Scientific American Magazine

Seven clever tactics animals use to create dazzling hues may lead to sophisticated new technologies

The world's largest computer chipmaker employs a corporate futurist, Brian David Johnson, to guess what gadgetry and computing will look like in 2020 and beyond

A look at some of the most promising medical devices now in development

Botanists are getting a whiff of the ways that plants smell one another. Some plants recognize injured neighbors by scent; others sniff out a meal

New technology that increases the warning time for tornadoes and hurricanes could potentially save hundreds of lives every year

Despite advances in medical imaging, an autopsy still gives experts the best picture of what ails us

Maybe unifying the forces of nature isn't quite as hard as physicists thought it would be

The caustic imprint of a traumatic memory may fade or vanish with new drug and behavioral therapies

The long-necked dinosaurs known as sauropods, once seen as icons of extinction, thrived for millions of years all around the world