Shaky Ground: Can Seismologists Be Charged with a Crime for Not Predicting Deadly Quakes?
The fault lies not in ourselves but in the faults
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Deepwater Horizon: After the oil
When oil stopped gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, the ecosystems under assault started on a long road to recovery. Amanda Mascarelli meets the researchers assessing their chances.
Toxic avenger: One man's desperate idea to save the rhinos--poison their horns
With rhinoceros poaching in Africa approaching an all-time high, one nature preserve owner has had enough. Ed Hern, owner of the Rhino and Lion Nature Reserve near Johannesburg, South Africa, is experimenting with injecting cyanide into his rhinos' horns...
The Deepening Crisis: When Will We Face the Planet's Environmental Problems?
Failure to act on threats to global sustainability brings the world closer to disaster
If the world is going to hell, why are humans doing so well?
For decades, apocalyptic environmentalists (and others) have warned of humanity's imminent doom, largely as a result of our unsustainable use of and impact upon the natural systems of the planet...
The Power of Sniff
A new device lets the disabled move and communicate with their noses
Flight of the Squid
New photos offer the best evidence yet of mollusk aeronautics
Engineering students happily deafened by Mwanga metalworkers
Editor's Note: Students from Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering are working in Tanzania to help improve sanitation and energy technologies in local villages.
Money Buys Unhappiness
Thinking about cash impairs the ability to savor experiences
Dammed if they don't: Cost to protect endangered sturgeon in South Carolina could be $100 million, utility says
How much will it cost to protect an endangered fish in South Carolina? The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) wants local utility Santee Cooper to make several changes to its dams on Marion and Moultrie lakes, which would help endangered shortnose sturgeon ( Acipenser brevirostrum ) to pass through the dams and breed...
Venus Crater Debate Heats Up
A history of dramatic geological change is questioned.
Shades of "Gray Literature": How Much IPCC Reform Is Needed?
A better way to compile and review climate science starts with making sure the organization charged with it has an adequate and accountable full-time staff
Reading between the Lines: How We See Hidden Objects
When an object is partially hidden, the brain deftly reconstructs it as a visual whole
A Year of Living Dangerously: Reflections on Hot-Button Science
Writing about science and society invites reactions, good and bad, from the middle to the fringe
The Price of Traffic in China
It's not just the inconveniences of traffic jams that may last for months outside of Beijing, it's also the global climate. David Biello reports
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100 Years Ago: Sleeping Sickness
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American
Cubicle, Sweet Cubicle: The Best Ways to Make Office Spaces Not So Bad
Why some office spaces alienate workers, whereas others make them happier and more efficient
What Comes Next: Experts Predict the Future
The flip side to every ending is a new beginning. We asked the visionary scientists on our advisory board what new trends will shape the decades to come
