Scientific American Magazine

Internet distribution of quality d-audio is rapidly being perfected, but the precedent-setting legal battles have just begun

Digital video cameras and editing equipment are transforming the way movies are made-and even which movies get made

Digital projection works, but it's not at a theater near you-yet

Characters, scenes and entire movies have been crafted digitally. But can animators create realistic humans to star in computer-generated films? Actors want to know

True interactive entertainment will arise once engineers and artists create virtual realities that can unfold improvisationally

There used to be two types of rocket: powerful but fuel-guzzling, or efficient but weak. Now there is a third option that combines the advantages of both

Like a story by Victor Hugo as told to Neil Simon, the events leading up to the first controlled nuclear chain reaction involved accidental encounters among larger-than-life figures, especially two who did not exactly get along--but had to