HistoryNovember 8, 2021
Listen to This New Podcast: The Lost Women of Science
A new podcast is on a mission to retrieve unsung female scientists from oblivion.
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OpinionNovember 3, 2021
The New Deal Came Too Late for Electric Vehicles
Lack of energy infrastructure explains the rise of the gasoline car
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HistoryNovember 1, 2021
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: November 2021
Fish in Death Valley; the Edison test
HistorySeptember 10, 2021
Health Effects of 9/11 Still Plague Responders and Survivors
Those who were exposed to Ground Zero have increased rates of certain cancers and other health problems
PolicySeptember 1, 2020
How an Article about the H-Bomb Landed Scientific American in the Middle of the Red Scare
At one time this magazine tangled with the FBI, the Atomic Energy Commission and Joseph McCarthy
PolicySeptember 1, 2020
Reckoning with Our Mistakes
Some of the cringiest articles in Scientific American’s history reveal bigger questions about scientific authority
CultureFebruary 1, 2020
The Eclectic Works of Scientific American's Founder Rufus Porter
The latest science book recommendations from our editors
LanguageDecember 5, 2018
How Scientific American Helps Shape the English Language
The magazine is more widely cited than the King James Version of the Bible by the Oxford English Dictionary
CultureAugust 24, 2016
Publishing on Printing
Learning from Scientific American’s 171 years of covering advances in printing technology
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
HistoryJune 1, 2015
70 Years of Important Inventions
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American