EnvironmentNovember 15, 2012
Geology Porn: The Science and Art of Bjork's "Mutual Core" Music Video
Stories by Ferris Jabr
Ferris Jabr is a contributing writer for Scientific American. He has also written for the New York Times Magazine, the New Yorker and Outside.
Mind & BrainNovember 11, 2012
Twitter Is a 24-Hour Party. You Can Tweet If You Want to
The SciencesNovember 7, 2012
How Brainless Slime Molds Redefine Intelligence [Video]
Single-celled amoebae can remember, make decisions and anticipate change, urging scientists to rethink intelligent behavior
Mind & BrainNovember 1, 2012
Self-Awareness with a Simple Brain
Case studies suggest that some forms of consciousness may not require an intact cerebrum
November 1, 2012
Virtues of the Virtual Autopsy [Slide Show]
Medical imaging offers new ways to examine the deceased
HealthOctober 23, 2012
Sequencing the Connectome: Will DNA Bar Codes and a Sneaky Virus Change the Way Scientists Map the Brain?
EvolutionOctober 16, 2012
What Singing Fish Reveal about Speech and Hearing
EvolutionOctober 5, 2012
African Spiny Mice Regenerate Missing Body Parts la Salamanders
HealthOctober 4, 2012
To Combat Alzheimer's, Scientists Genetically Reprogram 1 Kind of Brain Cell into Another
October 2, 2012
The Connectome Debate: Is Mapping the Mind of a Worm Worth It?
Scientists have mapped a tiny roundworm's entire nervous system. Did it teach them anything about its behavior?
EvolutionSeptember 20, 2012
Why We Need to Study the Brain's Evolution in Order to Understand the Modern Mind
EvolutionSeptember 12, 2012
The Food Fight in Your Gut: Why Bacteria Will Change the Way You Think about Calories
The SciencesSeptember 10, 2012
The Science of Pomato Plants and Fruit Salad Trees
TechnologySeptember 1, 2012
A New Brain-Machine Interface May Help the Paralyzed Spell
Brain-machine devices help the paralyzed communicate
EvolutionAugust 29, 2012
The Neuroscience of 20-Somethings
Mind & BrainAugust 22, 2012
Does Self-Awareness Require a Complex Brain?
August 20, 2012
Blindsight: Animals That See without Eyes [Slide Show]
Recent insights into how animals see without eyes reveal that vision and light-detection are older and more widespread than biologists previously realized
EvolutionAugust 10, 2012
How Did Insect Metamorphosis Evolve?
The evolution of metamorphosis remains somewhat mysterious, but biologists have gathered enough evidence to plausibly explain its origins
EvolutionAugust 10, 2012
How Does a Caterpillar Turn into a Butterfly?
To become a butterfly, a caterpillar first digests itself. But certain groups of cells survive, turning the soup into eyes, wings, antennae and other adult structures
EnvironmentAugust 3, 2012
How the Antarctic Icefish Lost Its Red Blood Cells But Survived Anyway
Mind & BrainAugust 1, 2012
Proustian “Mind Pops” May Spur Creativity
Researchers delve into an unusual form of Proustian memory
The SciencesAugust 1, 2012
Why Heirloom Tomatoes Taste So Good
Overlooked fragrant compounds make huge contributions to tomato flavor, which suggests a new way to improve the taste of high-yield crops
EvolutionJuly 25, 2012
What Would It Take to Really Build an Artificial Jellyfish?
NeuroscienceJuly 18, 2012
Does Thinking Really Hard Burn More Calories?
Unlike physical exercise, mental workouts probably do not demand significantly more energy than usual. Believing we have drained our brains, however, may be enough to induce weariness