9/11 Museum Helps Us Remember What We Can Never Forget
The first exhibit of the National September 11 Memorial Museum is a multimedia display entitled, "We Remember". Sixteen speakers surround visitors with a barrage of voices as accompanying text is projected onto a world map: Someone barged in and said, "Oh my God.
Lost Ship from 19th-C. Franklin Expedition Found by Arctic Archaeologists
Two ships led by Sir John Franklin vanished in 1859 en route to finding and exploring a Northwest passage
Scotland Vote Splits Scientists in Nation Where Dolly the Sheep Was Cloned
Research could founder or flourish if Scotland leaves the U.K., depending on whom you ask
Newly Uncovered "Super Henge" Dwarfed Stonehenge
Digital mapping shatters the image of Stonehenge as a desolate site that was visited by few
The Plan to Save the Rarest Fish in the World
The Devils Hole pupfish (Cyprinodon diabolis) is the rarest fish in the world. Found only in a single, tiny limestone cavern in the Devils Hole geothermal pool about 100 km east of Nevada’s Death Valley National Park, these fish have the smallest known geographic range of any vertebrate in the wild.
In Limbo Since 1991, the Oregon Spotted Frog Finally Gets Protected Status
It only took 23 years but the Oregon spotted frog (Rana pretiosa) has finally gained protection under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. The small, aquatic frogs—which only reach about 100 millimeters in length—have been considered candidates for protected status since 1991.
New Bond Breaker Game Puts You in the Proton’s Seat
Admit it: haven’t you always longed to experience what it’s like to be a proton at the subatomic scale? No? Just Jen-Luc Piquant then.
A September Afternoon on the Grand River, 1825
One of the most powerful contributions of scientific illustration is to give us an informed visual where it is typically impossible to find one.
This Week in World War I: September 5, 1914
Censored: How the Army Eats In this issue, a telling line reads: "The censors have not allowed the press of the world to state whether or not explosives were dropped on the fortifications of Liège." This special "War Issue" contained much on military theory, organization and resources, but apart from a scattering of images little [...]
Hooked on Metrics: Why Learning Can and Should Be Measured
The following is a guest post by Scott Bennett, principal of eSTEM Academy in Reynoldsburg, Ohio When I first started teaching science 10 years ago, no one ever talked about achievement or thought about data.
Is There a Future for Wilderness?
Wilderness is dead, long live the Wilderness Act. On Sept. 3, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson and the U.S. Congress signed into law the Wilderness Act.
Kodiak Update: Scientific American Alaska Cruise, Part 4
Scientific AmericanBright Horizons Cruise 22 is in port in Kodiak, Alaska, on September 2nd. We talk about our last few stops and hear from passenger and Manhattan Project veteran Margaret Asprey