From basic research to superweapons, pushing science to its limits is costly. You won't believe how much went into these ...

Sarah Vitak: This is Scientific American’s 60 Second Science. I’m Sarah Vitak. The question of how life came to be has captivated humans for millennia. The prevailing theory now is that, on a highly ...

No one can question the impact of science on human civilization, and the importance of experimentation in science is equally undeniable. Some experiments confirm what we already know, others suggest a ...

An experiment seven years in the making has uncovered new insights into the nature of consciousness and challenges two prominent, competing scientific theories: Integrated Information Theory (IIT) and ...

The transformation unleashed by increased funding for science during the 20th century is nothing short of remarkable. In the early 1900s research was a cottage industry mostly funded by private firms ...

The closest thing to utopia the world has ever seen might have existed in a Maryland barn for a couple of years during the late 1960s: a complex built for rodents as part of a science experiment. The ...

These simple, DIY science experiments for kids will help combat "summer slide" — and your kids will be having so much fun, they won't even notice that their brains are getting a workout. The best part ...