Scientific American Magazine

Fossils and mathematical modeling are helping to answer long-standing questions about these bizarre animals 

An experiment that partially revived slaughterhouse pig brains raises questions about the precise end point of life

“Ultraprocessed” foods seem to trigger neural signals that make us want more and more calories, unlike other foods in the Western diet

Could new theoretical and computational advances finally deliver the elusive room-temperature superconductor?

Long-forgotten varieties of the staple crop can survive flood, drought and other calamities. The challenge is bringing them back

Standard scientific methods are under fire. Will anything change?

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