Scientific American Magazine

New fish farms out at sea, and cleaner operations along the shore, could provide the world with a rich supply of much needed protein

The languages we speak affect our perceptions of the world

The way our genes are arrayed and move in the 3-D space of the cell nucleus turns out to profoundly influence how they function, in both health and disease

Thanks to amazing nested mirrors, NASA's NuSTAR telescope is set to reveal hidden phenomena in the cosmos

Although science has revealed a lot about metabolic processes that influence our weight, the key to success may lie elsewhere

Thomas Jefferson waged a second revolution, fighting the image created by European naturalists of a degenerate America

Tiny, standardized spacecraft are making orbital experiments affordable to even the smallest research groups

In an exclusive excerpt from his new book, a pioneering neuroscientist argues that brain-wave control of machines will allow the paralyzed to walk, and portends a future of mind melds and thought downloads

Buckthorn, garlic mustard and many other invasive species do not pose as big a threat as some scientists think, says ecologist Mark Davis