Scientific American Magazine

Opponents of evolution want to make a place for creationism by tearing down real science, but their arguments don't hold up

A year after doctors began implanting AbioCor in dying patients, the prospects of the device are uncertain

Short-range infrared lasers could beam advanced broadband multimedia services directly into homes and offices

A strange,elusive phenomenon called supersymmetry was conceived for elementary particle physics--but has come to light in nuclei of platinum and gold

Sugars play critical roles in many cellular functions and in disease. Study of those activities lags behind research into genes and proteins but is beginning to heat up. The discoveries promise to yield a new generation of drug therapies

The star-nosed mole has what is very likely the world's fastest and most fantastic nose