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
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 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
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.
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
Big Guns and Obsolescence, 1915
Reported in Scientific American, this Week in World War I: August 21, 1915
Einstein in the Wild: Have You Seen Him?
Send us photos in honor of the 100th anniversary of general relativity
Don't Let Chemophobia-Phobia Poison Our Communications
Focusing on irrational fears will not help chemistry’s public image
Katrina and Its Recovery Cost More for These 3 Groups of People [Excerpt]
In a new book author John C. Mutter combines natural science and physical science to explore how disasters deepen social inequalities
To Play or Not to Play the Exoplanet Name Game?
Campaigns to name exoplanets seem like Shakespearean farce
War in Space May Be Closer Than Ever
China, Russia and the U.S. are developing and testing controversial new capabilities to wage war in space despite their denial of such work
Jon Stewart's Top 10 Science Moments on The Daily Show [Video]
After 16 years, Jon Stewart signed off from The Daily Show on August 6, but not before leaving the world a trove of humorous and pointed clips about science