The SciencesApril 1, 2009
A Calcium Conundrum Explained
Stories by Charles Q. Choi
Charles Q. Choi is a frequent contributor to Scientific American. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, Science, Nature, Wired, and LiveScience, among others. In his spare time, he has traveled to all seven continents.
EvolutionApril 1, 2009
A Beetle's Menu Change
EnergyMarch 1, 2009
Does Daylight Saving Time Conserve Energy?
Recent studies shed some light on the efficiency of seasonally changing the clocks
Space & PhysicsMarch 1, 2009
Silkworms: What the Astronauts Eat?
The SciencesFebruary 1, 2009
Quantum Entanglement Benefits Exist after Links Are Broken
A way for quantum benefits to survive after entanglement ends
Mind & BrainFebruary 1, 2009
How Teenagers Find Themselves
The development of a key brain area leads to self-consciousness
EnvironmentFebruary 1, 2009
Ocean Acidification from CO2 Is Happening Faster Than Thought
Carbon dioxide may be acidifying seawater faster than thought
EnvironmentFebruary 1, 2009
Updates: Whatever Happened to the Risk for Another Indian Ocean Tsunami?
Also: updates on rabies recoveries, bioterror risks and the genetic tracking of religious persecution
TechnologyFebruary 1, 2009
Booby Traps for Bacteria
The SciencesFebruary 1, 2009
New Kind of Thermometer
Space & PhysicsJanuary 1, 2009
Does Dark Matter Encircle Earth?
Dark matter might exert measurable effects on Earth, the moon and gas giants
TechnologyJanuary 1, 2009
Sounds like Thunder
Mind & BrainJanuary 1, 2009
Politics of Blank Looks
Space & PhysicsJanuary 1, 2009
Seeing on Faith
HealthJanuary 1, 2009
Do White Blood Cells Make Cancer Deadly?
The ability to spread underlies the killing power of cancer. The process occurs, John Pawelek thinks, when tumor cells fuse with white blood cells—an idea that, if right, could yield new therapies
EnvironmentDecember 1, 2008
More Fluid Mileage
The SciencesDecember 1, 2008
Updates: Whatever Happened to Midsize Black Holes?
Also: updates on HIV's origins, Neandertal fishing and transgenic guidelines
The SciencesDecember 1, 2008
News Scan Briefs: Blocking Sound with Holes
Also: electric fields increase fuel economy, sacrificial ants, explosive-free fertilizer and vanishing species
The SciencesDecember 1, 2008
Sacrificial Ants
Mind & BrainNovember 1, 2008
Hockey Head Trick
EvolutionNovember 1, 2008
Survival of the Luckiest
HealthNovember 1, 2008
Blow Away
Mind & BrainOctober 24, 2008
Reaping a Sad Harvest: A "Narcotic Farm" That Tried to Grow Recovery [Slide Show]
A federal prison in Kentucky was a temporary home for thousands, including Sonny Rollins, Peter Lorre and William S. Burroughs as well as a lab for addiction treatments such as LSD
The SciencesOctober 1, 2008
Updates: Whatever Happened to LED Lightbulbs?
Also Updates on Bubbles Producing Light, Virus-Infecting Viruses and Galapagos Tortoise Breeding