The SciencesApril 4, 2008
News Bytes of the Week--(Weird Sex) in an octopus's garden
Guitar science; Breakbone fever cripples Rio; Is the Large Hadron Collider doomsday-safe? and more
Stories by David Biello
David Biello is a contributing editor at Scientific American.
The SciencesApril 3, 2008
Aztec Math Used Hearts and Arrows
How big is a heart? Two-fifths of a land rod* of course, according to the Aztecs
TechnologyApril 1, 2008
Digital Diet
Computing industry gets serious about energy conservation
The SciencesMarch 31, 2008
The state of the planet is good
The SciencesMarch 31, 2008
Don't expect the Arctic to be a frozen waste much longer
The SciencesMarch 31, 2008
Food versus fuel, or can we have both?
The SciencesMarch 31, 2008
Man-made trees and shells will save us from climate change
EnvironmentMarch 29, 2008
Trading greenhouse gas pollution in the U.S.
EnvironmentMarch 29, 2008
Will the U.S. solve the climate change problem?
TechnologyMarch 28, 2008
U.S. Will Approve New Nuclear Reactors
British official says she's been informed the U.S. will approve at least three new nuclear power plants
The SciencesMarch 28, 2008
A memo to the next president
EnvironmentMarch 28, 2008
Beware the military-industrial complex and climate change
EnvironmentMarch 28, 2008
Why the search for oil will never stop
EnvironmentMarch 27, 2008
War recedes, but turns crueler
The SciencesMarch 27, 2008
Do the impoverished need industry?
The SciencesMarch 27, 2008
Kofi Annan: the peacemaker and his green revolution
The SciencesMarch 27, 2008
What is the state of the planet and the people on it?
Mind & BrainMarch 27, 2008
Meditate on This: You Can Learn to Be More Compassionate
A new study shows that meditation opens the gateway to compassion
EnvironmentMarch 24, 2008
Polar bears will destroy the American way of life
Mind & BrainMarch 21, 2008
News Bytes of the Week--Can Money Make You Happy?
A camera with a thousand lenses, fMRIs can't finger fibbers and more...
TechnologyMarch 20, 2008
Pollution-Free Hydrogen SUV Hits the Driveway
A contender in the race to be the car of the future is in the hands of regular drivers
Mind & BrainMarch 20, 2008
Self-Experimenters: Psychedelic Chemist Explores the Surreality of Inner Space, One Drug at a Time
Alexander Shulgin endured a government crackdown and hallucinations of his bones melting in pursuit of new mind-bending compounds
EnvironmentMarch 18, 2008
Even Skeptics Admit Global Warming is Real [Video]
Sure, global warming is real, said participants in a recent climate change conference, but that doesn't mean we should do anything about it. Help us edit our coverage.
EnvironmentMarch 17, 2008
Green Buildings May Be Cheapest Way to Slow Global Warming
By building green--and retrofitting existing buildings--the countries of North America could cut greenhouse gas emissions by more than 25 percent