Scientific American Magazine

Modern methods of undersea exploration have pieced together a dramatic picture of this rugged landscape. A description of it in terms of an imaginary voyage in a supersubmarine

It is even more like that of the airplane than is generally assumed. A bird does not fly through the air as a man swims through the water; it employs the airfoil and the propeller

The drawings and paintings of a child who lost both of her parents and developed schizophrenia show how she changed over three years of successful treatment

In the decade since the first patient was treated with penicillin, some 300 of these substances have been discovered. Only a few have come into wide clinical use, but they have revolutionized medicine

Like other cells, the amoeba is divided into nucleus and cytoplasm. By operating upon these organs, the author studies their role in the life of the cell

This remarkable Englishman tried to build modern computing machines a century ahead of their time. His failure left him hating mankind in general and organ-grinders in particular

What causes ice ages? A current theory rests upon the fact that as much as 20 per cent of the sunlight received by the surface of the earth can be blocked by the dust of a volcanic explosion

Some recent studies making use of history, grammar and the mathematical theory of communication shed light on the origin of language types and even of language itself