Scientific American

Researchers are experimenting with using LEDs to grow algae in abandoned mines to be used for biofuels.

The Environmental Protection Agency is conducting a test on three different types of porous pavement to devise ways to control runoff from parking lots and streets.

In the U.S., men bike far more than women. Some researchers suggest that understanding and meeting the demands of women is the best way to increase overall ridership.

This piece from Scientific American looks at the jurisdictional challenge of conserving water in the cross-state Ogallala Aquifer, one of the world's largest sources of freshwater and the backbone of the nation's farm economy.

Despite a congressional ruling last year that prevents them, wight uranium mining operations have been approved near the Grand Canyon.

This piece from Scientific American looks at plans for three "eco-cities".

Drug traffickers, growers and drug law enforcement agents are wreaking havok on the forests of Central America, where large plots of forest are clear-cut for drug crop growing and sprayed to eliminate illicit substances.

New research in Nature indicates that conditions are right for a 100-mile stretch of California's San Andreas Fault to release pressure that has been building.

A new study reveals some surprising results about how people inhale the most air pollution on a daily basis.

Scientific American releases its prescient article from 2001, titled "Drowning New Orleans." The article predicts "a major hurricane could swamp New Orleans under 20 feet of water, killing thousands," as a result of land use policies.

The middle of the 21st century promises massive changes in everything from geopolitics to the environment.

Scientific American examines the long-term geophysical changes caused by the earthquake that spawned the deadly Indonesian tsunami.

New research shows that animals can learn to follow man-made routes to make trips easier.

Scientific American reports on the cause of the devastating eight-year drought that plagued the central U.S. in the 1930s.

The annual 'Red List' catalogues species threatened by extinction and the latest version includes more than 12,000 entries.

Our electric power grid our the nation's circulatory system. Scientific American examines how to keep the nation healthy.

Attempts to jam GPS-based weapons and navigation systems are a reminder of just how vulnerable GPS technology really is.

Researches at two U.S. universities have found the "fingerprint" of global warming.

Scientific American re-examines the thinking about how skyscrapers can be safer.

Scientific American provides a fascinating introduction to how GPS devices work.