History

Food sources around Plymouth Colony were so abundant because of Native land management

A federal designation could help yield 3-D models that are useful for finding, studying and conserving vessels on the bed of Lake Michigan

A new podcast is on a mission to retrieve unsung female scientists from oblivion.

Lack of energy infrastructure explains the rise of the gasoline car

Fish in Death Valley; the Edison test

Those who were exposed to Ground Zero have increased rates of certain cancers and other health problems

Some of the cringiest articles in Scientific American’s history reveal bigger questions about scientific authority

At one time this magazine tangled with the FBI, the Atomic Energy Commission and Joseph McCarthy

The latest science book recommendations from our editors

The magazine is more widely cited than the King James Version of the Bible by the Oxford English Dictionary

Learning from Scientific American’s 171 years of covering advances in printing technology

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