Scientific American Magazine

Will some of the biggest mysteries in science remain forever unsolved?

Scientists disagree on how biology got started and on whether we can ever know for sure

Scientists are pursuing the limits of longevity

Could the hunt for the universe’s missing matter be the biggest wild goose chase in scientific history?

Physicists are searching for what lies underneath the particles we know

Our understanding of consciousness could be fundamentally wrong

Physicists cannot access anything that existed before the start of time and space, but they have theories

And how they might have helped save the future of American apples

Dozens of temporary gas turbines are powering SpaceXAI’s expansion—and fights over permits and pollution