Author: Scientific American

The 'Great Unconformity' has puzzled scientists since its discovery in the 1870s

We asked a statistics expert how difficult it would be to find a needle in a haystack—the answer is: just as hard as you think

Quantum researchers show how materials inevitably absorb light

Can you guess the puzzle writer’s secret formula?

Using data from a 1950s Russian experiment, researchers are getting “to the heart of brain programming” in foxes

Archived observations appear to show a moving object in the far-distant outer solar system, but its reality is unclear

What happens when a technology becomes more powerful than its creators can fully understand?

New findings from a Siberian tomb offer the earliest direct evidence for human marijuana use

Learn more about the scientific community coming into office in January

The ocean’s blue and green hues near the infamous zone of debris have gotten brighter over the last 20 years, satellite data show