
Twister! The VORTEX2 team scores a tornado

Twister! The VORTEX2 team scores a tornado

Chasing the storm chasers: On the way to meet the VORTEX2 team

Where will Mauna Loa erupt?

Carbon's role in global warming

Series of earthquakes hits Vancouver Island

Pot is good for you? Marijuana fights the superbugs

Makers of Firefox come up with a new Web browser

Bioethicist drops suit against Albany Medical College

Radiohead launches new camera-less video

The Monitor (Episode 16)--In the Dark about White Matter No More
A train that doesn't even stop in Willoughby; Extinction rock; and more...

A bridge at the end of a rainbow

The Monitor (Episode 15)--Prime the Vote, Doritos for Science, and More
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"

Digging deeper into the Klondike

Limbs, ribs and jaws found in the Yukon

On the Hunt for Mammoth DNA

The Monitor, ep. 14--Summer Awesomeness
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...

World Science Festival: fun for the whole family

The Monitor, ep. 13--Colossal Squid, Narwhals and Improvisational Robotics
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

The Monitor ep. 12--Autism and Video Games
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?

The Monitor ep. 11--Absence of Aid from U.S.S.R. Made Cubans Slimmer [Video]
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!

The Monitor ep. 10 - The Eco-Fabulous Episode [Video]
A haunting visualization of our CO2 emissions; turning those emissions into plastics; deadly nanotech socks and a war of two press releases.

Does "Spring Fever" Exist?

Straight Hair Is Knottier Than Curly Hair
Straight hair may seem easy to brush but it actually tangles more often than curly locks

Self-Experimenters: Filmmaker Gained Weight to Prove a Point about Portion Size
Morgan Spurlock turned an extreme Big Mac attack into a public health wake-up call