Jeffery DelViscio is currently chief multimedia editor/executive producer at Scientific American. He is former director of multimedia at STAT, where he oversaw all visual, audio and interactive journalism. Before that he spent more than eight years at the New York Times, where he worked on five different desks across the paper. He holds dual master's degrees in journalism and in Earth and environmental sciences from Columbia University. He has worked onboard oceanographic research vessels and tracked money and politics in science from Washington, D.C. He was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2018. His work has won numerous awards, including two News and Documentary Emmy Awards.
Enceladus’s Alien Ocean, Ancient Fungi and the Flavor of Influenza
Saturn’s moon Enceladus shows signs of life-supporting chemistry, fungi may have shaped Earth before plants, and repeat COVID infections raise long-term health risks for kids.
Go Inside a Room That Lets You Hear Your Nervous System
Step into a room so quiet you can hear your own heartbeat—and your nervous system.
Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy with Mary Roach
Mary Roach unpacks the millennia-long effort to replace failing body parts—and the reasons that modern medicine still struggles to match the original designs.
The Linguistic Science behind Viral Social Media Slang
Linguist Adam Aleksic explains how viral slang and algorithm-driven speech aren’t destroying language––they’re accelerating its natural evolution.
The Storm That Drowned a City—And the Science That Saw It Coming
Two decades after Katrina, we revisit the storm and discuss the evolution of hurricane preparedness since then.
Mining the Deep Sea Could Threaten a Source of Ocean Oxygen
Deep-sea rocks packed with valuable metals may also be making oxygen in the deep, dark ocean—raising new questions about the cost of mining them.
Scientific American Celebrates 180 Years with Stories of Scientific U-turns
In honor of SciAm’s 180th birthday, we’re spotlighting the biggest “wait, what?” moments in science history.
The Mystery of America’s Peanut Allergy Surge—And the Promising Science behind New Treatments
Peanut allergies more than tripled in U.S. kids between the late 1990s and late 2000s, and the prevalence has risen even more since then. Scientists are still searching for answers—and new ways to treat them.
Rogue Worlds May Not Be So Lonely After All, Europa Clipper Completes Key Test, and RFK, Jr., Pulls $500 Million in mRNA Vaccine Funding
From planets roaming space to major shifts in health funding, catch up with this week’s news roundup.
A Meteorologist in Congress Fights for Climate Science
Representative Eric Sorensen of Illinois shares how his meteorology roots drive his fight to protect climate science and push back against political interference.
NASA Faces Deep Budget Cuts—Every Living Former Science Chief of the Agency Is Sounding the Alarm
NASA faces historic budget cuts that could shutter missions and stall vital research, prompting a bipartisan outcry from all of the agency’s living former science chiefs.
Russia’s Earthquake, Wonders of Walking and Plant Genetics
The lowdown on the Environmental Protection Agency’s move to repeal of the “endangerment” finding. Also, how did a juicy ketchup ingredient help create a starchy tuber?
What It’s Like to Live and Work on the Greenland Ice Sheet
Think: subzero temperatures, bone-rattling storms and mysteries about the future of our planet under the ice.
The LIGO Lab Is Pushing the Boundaries of Gravitational-Wave Research
After 10 years of gravitational-wave research, the LIGO Lab team at MIT is getting ready for the next generation of detectors.
Hear the Sounds of a Sick Coral Reef
The underwater world relies on sound signals—so what happens when a noisy reef falls silent?
This Astronaut’s Space Photography Puts Fireworks to Shame
We spoke with NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick in an exclusive, first-ever interview from the cupola of the International Space Station.
AI Could Broaden the Applications of Entertaining Drone Shows
AI can allow engineers to focus on artistry over technical details for drone shows
Talking to the Host of Drilled about the Legal Battles around Standing Rock
Energy Transfer, the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline, sued the nonprofit Greenpeace over alleged conspiracy—the host of Drilled explains why
This is How We Fight Bird Flu If H5N1 Becomes the Next Human Pandemic
This San Antonio, Tex., lab takes biosecurity seriously. Suit up with its scientists and go behind the scenes of the science of vaccine creation.
Why Dairy Farmers Were Surprised by Bird Flu Cases in Their Herds
The bird flu was long known to poultry farmers. Here’s why the dairy industry was caught off guard by its jump to cattle.
How Bird Flu Became a Human Pandemic Threat
The first hints that a new strain of avian illness is emerging could be found on this beach on Delaware Bay, where migrating birds flock. Here’s what virus detectives who return there every year know right now.
What Greenland’s Ancient Past Reveals about Its Fragile Future
The collapse of the world’s second-largest ice sheet would drown cities worldwide. Is that ice more vulnerable than we know?
Could Mitochondria Be Rewriting the Rules of Biology?
New discoveries about mitochondria could reshape how we understand the body’s response to stress, aging and illness
Accidental Alchemy, Flamingo Food Tornado, and Kosmos-482 Lands
Kosmos-482 crash-lands, physicists turn lead to gold and animals show some clever behaviors.