Scientific American Magazine

The same physics that makes quantum computers powerful also makes them finicky. New techniques aim to correct errors faster than they can build up

Birds seem to pay more attention to fine acoustic details that humans cannot hear than to the melodies that captivate us

From giant land-based salmon tanks to submersible shellfish platforms, experiments in aquaculture are dotting Maine’s coasts

Specific mutations hide the COVID-causing variant from the immune system and give it a new route into more cells

Parasites play an outsize role in balancing ecosystems, and some species may be in danger

The Apiwtxa community has designed a way to live with, rather than off, nature