Arts

An illustration of a woman scientist cutout portrait from a black and white historical photography in from of an image of DNA

BiologyNovember 6, 2025

An Opera Explores the Story of Rosalind Franklin and the Discovery of DNA

Betrayal, ambition and the double helix: turning Rosalind Franklin’s story and the discovery of the structure of DNA into an opera

Rosie Millard, Deborah Unger, Lily Whear, The Lost Women of Science Initiative

Illustration of a person's silhoutte sitting at a table with a cup of coffee, and the coffee's steam rising into space

ArtsOctober 14, 2025

Poem: ‘In Reality’

Science in meter and verse

Jennifer Maier

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Close up of grey cat cat with deep blue eyes

CatsOctober 6, 2025

See Stunning Feline Photography Revealing the Science of Cats

Tim Flach captures his fascination with the science of cats in stunning photographs from his new book Feline

Liz Tormes, Meghan Bartels

Covers of three issues of Scientific American

CultureSeptember 22, 2025

Announcing the #SciAmInTheWild Photography Contest Short List

To celebrate Scientific American’s 180th anniversary, we invited readers to place our magazine covers in the wild. See our staff’s favorite submissions

Sunya Bhutta, Isabella Bruni, Brianne Kane

ArtsSeptember 16, 2025

Poem: ‘Love Letter from Photograph 51’

Science in meter and verse

Faith Paulsen

ArtsAugust 19, 2025

Poem: ‘Unison Call’

Science in meter and verse

Elizabeth Kuelbs

Illustration of the palm of a hand reaching out in the nighttime, with little orbs of light floating around the hand

ArtsJune 17, 2025

Poem: ‘Prayer to Fireflies’

Science in meter and verse

Genevieve Pfeiffer

Illustration of blue waves and land, with the silhouette of a person sitting on the land mass

ArtsMay 20, 2025

Poem: ‘An Electrolysis of Brine’

Science in meter and verse

Alisz Reed

Painting of an architectural structure with linear perspective.

HistoryApril 28, 2025

This Cutting-Edge Encryption Originates in Renaissance Art and Math

The mathematics underpinning the modern method of elliptic curve cryptography originated with Renaissance architect Filippo Brunelleschi

Richard Jensen

Sunflower with earth in the center of the flower

ArtsApril 15, 2025

Poem: ‘Live and in Color’

Science in meter and verse

E. M. Teichman

Illustration of a purple and orange, sparkly sky

ArtsMarch 18, 2025

Poem: ‘Deep Time’

Science in meter and verse

Julie Swarstad Johnson

Illustration of purple planet disc shapes in space

ArtsFebruary 18, 2025

Poem: ‘(origins, positrons)’

Science in meter and verse

Julia Nelsen, Fabiano Alborghetti

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