Author: Scientific American

Some questions may never be answered, but maybe that’s not the point

Will some of the biggest mysteries in science remain forever unsolved?

The biggest questions in science inspire us even when we lack answers

Smallpox eradication; skyscraper excavations; research on the racetrack

Science in meter and verse

Play this crossword inspired by the October 2026 issue of Scientific American

And how they might have helped save the future of American apples

Our understanding of consciousness could be fundamentally wrong

Physicists are searching for what lies underneath the particles we know

Scientists are pursuing the limits of longevity