History of Science

Global warming is headed back to the future as the CO2 level reaches a new high

For years, I’ve been getting e-mails from people who praise my brilliant research on terrorism and then ask me tough questions about the topic

Our understanding of this planet has evolved in step with scientific progress

Books and recommendations from Scientific American

Books and recommendations from Scientific American

Science was in the spotlight at the 87th annual Academy Awards ceremony Sunday night, from actors playing scientists to winners thanking them. Steve Mirsky reports

It’s clear that we as a nation are failing to engage minority students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics as well as we could.

Last night at the 87th Academy Awards, Eddie Redmayne won the Oscar for best actor for his portrayal of theoretical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything.

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Author David Quammen traces HIV from a forest in Africa in his new book, investigating how it came to infect more than 60 million people

I can't seem to go a day without hearing someone say, "Get to Cuba before all the Americans get there." What exactly is it that Americans will change once they get to Cuba?

Today is Valentine’s Day. In love? Or just the opposite? Express how you feel with physics-inspired Valentines—and anti-Valentines for those who perhaps aren’t huge fans of the holiday.