The line is at the top of the page, right under the words “Scientific American,” declaring the publication’s mission: “The advocate of industry and enterprise, and journal of mechanical and other ...

Aug. 30—Twelve-year-old Derrick Villarreal chose his fishing spot with care. Stomping over the high brush with his fly-fishing rod held high, he settled on the bank with a watchful, if impatient, eye ...

Feel like summers are hotter than they used to be? It's not just your imagination. Climate researchers say that average annual temperatures around the country have been trending upwards for the past ...

In the fall of 1925, agronomist Trofim Lysenko arrived on the dusty plains of what is now Azerbaijan, hoping to keep cows from starving to death over the winter. The young scientist, who learned to ...

Today, we’re joined by Dr. Shu Yang, a pioneering materials scientist at the University of Pennsylvania and one of National Geographic’s Extraordinary Changemakers. From elephant skin to snail mucus, ...

Simran is a data scientist at Apple focused on business intelligence for services business. She has a master’s in data science from University of California, Berkeley, and a bachelor’s in informatics ...

An associate professor at Northern Arizona University was recently awarded a National Science Foundation grant to start a citizen science project focused on changing environments in Antarctica.

Mark Salvatore, an associate professor in NAU’s Department of Astronomy and Planetary Sciences, won a grant from the National Science Foundation to kick off an Antarctic citizen science project.

Stepping into a virtual forest or waterfall scene through VR could be the future of pain management. A new study shows that immersive virtual nature dramatically reduces pain sensitivity almost as ...

Interns, students and faculty alike came together to present their research at SUNY Oneonta’s second annual Biological Field Station open house Thursday, July 31. Florian Reyda, the director of the ...

If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. In a pioneering effort to combat wildlife trafficking of ...