Scientific American Magazine

They scurried in the shadows of dinosaurs for millions of years until a killer space rock created a new world of evolutionary opportunity

Neural activity probes your physical surroundings to select just the information needed to survive and flourish

Twenty years after their initial detection, enigmatic blasts from the sky are starting to deliver tentative answers, as well as plenty of science

Paid parental leave and high-quality child care improve children’s brain development and prospects for a better future