
Peaking Intelligence
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.

Peaking Intelligence

Eyeing Redness

Cannibal Run

Cold Faithful

Origami from DNA

Genetic Changes from Bullying

Finding a Lost World

Crystal Steer
Sapphire plays supporting role for nanotubes

Musseling In

Testing Lethality

Going to Bat
Natural reservoir for emerging viruses may be bats

Sense and Sensitivity

What You See Is What You Say

Miniaturized Power
With nanobatteries, power sources finally shrink with the rest of electronics

Polar Satellite Freeze
Delays might undermine climate studies and forecasts

Un-Killing the Messenger
P-Bodies do more than serve as RNA trash bins in cells

Biggest Losers

Descent in Europe

Protein by the Splice

Hope for Fixing Gene Defects
Studies have shown improved hearing in animals and demonstrated a new gene delivery method

Stem Cell Imperative
Despite political obstacles, research and commercial endeavors advance

Going through the Brownian Motions

One Small Step

Tilting at Asteroids