The SciencesAugust 28, 2015
Scientific American, on the Move
170 Years, 11 locations—A map of Scientific American's wanderings around Manhattan
History of Science
The SciencesAugust 28, 2015
Eyes in the Sky, 1915
The Young American Scientists Event—Register Now
Mind & BrainAugust 27, 2015
Massive International Project Raises Questions about the Validity of Psychology Research
When 100 past studies were replicated, only 39 percent yielded the same results
The SciencesAugust 27, 2015
Einstein and Science's Assault on Common Sense
The success of Einstein's mind-boggling theories has encouraged the notion that science and common sense are incompatible.
History of ScienceAugust 26, 2015
Before Scientific American, There Was Rufus Porter
A visit to the Rufus Porter Museum reveals the restless creativity of Scientific American’s founder—from hand-painted murals to DIY science experiments and self-published treatises
The SciencesAugust 26, 2015
MacGyvering a Female Engineer onto Television
The complete absence of female engineers in popular culture has huge implications for public perceptions of the STEM fields
The SciencesAugust 26, 2015
The Quest for a Female MacGyver
A global, crowd-sourced competition seeks to create a new TV series with an iconic female engineer heroine at its center
The SciencesAugust 25, 2015
Einstein, "The Anxiety of Influence" and "The End of Science"
An influential theory of literature can help explain the angst that afflicts some modern scientists.
The SciencesAugust 24, 2015
Was Einstein the First to Invent E = mc2?
The great physicist was not the first to equate forms of mass to energy, nor did he definitively prove the relationship
The SciencesAugust 21, 2015
Big Guns and Obsolescence, 1915
Reported in Scientific American, this Week in World War I: August 21, 1915
The SciencesAugust 19, 2015
Einstein in the Wild: Have You Seen Him?
Send us photos in honor of the 100th anniversary of general relativity
The SciencesAugust 18, 2015
Don't Let Chemophobia-Phobia Poison Our Communications
Focusing on irrational fears will not help chemistry’s public image