Scientific American Magazine

Big science lights the way to an understanding of how the world's most complex machine gives rise to our thoughts and emotions

Small galaxies orbiting the Milky Way may have arrived via dark matter superhighways stretching across the universe

A decade and a half after a series of tragic setbacks led to critical reevaluations, scientists say gene therapy is ready to enter the clinic

One team of scientists thinks ancient rocks discovered in northern Canada give us a window onto the planet's infancy and the birth of life itself. Another team thinks they're not that special

The author wanted to build software that would navigate medical jargon. He ended up uncovering widespread plagiarism and hundreds of millions of dollars in potential fraud

A foreign fungus nearly wiped out North America's once vast chestnut forests. Genetic engineering can revive them

While we are working through a problem, the brain’s tendency to stick with familiar ideas can literally blind us to superior solutions