Scientific American Magazine

Amid warnings of a possible "peak oil," advanced technologies offer ways to extract every last possible drop

Popular movements may call for more organic methods, but the agricultural industry sees biotechnology as a crucial part of farming's future

Quantum effects may prevent true black holes from forming and give rise instead to dense entities called black stars

Courtesy of some of the weirdest laws of physics, we may someday be able to search and surf the Web without anyone collecting our data

The Amazon tropical forest is not as wild as it looks

Will a pill at breakfast improve concentration and memory—and will it do so without long-term detriment to your health?

Modern insights into the immune system have revived interest in adding ingredients that can supercharge old vaccines and make entirely new ones possible