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 ...

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 ...

MARKED TREE — It sounds like a feat of magic to lift the flow of a river over a levee and bring it back down on the other side. But it was achieved as an engineering work that qualifies as unique in ...