



Unmanned aerial vehicles hold great potential in their ability to provide crucial data about tornado behavior--if only the FAA allowed scientists to use them
By Christie Nicholson | Jun 8, 2010 | 12
Tornado season was nearly a dud last year for an armada of scientists who hoped to surround a twister with data-collecting instruments. Will this year bring more data?
By Christie Nicholson | May 1, 2010 | 9
How do tornadoes form? Scientists launched the largest field experiment in history to find out
By Christie Nicholson | Apr 30, 2010 | 7
Men and women may have different roles when it comes to comedy, but laughter is crucial from flirtation through long-term commitment
By Christie Nicholson | Apr 8, 2010 | 7
Recent research explores the effects of a schizophrenia risk factor (DISC1) and its influence over the onset of the disease
By Christie Nicholson | Feb 27, 2010 | 3
Where do rainbows come from? What about flying cars, love and LSD?
By Davide Castelvecchi , Graham P. Collins , Bruce Grierson , Mara Hvistendahl , Jonathon Keats , Michael Moyer , George Musser , Christie Nicholson , Ricki Rusting , Jessica Snyder Sachs , Christine Soares , Gary Stix , Kate Wong , Melinda Wenner and Philip Yam | Aug 17, 2009 | 19
A train that doesn't even stop in Willoughby; Extinction rock; and more...
By John Pavlus , Christie Nicholson and Christopher Mims | Jul 11, 2008 | 8
Voters who know their place; Chilling evidence of rapid climate meltdown; Humans to galaxy: "We're here!" via golden plaques and snack food; and DNA self-sequencing kit marketers parse "lab test"
By John Pavlus , Christie Nicholson and Christopher Mims | Jul 1, 2008
Like a summer blockbuster, this episode is full of thrills--magnets that turn off a reporter's ability to speak; indestructible unmanned aerial vehicles; and more...
By Christie Nicholson , John Pavlus and Christopher Mims | Jun 19, 2008 | 1
Scientists dissect the world's largest invertebrate; narwhals unseat polar bears as the most endangered mammal in the Arctic; introduced lizards underwent superfast evolution; and a new way to program robots that encourages them to improvise solutions to real-world problems
By John Pavlus , Christie Nicholson and Christopher Mims | May 6, 2008 | 1
Are video games linked to autism? Are we the only intelligent life in the galaxy? Is PETA's X Prize for artificial meat going to work?
By John Pavlus , Christie Nicholson and Christopher Mims | Apr 30, 2008
In this week's episode of Scientific American's weekly news video roundup: bad times might lead to good health, the misuses of the iPod as a unit of storage, decisions happen seven seconds earlier than you think, and hear a Neandertal speak!
By John Pavlus , Christie Nicholson and Christopher Mims | Apr 25, 2008 | 2
A haunting visualization of our CO2 emissions; turning those emissions into plastics; deadly nanotech socks and a war of two press releases.
By John Pavlus , Christie Nicholson and Christopher Mims | Apr 25, 2008
This week's science news video roundup includes rodents joining the club of tool users, Olympians with a gene that lets them beat doping tests, suspended animation via hydrogen sulfide and a network of earthquake-detecting laptops.
By John Pavlus , Christie Nicholson and Christopher Mims | Apr 8, 2008
Straight hair may seem easy to brush but it actually tangles more often than curly locks
By Christie Nicholson | Mar 13, 2008
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