Stories by Mariette Dichristina

Mariette DiChristina, Steering Group chair, is editor in chief of Scientific American and executive vice president, Editorial and Publishing, Magazines, for the Nature Research Group of Springer Nature. From 2014 to 2016 she was vice chair of the Meta-Council on Emerging Technologies--one of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Councils.

Computing

The Internet Needs a Tune-Up

Princeton University's Jennifer Rexford talks about optimizing the internet for the uses it got drafted into performing.

April 13, 2018 — Mariette Dichristina and Steve Mirsky

Conservation

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.

February 12, 2018 — Mariette Dichristina and Steve Mirsky

Public Health

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.

January 25, 2018 — Mariette Dichristina and Steve Mirsky

Policy

Worldwide Effort Says Together Science Can

Jeremy Farrar, director of the Wellcome Trust, talked about worldwide scientific collaboration today at the World Economic Forum.

January 23, 2018 — Mariette Dichristina and Steve Mirsky

Behavior

Let Your Creativity Soar

In a discussion with Scientific American editor in chief Mariette DiChristina, three noted experts on creativity, each with a very different perspective and background, reveal powerful ways to unleash your creative self...

March 17, 2017 — Mariette Dichristina, John Houtz, Julia Cameron and Robert Epstein

Climate Change

Every Life Has Equal Value, Part 2: Gates Foundation CEO Dr. Susan Desmond-Hellmann

Gates Foundation CEO Dr. Susan Desmond-Hellmann and Scientific American Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina talk about the foundation set forth in its recently released annual letter...

January 30, 2015 — Mariette Dichristina and Steve Mirsky

The Sciences

Every Life Has Equal Value, Part 1: Gates Foundation CEO Dr. Susan Desmond-Hellmann

Gates Foundation CEO Dr. Susan Desmond-Hellmann and Scientific American Editor in-Chief Mariette DiChristina talk about the foundation set forth in its recently released annual letter...

January 30, 2015 — Mariette Dichristina and Steve Mirsky

The Sciences

Tech Consequences Voiced by Carnegie Mellon Prez

At the World Economic Forum, Carnegie Mellon president Subra Suresh talks about dealing with the unintended consequences of ever more sophisticated intelligent devices

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January 23, 2015 — Mariette Dichristina and Steve Mirsky