Poem: “Forest” – Scientific American

Welcome to 175 Years of Discovery

Share this on WhatsApp An orientation to our special issue Advertisement A few years after the first issue of this magazine was published, a New Jersey carpenter found traces of gold in California’s American River, setting in motion a Gold Rush in which some 100,000 prospectors flooded the Sierra Nevada seeking their fortune. Rufus Porter, […]

An Audacious Explanation for Fast Radio Bursts

Share this on WhatsApp Flashes of radio waves lasting a thousandth of a second arrive on Earth every second from all over the sky. What makes them? We do not know. It is exciting to try and figure it out.
 The frequency-dependent arrival time of these fast radio Bursts (FRBs) indicates a delay by a […]

Don’t Panic: The Valentine’s Day 2046 asteroid will not hit Earth. Here’s why.

Share this on WhatsApp On February 14, 2046, a small but still decent-sized asteroid will almost certainly not hit Earth. That’s generally the way to bet about any space rock, but if you only read the headlines last week when a new near-Earth asteroid was discovered, you might get a different impression. The basic gist […]