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How funnels form, what drives tornado activity, and what scientists are doing to better understand them--our collection of articles, video and podcasts explain the basics

As the world continues to grapple with energy-related pollution and poverty, can innovation help?

On March 11, a powerful, magnitude 9.0 quake hit northeastern Japan, triggering a tsunami with 10-meter-high waves that reached the U.S. west coast. Here's the …

Five years after the Dover trial pushed intelligent design out of public school classrooms, how has evolution instruction fared?

Video games, smart phones, apps, e-readers--people are fitting digital gadgets into all aspects of their lives

From detecting violent behavior before it happens to the medical treatment of victims afterward, research elucidates the consequences of the senseless gun attack on Rep. …

Gadgets of all shapes and sizes are emerging that provide convenient, full-function access to communications, GPS, social networking and other information from wherever we are. …

In a special partnership with NBC Learn, we present additional information for the video series, "The Science of NFL Football"

Scientific American covers this year's winners, whose work includes advances in the study of nanotechnology, the building of complex organic compounds, the development of in …

The interdisciplinary meeting gathered 61 Nobel laureates in physiology or medicine, physics and chemistry, along with 650 young researchers from 70 countries at Germany's Lindau …

The surprise success this summer of a clinical trial on an antiretroviral-based vaginal microbicide provides new traction for efforts to combat AIDS in the developing …

Luxury, speed and performance are always in demand, but cars of the future will be defined more by their impact on the environment

When the human genome draft was announced 10 years ago, many researchers and policymakers anticipated using the newly sequenced code to develop a wealth of …

What will population centers look like in 20 years' time? Innovations in transportation, energy production and technology will have to keep pace with a host …

For 25 years, he wrote Scientific American's Mathematical Games column, educating and entertaining minds as well as launching the careers of generations of mathematicians

May 16 marks the 50th anniversary of the first working laser, invented at Hughes Research Laboratories in 1960. We take a look at the past, …

Updating the aging electricity grid may save money, energy and greenhouse gas emissions

On April 20, 2010, an explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico sank the oil rig and created a leak that has …

After spending nine months intricately joined together, mother and infant share more than just common features. Now, in a special partnership with theVisualMD.com, we …

After myriad delays and budget overruns, the Hubble Space Telescope finally roared toward orbit on space shuttle Discovery on April 24, 1990. Despite a rocky …

April 22, 2010, marks the 40th anniversary of the original Earth Day. How far has the planet come in the intervening decades?

As medical records are digitized and information technology becomes more sophisticated, physicians and hospitals face a rapid transformation in the way they treat patients and …

Video games, e-readers, smart phones and other gadgets have changed the way we interact with each other and the world around us. What's next?

There's more to figure skating than spandex and sequins, specifically physics. Learn more about the science behind curling, speed skating and other Olympic events