Scientific American Magazine

A growing number of dissenting researchers accuse government and medical authorities—as well as the media—of misleading the public about the health consequences of rising body weights

Humans and Other Animals Share a Heritage of Economic Tendencies--Including Cooperation, Repayment of Favors and Resentment at Being Shortchanged

Low-energy atoms of antihydrogen will enable researchers to test a fundamental property of the universe

Industry groups are fighting government regulation by fomenting scientific uncertainty

An ability to put the human body on hold could safeguard the critically injured or preserve donor organs for transport. Does the power to reversibly stop our biological clocks already lie within us?

Do the inner workings of nature change with time?

Controversial discoveries suggest that the roots of our vaunted intellect run far deeper than is commonly believed

Efforts to make computers speak naturally will let machines better communicate meaning