Scientific American Magazine

Mixotrophs, tiny sea creatures that hunt like animals but grow like plants, can change everything from fish populations to rates of global warming

Evolutionary studies indicate that the genetic changes enabling a cancer to develop arise shockingly early within the primary tumor. This discovery points to a promising new approach to therapy

Astronomers are racing to figure out what causes powerful bursts of radio light in the distant cosmos

The Arctic climate is shattering record after record, altering weather worldwide

Social scientists have begun to close in on new ways to stop people from taking their own lives

Physicists who have revived experiments from 50 years ago say nerve cells communicate with mechanical pulses, not electric ones

Mathematical modeling reveals the mechanical forces that guide the development of mollusk spirals, spines and ribs