar orbit has drawn skepticism 

Innovation and discovery as chronicled in Scientific American

At the first Science Meets Congress event, Energy Solutions for a Sustainable Future, energy and innovation experts from academia, government and the private sector talked with Scientific American Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina about American's energy future.  

For years critics have claimed grid costs and stability will spiral out of control before we hit 20 percent renewable energy. Texas is proving them wrong

To truly understand data, we need to rethink what we mean by "measurement"