American Scientist is the bimonthly science

Science

Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...

 and technology

Technology

Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...

 magazine

Magazine

Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...

 published since 1913 by Sigma Xi

Sigma Xi

Sigma Xi: The Scientific Research Society is a non-profit honor society which was founded in 1886 at Cornell University by a junior faculty member and a handful of graduate students. Members elect others on the basis of their research achievements or potential...

. Each issue includes four to five feature articles written by scientists and engineers. These authors review research in all fields of science. Each issue also includes the work of cartoonist

Cartoonist

A cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing cartoons. This work is usually humorous, mainly created for entertainment, political commentary or advertising...

s such as Sidney Harris

Sidney Harris (cartoonist)

Sidney Harris, aka S. Harris, is a cartoonist, best known for his cartoons about science, mathematics and technology.He was born in Brooklyn, New York some time before World War II and has been drawing science-related cartoons at least since 1955...

, Benita Epstein, and Mark Heath.

American Scientist Online was launched in May 2003.

Contributors

• Henry Petroski
  Henry Petroski
  Henry Petroski is an American engineer specializing in failure analysis. A professor both of civil engineering and history at Duke University, he is also a prolific author...
  
  
• Brian Hayes
  Brian Hayes (scientist)
  Brian Hayes is an American scientist, columnist and author.He is a senior writer and regular columnist for the magazine American Scientist, and was editor in chief for the magazine from 1990 to 1992. He has also edited and written columns for Scientific American, as well as writing for Computer...
  
  

External links

• Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society