Scientific American Magazine

Two years in, a $1-billion-plus effort to simulate the human brain is in disarray. Was it poor management, or is something fundamentally wrong with Big Science?

Money and good intentions are not enough to fight poverty effectively. We also need data about what works and what doesn't

City leaders across the Americas are exploiting science to reduce homicide

Your nightly rest turns out to affect your mind and health more than anyone suspected

Dozens of particles from halfway across the universe have landed in the IceCube experiment at the South Pole. These messengers could help answer some long-standing cosmic conundrums

A genetic mutation in prehistoric apes may underlie today's pandemic of obesity and diabetes

Mysterious tables of astronomical information have been found in 4,000-year-old coffins. What in the world was their purpose?

Long-term observations of wild equines reveal a host of unexpected behaviors