Entangled Wormholes Could Pave the Way for Quantum Gravity

The weird quantum phenomenon of entanglement could produce shortcuts between distant black holes

Human–Animal Embryos: A Potential New Source of Transplant Organs

Scientists are taking the first steps toward growing replacement parts for people inside pigs, cows and other animals

Can Small Fusion Energy Start-Ups Conquer the Problems That Killed the Giants?

A few bold physicists—some backed by billionaires—are exploring faster, cheaper roads to the ultimate source of clean energy

These Truths Are Not Self-Evident—but They've Been Firmly Established Over and Over by Scientific Research

A compendium of irrefutable facts for these fact-starved times

Killer Whales Are Speciating Right in Front of Us

Killer whales appear to be splitting into several separate species, perhaps because cultural differences among populations are driving them apart

An Anti-Addiction Drug Called Ibogaine Could Be a Wonder Cure–Or an Addict Killer

Ibogaine, an anti-addiction drug that is illegal in the U.S., could cure more drug users than any other treatment—or kill them

Evidence Rebuts Chomsky's Theory of Language Learning

Much of Noam Chomsky’s revolution in linguistics—including its account of the way we learn languages—is being overturned

Political and Industry Leaders Make a Case for Basic Research

At the “Innovation: An American Imperative” symposium October 20 on Capitol Hill, industry leaders and members of Congress talked about shoring up federal support for basic research and development  ...

Fusion Energy

It would solve environmental headaches, but it remains hard to achieve

Grading the Presidential Candidates on Science

Scientific American evaluates responses from Clinton, Trump, Johnson and Stein to 20 questions

Quantum Entanglement-The Movie

In this dramatized film, Scientifc American editors George Musser and John Matson try to fool a colleague into thinking their brains are quantum-entangled.

Salt: Historical Notes from Scientific American

Standard Treatments for Drug Addiction

Here are treatments that have been well-studied, and the evidence for how well they work—or do not

Nothing Is New under the Technology Sun

No matter what a tech company invents, everyone knows they didn’t really invent it

What Salamanders Are Teaching Scientists about How to Regrow Tissue [Video]

Solving the Rubik's Equation

Author and “Speedcuber” Ian Scheffler reveals some of the math behind how you could solve the Rubik’s cube puzzle.