A MAGAZINE OF LITERATURE, ART, AND POLITICS. IT is my intention, in this series of papers, to give the history of the progress in Natural History from the beginning, — to show how men first approached ...

Studying impaired drivers in a real-world setting can be difficult, which makes it harder to gain an understanding of driving under the influence.

Using thermal imaging and digital photography, researchers can now spot and identify birds that migrate silently through the night sky—a method that could reveal new insights into nocturnal migration ...

Such facts should stimulate all our young students to embryological investigation as a most important branch of study in the present state of our science. But while there is this structural gradation ...

If you enjoyed this article, I’d like to ask for your support. Scientific American has served as an advocate for science and industry for 180 years, and right now may be the most critical moment in ...