Scientific American Magazine

Did the U.S. government spend more than $700 million to achieve a goal that might have been attained for much less?

Sports science and technology are today providing elite competitors with the tiny margins needed to win in world-class competition

The International Space Station will be the most expensive object ever built. Although many scientists oppose the grandiose scheme, its political momentum now appears unstoppable

Studies of the mountain's history and geology can contribute useful insights but not unequivocal conclusions

Albert Einstein's equations of gravity are the foundation of the modern view of black holes; ironically, he used the equations in trying to prove these objects cannot exist

Long before the film Jurassic Park, Knight's illustrations brought dinosaurs to life in the public's mind

The chemists who developed the cancer-fighting agent taxol are creating a family of similar compounds that may one day help combat the disease