Scientific American Magazine

The unusual behavior of orangutans in a Sumatran swamp suggests a surprising answer

Although its name is unfamiliar to many, rotavirus is the leading cause of severe childhood diarrhea worldwide and a frequent killer of young children in developing nations. Now--after 30 years of investigation--vaccines that may well conquer it are ready for market

A machine based on bizarre particles called anyons that represents a calculation as a set of braids in spacetime might be a shortcut to practical quantum computation

As car buyers turn to fuel-sipping gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles, a new generation of greener hybrids is just coming over the horizon

A compound that tweaks a pivotal protein may quell development of antibiotic resistance

New observations are beginning to reveal what triggers these huge explosions of the sun's atmosphere