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December 14, 2015The Sciences
When Teaching Critical Thinking Backfires: Students taught to doubt scientists and other authorities may end up doubting their teachers.; John Horgan

October 11, 2013Environment
Our Final Invention: Is AI the Defining Issue for Humanity?: Humanity today faces incredible threats and opportunities: climate change, nuclear weapons, biotechnology, nanotechnology, and much, much more.; Seth Baum

September 12, 2013Guest Blog
Digital Natives Looking to Unplug, Connect: Make a prediction: how would you think a student today would answer these questions? If you were creating a classroom, what would it look like?; Jody Passanisi and Shara Peters

December 17, 2014Cross-Check
Advice to Young Science Writers: Ask “What Would Chomsky Think?”: I’ve been pondering my profession again lately, for several reasons: shifts in the Scientific American Blog Network; the launch of a science communication program at my school, Stevens Institute of Technology, which is closely allied with a new program in science, technology and society (STS); and finally a chat with editors at IEEE Spectrum, where [...]..; John Horgan

October 1, 2018Behavior
Why the Mind–Body Problem Can't Have a Single, Objective Solution: We cannot escape our subjectivity when we try to solve the riddle of ourselves; John Horgan

August 23, 2016Public Health
A Doctor's Take on Pot: We rarely worry about marijuana. So why is it still a Schedule I drug?; Nathaniel P. Morris

April 11, 2011Mind & Brain
Too Hard for Science?: The sense of meaning in dreams: In dreams, could we discover where the mysterious feeling of revelation comes from? In "Too Hard for Science?" I interview scientists about ideas they would love to explore that they don't think could be investigated...; Charles Q. Choi

January 13, 2017Cognition
Smarter than they Look: What we Can Learn from Slime Moulds: Dr Tanya Latty tells me why slime moulds might be the best way to understand swarm intelligence; Felicity Muth | Opinion

May 21, 2008Evolution
Little Brains, Big Brains: Latest Flores Hobbit News and the Intel Science Fair: Kate Wong brings us up to date on the ongoing research into fossils of the tiny human, called the Hobbit, found on the island of Flores. And Ivan Oransky reports from the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair...; Steve Mirsky

May 2, 2020Behavior
COVID-19 and the Harsh Reality of Empathy Distribution: Empathy is a complex trait, like courage or height. Inevitably, some individuals inherit fewer pro-empathy genes than average...; Peter Sterling | Opinion

October 11, 2018Mental Health
Is Chronic Anxiety a Learning Disorder?: Some psychiatrists think it might be, but the data are still too sparse to be sure; Daniel Barron

March 1, 2018Computing
Intelligent Machines That Learn Like Children: Machines that learn like children provide deep insights into how the mind and body act together to bootstrap knowledge and skills; Diana Kwon; Scientific American Volume 318, Issue 3; 10.1038/scientificamerican0318-26; Originally published as "Self-Taught Robots" in Scientific American Volume 318, Issue 3

October 1, 2000Mind & Brain
The Power of Memes: Behaviors and ideas copied from person to person by imitation--memes--may have forced human genes to make us what we are today; Susan Blackmore; October 2000; 10.1038/scientificamerican1000-64

July 19, 1919
The Romance of Invention--I: In 1876, One Patent; In 1919, Eleven Million Telephones; C. H. Claudy

May 1, 2003
The Evolution of Human Birth: The difficulties of childbirth have probably challenged humans and their ancestors for millions of years-- which means that the modern custom of seeking assistance during delivery may have similarly ancient roots...; Karen R. Rosenberg and Wenda R. Trevathan

November 1, 2001
The Evolution of Human Birth: The difficulties of childbirth have probably challenged humans and their ancestors for millions of years-- which means that the modern custom of seeking assistance during delivery may have similarly ancient roots...; Karen R. Rosenberg and Wenda R. Trevathan

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