June 16, 2014 Mind & Brain Share your recollections and your story could appear in Scientific American MIND Daisy Yuhas March 1, 1988 The Sciences A home computer laboratory in which balls become gases, liquids and critical masses A. K. Dewdney Scientific American Volume 258, Issue 3 10.1038/scientificamerican0388-114 Originally published as "Computer Recreations" in Scientific American Volume 258, Issue 3 October 15, 2019 Space & Physics Rumblings on the Red Planet act like x-rays, allowing scientists to probe the hidden interior of Mars. Christopher Intagliata reports. Christopher Intagliata April 23, 2015 Environment The new technologies allow new measurements of this changing environment Michael D. Lemonick and Climate Central January 7, 2010 Space & Physics A timely Q&A with physicist Sean Carroll about how our one-way trip from past to future is entangled with entropy and the origin of the universe John Matson May 18, 2015 For thirty-five years, we've used Mount St. Helens as a laboratory. It's taught us endless lessons on how volcanoes erupt, what those eruptions do to the countryside, and how the environment recovers afterward... Dana Hunter July 1, 2009 Mind & Brain A researcher argues that peers are much more important than parents, that psychologists underestimate the power of genetics, and that we have a lot to learn from Asian classrooms Jonah Lehrer July/August 2009 10.1038/scientificamericanmind0709-60 September 6, 2012 Technology A polymer network made of alginate and polyacrylamide is the most resilient yet and could be used in replacement cartilage or scaffolding for artificial organs Katharine Sanderson and Nature magazine May 15, 2018 Cognition In a new book, best-selling author Michael Pollan explores psychedelics and the mind Gareth Cook May 10, 2011 Mind & Brain Authors David DeSteno and Piercarlo Valdesolo argue that much of our good and bad behavior is situational Gareth Cook February 1, 2014 Scientific American Volume 310, Issue 2 Friction between tiny particles explains the bizarre properties of cornstarch in fluid Nathan Collins Scientific American Volume 310, Issue 2 10.1038/scientificamerican0214-21 Originally published as "Instant Weirdness—Just Add Water" in Scientific American Volume 310, Issue 2 December 2, 2015 Even a quick tweet can have an impact on a professional illustrator's confidence. January 31, 2011 Technology Never mind electric-vehicle range anxiety, how will power utilities and home systems handle the growing load of a burgeoning fleet of electric cars? A maker of home battery-charging stations partners with networking giant Cisco Systems to enable energy monitoring and management from a single touch-screen device... Larry Greenemeier May 9, 2014 Neuroscience Is the world spinning, and you don't know why? Scientific American MIND editor Ingrid Wickelgren explains how your inner ear can make you dizzy. November 2, 2000 Technology Kristin Leutwyler May 17, 2012 Health Spinal scans reveal the mechanism by which intense thinking can block pain receptors in the nervous system Daisy Yuhas February 1, 2006 Mind & Brain R. Douglas Fields February/March 2006 10.1038/scientificamericanmind0206-42 March 29, 2019 Technology The sophisticated sensing behaviors of marine organisms could serve as a surveillance system that aids national security Allie Wilkinson November 1, 2020 Engineering Sensors will monitor solar emissions that threaten GPS and radio signals Sarah Wild Scientific American Volume 323, Issue 5 10.1038/scientificamerican1120-22b Originally published as "African Skies" in Scientific American Volume 323, Issue 5 September 20, 2021 Quantum Physics Quantum mechanics inspires us to speculate that interactions between entities, not entities in themselves, are fundamental to reality John Horgan | Opinion Support Science Journalism Discover world-changing science. Explore our digital archive back to 1845, including articles by more than 150 Nobel Prize winners.
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