Scientific American Magazine

An input-output analysis of the process in the U.S. shows that not all prices have been increasing. It is also possible to distinguish the effects of "demand-pull" inflation and "cost-push" inflation

Recent experiments have led to the discovery of alloys that are superconducting at the highest temperatures yet recorded. Other new superconductors incorporate alloys and organic substances

New techniques are making it possible to detect hereditary diseases early in pregnancy. To what extent is the control of such births justified on biological and social grounds?

This well-known break in the earth's crust is actually not one fault but a system of faults. The break separates a northward-moving wedge of California, including Los Angeles, from the rest of North America

About 180 B.G. a group of dissident Jews founded a religious commune in the Judean desert. Careful analysis of their legacy, the Dead Sea scrolls, reveals much about their life and beliefs

These recently isolated hormone-like substances show much clinical promise. They affect a wide range of physiological processes, from the contraction of the uterus to secretion from the stomach wall

These trees are a major source of wood pulp. The best traits of trees in natural stands are now being bred into the trees of commercial forests by the application of genetic principles

More than 20 populations of these hardy fish are found in tiny aquatic "islands" in the vicinity of Death Valley. Isolated for thousands of years, they have evolved into four distinct species