Scientific American Magazine

Percolation theory illuminates the behavior of many kinds of networks, from cell-phone connections to disease transmission

A sweeping overhaul could make the gas system a much cleaner energy source

A tool built for astronomy finds new life combating space debris and enabling quantum encryption

We each have more power to be a science communicator than we realize

A paleontologist and an illustrator team up to make mythical creatures follow biomechanical rules

Instruments deployed on missions to the lunar far side might give us an unprecedented view of the early universe

A new experiment could catch invisible particles that previous detectors have not