CultureFebruary 1, 2020
The Eclectic Works of Scientific American's Founder Rufus Porter
The latest science book recommendations from our editors
History
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
New Issue: Science’s Impossible Questions. Read Now
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