The SciencesFebruary 4, 2013
Confirmed: Bones of King Richard III Found under Parking Lot
DNA analysis confirms that bones excavated from underneath a parking lot in Leicester, England, are the remains of the vilified English king, Richard III
Science Education
February 1, 2013
What the Oldest Meteorites Say about the Early Solar System
Microscopic analyses of chondrites, the oldest rocks in the solar system, are filling in details of what our neighborhood in space was like shortly before the planets formed
The Young American Scientists Issue—Read Now
February 1, 2013
Public Participation in Research Back in Vogue with Ascent of "Citizen Science"
A modest effort to enlist amateur bird-watchers in the cause of ornithology wound up producing a fire hose of data and helping rewrite the rules of science
January 31, 2013
Why Hasn't the Whole Universe Collapsed into an Enormous Black Hole? [Video]
Scientific American contributing editor George Musser answers viewer questions submitted to YouTube's Spacelab Channel
January 31, 2013
Squishy Science: Extract DNA from Smashed Strawberries
A genetically geared activity from Science Buddies
Space & PhysicsJanuary 31, 2013
A Revolution in Astronomy
Science has progressed from wild speculation about Earth's planetary neighbors—including how they formed and whether they are inhabited—to a better understanding of our celestial neighborhood
The SciencesJanuary 30, 2013
A Constant Pull
A century after Scott and Amundsen, the Antartctic still beckons
The SciencesJanuary 30, 2013
To the Ends of the Earth
Explorers in search of scientific knowledge, as well as glory, conquered the poles 100 years ago
January 24, 2013
Shipping Science: Building a Boat That Can Carry Cargo
A density doing from Science Buddies
January 22, 2013
Mathematicians Aim to Launch a Series of Open-Access E-Journals
The Episciences Project will launch a series of community-run, peer-reviewed, open-access journals that will overlay the arXiv preprint server already widely used by physicists
The SciencesJanuary 17, 2013
To the Ends of the Earth: The Heroic Age of Polar Exploration
Explorers in search of scientific knowledge, as well as glory, conquered the poles 100 years ago
January 16, 2013
The Man Whose Dynasty Changed Ecology
Bob Paine showed that keystone species can radically reshape their ecosystems, and he fathered an academic family that had done the same for ecology