American Scientist

A Clear View of Cloudy Sprays

Charles Q. Choi

Physics Technology Spotlight

Briefings

Astronomy Biology Environment Evolution Physics Spotlight

Using Pop Culture to Teach Science

Robert Frederick

Biology Chemistry Communications Evolution Physics Psychology Technology Science Culture

What's Everything Made Of?

Charles T. Sebens

Physics

The Hardest Tissue

Robert Frederick

Biology Computer Engineering Physics Technology Sightings

Averting the Pall of Stall

Lee S. Langston

Physics Technology Technologue

First Person: David Flannigan

Robert Frederick

Chemistry Engineering Physics Spotlight

Briefings

Astronomy Biology Communications Physics Geology Spotlight

A Realist Vision of the Quantum World

Helge Kragh

Physics Scientists Nightstand Books

Bent Starlight

Suman Seth

Physics Sociology Scientists Nightstand Books

Asteroid Hunting in Infrared

Astronomy Physics Infographic

A Year of Anniversaries

Fenella Saunders

Chemistry Communications Physics From The Editor

Microsized Architecture

Robert Frederick

Biology Engineering Physics Sightings

Briefings

Astronomy Communications Environment Medicine Physics Spotlight

Light Conversions

Robert Frederick

Engineering Physics Sightings

Briefings

Astronomy Biology Communications Physics Anatomy Geology Spotlight

Knit and Stretch

Samuel Poincloux

Physics

What's in a Shape?

Alexey A. Petrov

Physics Perspective

Briefings

Anthropology Art Biology Evolution Medicine Physics Spotlight

Wiggling and Jiggling

Dean J. Tantillo

Chemistry Physics Perspective

Measuring Distance

Physics Astrophysics Letters To The Editor

The Color of Alexandrite

Physics Mineralogy Infographic

Maxwell Zombies

Physics Letters To The Editor

Parker, Meet Parker

Robert Frederick

Physics Astrophysics Spotlight

Going Nowhere Fast

Ben Allanach

Physics Cosmology

How America's First Female Rocket Scientist Saved the U.S. Space Program

Anne Drozd, Jerzy Drozd

Chemistry Engineering Physics Scientists Nightstand Science Culture

Maxwell Zombies: Conjuring the Thermodynamic Undead

Daniel Peter Sheehan

Engineering Physics

Anatomy of a Meltdown

Jacob Darwin Hamblin

Engineering Environment Physics Human Ecology Review Scientists Nightstand Books

First Person: Lance Bosart

Katie L. Burke

Physics Climatology Spotlight

What Happens to a Warming Ocean?

Environment Physics Climatology Infographic

Atomic Bomb Dialogue

Communications Environment Ethics Physics Letters To The Editor

First Person: Susan Coppersmith

Fenella Saunders

Physics Spotlight

First Person: Alexander Orlov

Fenella Saunders

Chemistry Physics Spotlight

The Ongoing Story of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Bruce Cameron Reed

Communications Environment Ethics Physics Psychology Sociology Perspective

The Secret History of Gravitational Waves

Tony Rothman

Astronomy Physics Astrophysics Cosmology

Science Gift Guide 2017

Dianne Timblin

Art Biology Communications Engineering Mathematics Physics Technology Scientists Nightstand Science Culture

STEM Books for Adult and Young Adult Readers 2017

Dianne Timblin

Art Biology Communications Environment Mathematics Physics Review Scientists Nightstand Science Culture

Briefings

Biology Communications Medicine Physics Microbiology Spotlight

Imaging Without Lenses

David Stork, Aydogan Ozcan, Patrick R. Gill

Communications Computer Physics Technology Computing Science

Zircons: More Precious than Diamonds

Donald R. Prothero

Chemistry Evolution Physics Geology

A Tour of the Geology of Our Solar System

Robert Frederick

Astronomy Physics Geology From The Staff

First Person: Sally C. Seidel

Fenella Saunders

Physics Spotlight

The Forgotten Mystery of Inertia

Tony Rothman

Physics Perspective

Briefings

Astronomy Biology Physics Spotlight

Studying the Light of the Eclipse

Gregory J. Gbur

Astronomy Physics Macroscope

Briefings

Astronomy Communications Evolution Physics Anatomy Geology Spotlight

An Unusual Shimmer

Robert Frederick

Biology Physics Sightings

Of Atoms and Anvils

Dianne Timblin

Biology Chemistry Communications Physics Natural History Review Scientists Nightstand Books

The Ionospheric Connection Explorer Satellite

Physics Technology Astrophysics Infographic

Canada's Interferometry

Astronomy Physics Letters To The Editor

On The Shoulders of Giants

Jamie L. Vernon

Communications Mathematics Physics From The Editor

A Slow Split

Robert Frederick

Physics Geology Sightings

Smart and Squishy Robots

Yigit Mengüç

Chemistry Computer Physics Technology Technologue

Understanding the Butterfly Effect

Jamie L. Vernon

Physics From The Editor

First Person: Yuri Kovalev

Brian Malow

Astronomy Physics Technology Astrophysics Spotlight

Nanoparticle Visions

Robert Frederick

Chemistry Physics Sightings

A New Window on Alien Atmospheres

Kevin Heng

Astronomy Chemistry Physics Astrophysics Climatology Perspective

Explosive Truths

James G. Lewis

Communications Ethics Physics Policy Review Scientists Nightstand Books

Nuclear Power Debate

Engineering Physics Policy Letters To The Editor

Bottle and Can Openers as Levers

Henry Petroski

Engineering Physics Engineering

How to Detect Faked Photos

Hany Farid

Computer Mathematics Physics Photography Computing Science

Pressure in the Pink

Fenella Saunders

Computer Engineering Mathematics Physics Technology Spotlight

Risks and Benefits of Radiation

Timothy J. Jorgensen

Communications Environment Physics Policy Human Ecology

The Geology and Geography of Floods

Katie L. Burke

Physics Geography Geology From The Staff

First Person: M. V. Ramana

Fenella Saunders

Economics Physics Spotlight

Now In Color

Robert Frederick

Biology Chemistry Physics Photography Sightings

Photoshopping the Universe

Travis A. Rector

Astronomy Computer Physics Photography

Graphene Takes Flight

Katie L. Burke

Physics Technology Aeronautics Spotlight

Hungry Little Beasts

Robert Frederick

Chemistry Physics Sightings

Blue Whirl: A New Form of Combustion

Robert Frederick

Chemistry Physics From The Staff

After Fukushima: Nuclear Power Programs Around the World

Fenella Saunders

Physics From The Staff

Particle Colliders on the Horizon

Emily Thompson

Physics Macroscope

Before the Selfie Stick

Dianne Timblin

Chemistry Physics Photography Scientists Nightstand Books

Dispatches from Lindau

Brian Malow

Communications Physics Spotlight

Briefings

Biology Communications Environment Physics Genetics Spotlight

A Computed Flame

Robert Frederick

Chemistry Computer Mathematics Physics Sightings

First Person: Michael Spencer

Fenella Saunders

Chemistry Physics Technology Metallurgy Spotlight

The Promise of 2D Materials

Fenella Saunders

Physics Technology From The Staff

Briefings

Biology Communications Medicine Physics Archaeology Spotlight

Microgravity's Hottest

Chemistry Engineering Physics Letters To The Editor

Cuban and American Physics

Sandra J. Ackerman

Ethics Physics Policy Spotlight

Adventures of a Spacefaring Feline

Dianne Timblin

Physics Review Scientists Nightstand Books

Fire’s Weird Behavior in Space

Fenella Saunders

Physics The Long View

A Glimpse of Infinity In the Swirling of Light

Gregory J. Gbur

Mathematics Physics Macroscope

O Pioneer

Laura Dassow Walls

Biology Environment Physics Botany Ecology Geography Geology Review Scientists Nightstand Zoology Books

Outpost on the Edge

Tony Rothman

Astronomy Physics Policy Astrophysics Perspective

Archaeology from the Air

William E. Carter, Ramesh Shrestha, Juan C. Fernandez-Diaz

Physics Technology Archaeology Cartography Geography

Darkness Invisible

Corey S. Powell

Physics Review Scientists Nightstand Books

Fire in Microgravity

Indrek Sven Wichman, Sandra L. Olson, Fletcher J. Miller, Ashwin Hariharan

Engineering Physics Aeronautics Astronautics

Mighty Small

Physics Infographic

How Hair Ice Grows

Fenella Saunders

Physics Botany The Long View

Going Rogue with Optical Waves in the Laboratory

Gregory J. Gbur

Physics Macroscope

Mantis Shrimp Impact

Biology Physics Letters To The Editor

Briefings

Astronomy Biology Evolution Physics Botany Spotlight

Briefings

Biology Chemistry Communications Physics Astrophysics Geology Spotlight

Hydraulic Fracturing and Water Quality

Katie L. Burke

Engineering Environment Physics Technology Geology Spotlight

The Most Powerful Movements in Biology

S. N. Patek

Biology Evolution Physics

The Voyagers' Survival

Astronomy Engineering Physics Technology Astronautics Letters To The Editor

Particles Crash Again

Fenella Saunders

Engineering Physics Technology Sightings

A Protective Cloak Against Earthquakes and Storms

Gregory J. Gbur

Engineering Physics Technology

The Day the Bomb Dropped

Fenella Saunders

Physics From The Staff

In the Spirits of Science

Emily Buehler

Chemistry Physics Review Scientists Nightstand Books

When the Atomic Went Mainstream

Lindsey A. Freeman

Physics Policy Excerpt Scientists Nightstand Books

Playing in Traffic

Brian Hayes

Computer Mathematics Physics Motor Vechicles Transportation Computing Science

The Coriolis and the Commode

Tom Di Liberto

Physics Science Culture

The Many Faces of Richard Feynman

Fenella Saunders

Physics From The Staff

Robert Wilson: Fermilab's Master Physicist, Sculptor, and Engineer

Henry Petroski

Engineering Physics Engineering

What Next for Particle Physics?

Jon Butterworth

Physics

Snow Science

Sandra J. Ackerman

Chemistry Physics Climatology Review Scientists Nightstand Books

Iron in the Sun

Fenella Saunders

Astronomy Physics Spotlight

The 100-Billion-Body Problem

Brian Hayes

Computer Mathematics Physics Technology Astrophysics Computing Science

Seismic Visions of Middle Earth

Catherine Clabby

Physics Geology Sightings

The Bonds that Make Everything

Fenella Saunders

Chemistry Physics Review Scientists Nightstand Books

The Acoustic World of Harbor Porpoises

Magnus Wahlberg, Meike Linnenschmidt, Peter Madsen, Danuta Wisniewska, Lee Miller

Biology Environment Physics Anatomy Animal Behavior Oceanography

First Person: Aaron Chou

Physics Cosmology Information Theory Spotlight

Like Holding a Piece of Sky

Mark Miodownik

Engineering Physics Technology

Weighing the Kilogram

Paul J. Karol

Physics Technology Technologue

Clarity in Climate Modeling

Brian Hayes

Computer Environment Mathematics Physics Climatology Computing Science

Why Is It So Hard to Stop Sports Concussions?

Stephen Piazza

Medicine Physics Psychology Technology Technologue

The Deadly Dynamics of Landslides

Susan W. Kieffer

Physics Geology

Engines Powered by the Forces Between Atoms

Fabrizio Pinto

Physics

Quantum Randomness

Scott Aaronson

Physics Technologue

The Quest for Randomness

Scott Aaronson

Mathematics Physics Technologue

Powerful Questions

Physics Policy Letters To The Editor

A Path for Nuclear Power

Lee S. Langston

Engineering Physics Policy Technology Technologue

Briefings

Evolution Physics Spotlight

In the News

Astronomy Biology Physics Spotlight

Pulling On the Shade

Fenella Saunders

Chemistry Physics Science Observer

Flowers and Ribbons of Ice

James Richard Carter

Physics Crystallography

Blood in Motion

Catherine Clabby

Mathematics Physics Sightings

The Life of a Star

Fenella Saunders

Physics Review Scientists Nightstand Books

Dim and Dimmer

Astronomy Physics Cosmology Letters To The Editor

Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture

Fenella Saunders

Physics Technology Photography Science Observer

The Thermodynamic Sinks of this World

Roald Hoffmann

Biology Chemistry Physics Marginalia

Tying Water into Knots

Fenella Saunders

Mathematics Physics Science Observer

In the News

Biology Physics Microbiology Spotlight

An Acoustic Arms Race

William E. Conner

Evolution Physics Animal Behavior

Summer Mountain Lightning & Some Music

Brenda Hillman

Physics Poetry Books

Not Just Going with the Flow

Frank Eliot Fish, George Lauder

Biology Evolution Physics Morphology

Elemental Energy

Fenella Saunders

Physics Technology Science Observer

Series of Milestones

Fenella Saunders

Communications Mathematics Medicine Physics Review Scientists Nightstand Books

Can Concrete Be Bendable?

Victor C. Li

Chemistry Physics Technology

Kind of a Drag

David Schoonmaker

Physics Climatology Science Observer

Infrared Dating

Physics Letters To The Editor

Bonding to Hydrogen

Roald Hoffmann

Chemistry Physics Marginalia

Cracking with Electricity

Fenella Saunders

Physics Geology Science Observer

Graphene in High-Frequency Electronics

Keith A. Jenkins

Physics

A Field Guide to Radiation

Fenella Saunders

Physics Review Scientists Nightstand Books

The Rocks Don't Lie

David Schoonmaker

Physics Geology History Of Civilization Natural History Religion Review Scientists Nightstand Books

What Creates Static Electricity?

Meurig W. Williams

Chemistry Physics

The Study of Climate on Alien Worlds

Kevin Heng

Astronomy Chemistry Physics

The Soap Film: An Analogue Computer

Cyril Isenberg

Computer Mathematics Physics

Venus's Clockwork Contribution

Physics Policy Letters To The Editor

Microrockets Fizz Along

Fenella Saunders

Chemistry Engineering Physics Science Observer

Herschel and the Puzzle of Infrared

Jack R. White

Astronomy Physics

Long Live the Intermediate!

Roald Hoffmann

Chemistry Physics Marginalia

Gemstones

Lee Andrew Groat

Physics Geology

A Palette of Particles

Jeremy Bernstein

Physics

Hologram History

Physics Technology Photography Letters To The Editor

Tackling Infinity

Michael Riordan

Physics Books

Everyman’s Physics

Michael D. Gordin

Physics Review Scientists Nightstand Books

Rereading Darwin

Robert Dorit

Biology Chemistry Evolution Physics Geology Marginalia

Two Mavericks

Silvan S. Schweber

Biology Physics Cosmology Genetics Review Scientists Nightstand Virology Books

Exploring the Dark Universe

Jonathan L. Feng

Physics Astrophysics Cosmology Review Scientists Nightstand Books

Quantum Subversives

Eric Cavalcanti

Physics Review Scientists Nightstand Books

Exploring Matter and the Cosmos

Peter Pesic

Mathematics Physics Cosmology Review Scientists Nightstand Books

Narrowing In on Negawatts

Catherine Clabby

Physics Technology Sightings

Power Gets Hot

Physics Technology Science Observer

Fun with Fysiks

Peter Woit

Physics Review Scientists Nightstand Books

Minuscule Speed Traps

Fenella Saunders

Chemistry Physics Science Observer

Physical Imperfections

Chemistry Physics Letters To The Editor

Geological Guidebooks

David Schoonmaker

Physics Geology Review Scientists Nightstand Books

Feynman’s Legacy

Silvan S. Schweber

Physics Review Scientists Nightstand Books

Of Passion and Polonium

Mary Jo Nye

Anthropology Chemistry Physics Anatomy Review Scientists Nightstand Books

Galileo’s Discoveries After 400 Years

Noel M. Swerdlow

Astronomy Physics Review Scientists Nightstand Books

Pliocene Climate Lessons

Marci Melinda Robinson

Physics Climatology

Finding Meaning in the Martian Landscape

David DeVorkin

Physics Astrogeology Review Scientists Nightstand Books

The Man Behind the Curtain

Tony Rothman

Communications Physics Macroscope

From Rainmaking to Geoengineering

Rasmus E. Benestad

Physics Climatology Review Scientists Nightstand Books

From Treasury Vault to the Manhattan Project

Bruce Cameron Reed

Physics Policy

Crossing the Danube

Peter Pesic

Physics Review Scientists Nightstand Books

Atomic Escapism?

Hugh Gusterson

Ethics Physics Policy Psychology Review Scientists Nightstand Books

The Anatomy of a Neutron

Timothy Paul Smith

Chemistry Physics

Embracing Nature's Imperfections

Lee Smolin

Physics Review Scientists Nightstand Books

Not So Fast with Thorium

Physics Policy Letters To The Editor

High-power Lasers

Todd Ditmire

Physics Technology

Gifts and Perils of Landslides

Kenneth Hewitt

Anthropology Physics Geology

A Thorium Future?

Physics Policy Letters To The Editor

The Sorrows of Old Werner

Michael D. Gordin

Physics Review Scientists Nightstand Books

The Disappearing Spoon and The Elements

Fenella Saunders

Chemistry Physics Review Scientists Nightstand Books

The First Proliferation: Waiting for the Soviet Bomb

Frank N. von Hippel

Physics Policy Psychology Review Scientists Nightstand Books

Guidebook for the Scientific Traveler

David Schoonmaker

Chemistry Communications Physics Review Scientists Nightstand Books

Copper, Heal Thyself

Fenella Saunders

Chemistry Physics Science Observer

Wiggling Through the World

Daniel I. Goldman, David L. Hu

Biology Engineering Environment Physics Anatomy Animal Behavior Zoology

Science After the Volcano Blew

Douglas Larson

Environment Physics Geology

Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors

Robert F. Hargraves, Ralph Moir

Physics Policy Human Ecology

Chasing Winged Perfection

Catherine Clabby

Engineering Physics Aeronautics Physiology Sightings

Water Molecules Not Repelled

Chemistry Physics Botany Letters To The Editor

Enigmatic Wisps

David Kaiser

Communications Physics Review Scientists Nightstand Books

Detecting Irregular Gravity

Catherine Clabby

Physics Technology Geology Sightings

Development Influences Evolution

Katherine Elizabeth Willmore

Biology Evolution Physics Embryology Genetics

If Not for Plants, Could Rivers Bend?

Catherine Clabby

Biology Engineering Physics Geology Science Observer

Can't Break that Law

Biology Physics Animal Behavior Letters To The Editor

Amplifying with Acid

Fenella Saunders

Chemistry Physics Climatology Science Observer

The Ultimate Mouthful: Lunge Feeding in Rorqual Whales

Jeremy A. Goldbogen

Biology Engineering Physics Technology Animal Behavior

Sunburned Ferns?

Anna Lena Phillips

Biology Physics Botany Science Observer

Livin' la Vida Micro

Thomas R. Powers

Biology Physics Microbiology Review Scientists Nightstand Books

Stories in Stone

David Schoonmaker

Physics Geology Review Scientists Nightstand Books

Phoenix on Mars

Walter Goetz

Astronomy Chemistry Physics Astrophysics

Carbon Dioxide and the Climate

James Rodger Fleming, Gavin Schmidt, Gilbert N. Plass

Chemistry Environment Physics Climatology

Spitzer's Cold Look at Space

Michael Werner

Astronomy Engineering Physics Technology

Viva Voce

Brian Hayes

Physics Review Scientists Nightstand Books

Dr. Strange

Michael D. Gordin

Physics Review Scientists Nightstand Books

Physics and Pixie Dust

David Kaiser

Physics Psychology Review Scientists Nightstand Books

Going with the Floe?

Stephanie Pfirman, Bruno Tremblay, Charles Fowler

Physics Cartography

The Minneapolis Bridge

Henry Petroski

Engineering Physics Engineering

Hip-Hop Physics

Brian Hayes

Physics Computing Science

See How the Earth Moves

Catherine Clabby

Physics Policy Technology Cartography Geography Geology Sightings

Reconnecting Magnetic Fields

James L. Burch, James F. Drake

Physics Astrophysics

You Can Log And Protect Water

Agriculture Physics Policy Ecology Human Ecology Nature Conservation Letters To The Editor

Bubbles and Flow Patterns in Champagne

Guillaume Polidori, Philippe Jeandet, Gerard Liger-Belair

Chemistry Physics

Fermi, Pasta, Ulam and the Birth of Experimental Mathematics

Mason Alexander Porter, Norman J. Zabusky, Bambi Hu, David K. Campbell

Mathematics Physics

The Politics of Proliferation

John F. Ahearne

Physics Policy Human Ecology Review Scientists Nightstand Books

Public Defenders

Frank N. von Hippel

Ethics Physics Policy Review Scientists Nightstand Books

The Squeeze Is On

Roald Hoffmann

Chemistry Physics Marginalia

Tacoma Narrows Bridges

Henry Petroski

Engineering Physics Human Ecology Engineering

An Entangled Drama

David Mermin

Physics Review Scientists Nightstand Books

QCD with a Light Touch

Alex Dzierba

Physics Review Scientists Nightstand Books

Rocket Mishaps

Chemistry Physics Technology Letters To The Editor

Particles on the Prairie

Kate Scholberg

Physics Review Scientists Nightstand Books

Einstein's Worldview and Its Effects

Daniel Kennefick

Art Physics Sociology Review Scientists Nightstand Books

Enlightening Work

Communications Physics Letters To The Editor

Move Over, Flintstones

Anna Lena Phillips

Physics Technology Science Observer

Kashmir Valley Megaearthquakes

Susan Hough, Roger Bilham, Ismail Bhat

Environment Physics Geography Geology

Getting the Most from Energy

Thomas R. Casten, Phillip F. Schewe

Economics Environment Physics Policy Human Ecology

What's All the Flap About?

Fenella Saunders

Evolution Physics Aeronautics Science Observer

Setting the Record Straight on the Refugia Hypothesis

Paul Baker

Chemistry Physics Geographical Distribution Geology Review Scientists Nightstand Books

Never at Rest

David Lindley

Communications Physics Review Scientists Nightstand Books

Rocket Science and Russian Spies

Joseph A. Castellano

Chemistry Physics Sociology Technology Human Ecology

Icebergs of the Southeast

David Schoonmaker

Environment Physics Geology Science Observer

Living Harmoniously

Physics Psychology Physiology Letters To The Editor

Quantum Light

Mathematics Physics Letters To The Editor

Scientists as Inventors

Henry Petroski

Biology Chemistry Engineering Physics Engineering

Two Singular Men

Robert Crease

Physics Psychology Review Scientists Nightstand Social Science Books

Inside Information

Wim van Dam

Computer Physics Review Scientists Nightstand Books

Fifty Years of Earth-observation Satellites

Andrew J. Tatem, Scott J. Goetz, Simon I. Hay

Astronomy Biology Chemistry Physics Cartography Climatology Geography Geology

Face the Other Way

Astronomy Physics Letters To The Editor

The Psychoacoustics of Harmony Perception

Norman D. Cook, Takefumi Hayashi

Physics Psychology Social Science

Symmetric Bat Flight

Robert Kosara

Physics Photography Sightings