TechnologyMarch 1, 2008
Not Tonight, Dear, I Have to Reboot
Is love and marriage with robots an institute you can disparage? Computing pioneer David Levy doesn't think so - he expects people to wed droids by midcentury. Is that a good thing?
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.
Mind & BrainMarch 1, 2008
Fact or Fiction?
Do You Need Only Half Your Brain?
TechnologyFebruary 19, 2008
Humans Marrying Robots? A Q&A with David Levy
Is love and marriage with robots an institute you can disparage? Not to computer pioneer David Levy. Continuing advances in computers and robotics, he thinks, will make legal marriages between Homo and Robo feasible by mid-century
The SciencesFebruary 1, 2008
Going with the Persistent Flow
The SciencesFebruary 1, 2008
Arabian Brainpower
Can a $10-billion university restore science to the Islamic world?
The SciencesFebruary 1, 2008
Fungus Cowboys
Mind & BrainFebruary 1, 2008
Brain of the Beholder
HealthJanuary 1, 2008
Bone Sweat Bone
HealthJanuary 1, 2008
Weight Loss on Shaky Ground
TechnologyJanuary 1, 2008
See-Through Technology and Better Sleep
A mix of technology accompanies the doings of a maverick researcher
The SciencesJanuary 1, 2008
Bt-Beating Bugs
The SciencesJanuary 1, 2008
Material World
Scientists take inspiration from nature and instill novel magnetic properties
TechnologyDecember 1, 2007
Glow for the Dark
New kind of night vision for the clearest images yet
Mind & BrainDecember 1, 2007
Monkey See, Monkey Ignore
Primates can delay gratification to earn a bigger prize
Mind & BrainDecember 1, 2007
Eye on the Tiger
The SciencesDecember 1, 2007
Not So Neutral Neutron
The SciencesNovember 1, 2007
Can a Cockroach Live without Its Head?
TechnologyNovember 1, 2007
Cross-Circuiting to Nanotubes
The SciencesNovember 1, 2007
Whatever happened to...?
Cosmic Radiation -- Smoking and Genes -- Shrubs 1, Grasses 0 -- Corona Heat
The SciencesNovember 1, 2007
Molecules with Antimatter
Space & PhysicsOctober 1, 2007
New Beginnings
Ideas for a time before the big bang—which might be testable
The SciencesOctober 1, 2007
Paddle-Free Swimming
The SciencesOctober 1, 2007
Big Lab on a Tiny Chip
Squeezing a chemistry lab down to fingernail size could provide instant medical tests at home and on the battlefield
The SciencesOctober 1, 2007
When Clean Living Isn't Longer Living