
Social Technologies Are Making Us Less Social
For the first time in the history of our species, we are never alone and never bored. Have we lost something fundamental about being human?
For the first time in the history of our species, we are never alone and never bored. Have we lost something fundamental about being human?
Violence and disaster are increasingly forcing people to flee inside their own country
They also say the scientists’ research findings are influenced by political leanings
A famous scientist and a famous cartoonist dismantle what they see as the biggest threat to the planet
The world is entering a new era of severe obesity
A dramatic rise in “danger days” is underway
Diets around the globe are more similar than they used to be
Heavy rains for the Mountain State and the U.S. Northeast are up 71 percent
Less snow and warmer spring mean more acres burned
Central Africa is the epicenter, but a South American lake ranks number one
Lineages of all known species on Earth are finally pieced together
Scientific American editors Mark Fischetti, Dina Maron and Seth Fletcher talk about the info they picked up at the just-concluded annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington, D.C...
After a high in 2008 output, exports have plummeted
Winter heat, pounding rains, tornadoes—a climatologist explains which extremes can be attributed to El Niño and which cannot
An analysis of dust reveals how the presence of men, women, dogs and cats affects the variety of bacteria in a household
Energy from wind, water and sun would eliminate nuclear and fossil fuels
The new sampler sucks up the tiny creatures without tearing them apart
Intrusive plants tend to originate in the Northern Hemisphere
Top wind speed is much greater than Hurricanes Katrina or Sandy
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