Scientific American Magazine

What physiological and psychological responses do men exhibit under great pressure? An account of a remarkable investigation undertaken by a group of scientists during an engagement in Korea

During the Neolithic period the hunters of northern Europe gradually became farmers. Using their tools and methods, Danish investigators have re-enacted how they cleared the land and cultivated their crops

How does the cell assemble the small molecules of amino acids into the large ones of proteins? Here the problem is attacked by chemical dissection of the synthetic machinery of bacteria

After an extended trip around the world, an eminent biologist discusses the present status of the race between the increase in the number of people and the rise of their food production

The power of present telescopes may soon be increased by devices that convert the light of faint stars and galaxies into electrons, which may then be accelerated and focused on a photographic plate

Last October Niels Bohr celebrated his 70th birthday. Physicists all over the world observed the event, some of them by contributing satirical articles on physics

Euclid's definition of it is worthless, but his axioms remain basically sound. His successors in mathematics have extended his ideas to the curved line and a clearer concept of length

The tiny forces which a locust exerts in propelling itself through the air have been measured in a series of delicate experiments. The insect's muscle is surprisingly efficient