Stories by Josh Fischman

An ocean debris pile, much further inland than expected, testifies to past giant waves from the north.

Scientific American senior editor Josh Fischman joins nanoscience researchers Shana Kelly, Yamuna Krishnan, Benjamin Bratton, along with moderator Bridget Kendall from the BBC World Service program The Forum  

Stefan W. Hell, Eric Betzig, and William Moerner share the prize for developing new ways to see inside a cell.

Scientists use satellites to produce astoundingly detailed pictures of unmapped terrain

Genes alone do not control a cell's fate. Physical forces pulling on that cell can determine how a cell becomes a complex organ.

In a video, noted scientists debate the connections between ancient climate changes and the emergence of modern human traits.

At a hearing on the future of federal research investment, a science magazine editor and three noted scientists asked the U.S. Senate to support basic research

How different types of chemicals combine for a holiday blast.

It may be small, but the Y chromosome is here to stay

Pee in a swimming pool could start an unpleasant chemical reaction with chlorine

Lab-made molecule can transform components of natural gas

Light from those screens triggers a chemical reaction that makes you think it is morning

Human therapeutic antibodies often break down. Now chemists have grafted on more rugged features, taken from sharks

Boom in Arctic Ocean drilling means hazardous leaks under ice, hidden from sight—but not from sound

Elderly men who have lost the Y in blood cells have their lives cut short, compared with men who still have the little chromosome

Alarming shrinkage has stopped, researchers say, because the Y is a bastion of elite genes that play vital roles throughout the body

Legally, dogs and cats are moving closer to personhood. A new book says this poses problems for biomedical researchers and veterinarians