History of Science

Readers across the globe sent us photos of the rock star scientist

From levitating a live frog with magnets to a study of soggy cereal, awards foster enlightenment through laughter

The Great Recession enabled bold steps to seed a clean-energy revolution

Freud did not originate his famous description of Copernicus and Darwin as deflators of humanity's anthropomorphic world-view.

While many provisions of the proposed agreement expire after 15 years, the dynamics of the Middle East are shifting too quickly to predict what lies in store

Scientific papers with shorter titles receive more citations than those with long-winded headings

A cunning experiment plugs loopholes in previous demonstrations of quantum "spookiness," a concept that galled Einstein

170 Years, 11 locations—A map of Scientific American's wanderings around Manhattan

When 100 past studies were replicated, only 39 percent yielded the same results

The success of Einstein's mind-boggling theories has encouraged the notion that science and common sense are incompatible.