Scientific American Magazine

Brain regions that process faces reveal deep insights into the neural mechanisms of vision

The genes of Hawaiian plants, extinct for more than a century, have been brought back from the dead. Today we can smell their scents

Rapid glacier retreat could put coastlines underwater sooner than anticipated

As anthropologists debate how best to protect uncontacted tribes, indigenous groups in Colombia are working to shield their isolated neighbors from the march of modernity

What Venus can teach us about planets far beyond our own solar system

Can dam releases that mimic natural flows restore the Grand Canyon ecosystem?