EngineeringSeptember 14, 2018
The Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2018
Understanding the latest innovations—and their challenges—will help society determine how to maximize their benefits
Stories by Mariette DiChristina
Mariette DiChristina, Steering Group chair, is dean and professor of the practice in journalism at the Boston University College of Communication. She was formerly editor in chief of Scientific American and executive vice president, Magazines, for Springer Nature.
EvolutionSeptember 1, 2018
A Very Human Story: Why Our Species Is Special
NeuroscienceAugust 1, 2018
A Sense of Discovery: How the Immune System Works with the Brain
PolicyJuly 1, 2018
Barriers between Realities: Irrational Thinking and the Quantum–Classical Divide
ComputingJune 19, 2018
AI, Robotics and Your Health
At the second Science on the Hill event, AI, Robotics and Your Health, experts from academia and the private sector talked with Scientific American Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina about the future of AI and robotics in medicine.
PolicyJune 1, 2018
The Sun, Supercharging Babies and the Eternal Search for Knowledge
PolicyMay 2, 2018
Africa: Future Worldwide Science Hub
Thierry Zomahoun, president of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, talks about the potential and needs of science on the continent.
PolicyMay 1, 2018
Our Planet, Ourselves: How Climate Change Results in Emerging Diseases
ComputingApril 13, 2018
The Internet Needs a Tune-Up
Princeton University's Jennifer Rexford talks about optimizing the internet for the uses it got drafted into performing.
EnvironmentApril 3, 2018
Rev Up Photosynthesis to Boost Crop Yields
Photosynthesis actually is an inefficient process, but a biological chemist is trying to crank it up.
PolicyApril 1, 2018
Big Blue Marble: The Arctic, Mixotrophs and Other News about Our Ocean Planet
CognitionMarch 1, 2018
Child’s Play: Learning Like Infants May Boost Artificial Intelligence
ConservationFebruary 13, 2018
Old Trees Are Ecosystem Gold
David Lindenmayer of the Australian National University College of Science in Canberra says that older trees play outsize roles in maintaining landscapes and ecosystems.
PolicyFebruary 1, 2018
Depths of Space, Oceans and Politics
Public HealthJanuary 26, 2018
Nobelist Crafts Light-Switchable Antibiotics
Drugs modified by chemistry Nobel laureate Ben Feringa can be turned on and off by light, which could help keep bacteria from developing antibiotic resistance.
PolicyJanuary 24, 2018
Science at Davos: Nanomachines, the Microbiome and Funding Frontier Research
PolicyJanuary 23, 2018
The Global Science Outlook at Davos
PolicyJanuary 23, 2018
Worldwide Effort Says Together Science Can
Jeremy Farrar, director of the Wellcome Trust, talked about worldwide scientific collaboration today at the World Economic Forum.
PolicyJanuary 1, 2018
Science Is Solutions: Improving Finance, Helping Coral Reefs, Advancing Discoveries
BehaviorDecember 7, 2017
Mindfulness: Does It work?
CultureDecember 1, 2017
Let’s Science That: A Tool for Solving Humanity’s Greatest Challenges
CognitionNovember 1, 2017
Peering Within: An Introduction to the November Issue
NeuroscienceOctober 12, 2017
An Open Book
CultureOctober 1, 2017
What the World Needs Now Is Science