Mind & Brain
The Monitor (Episode 16)--In the Dark about White Matter No More
A train that doesn't even stop in Willoughby; Extinction rock; and more...
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The Sciences
The Monitor (Episode 15)--Prime the Vote, Doritos for Science, and More
Voters who know their place; Chilling evidence of rapid climate meltdown; Humans to galaxy: "We're here!" via golden plaques and snack food; and DNA self-sequencing kit marketers parse "lab test"...
Mind & Brain
The Monitor, ep. 14--Summer Awesomeness
Like a summer blockbuster, this episode is full of thrills--magnets that turn off a reporter's ability to speak; indestructible unmanned aerial vehicles; and more...
The Sciences
The Monitor, ep. 13--Colossal Squid, Narwhals and Improvisational Robotics
Scientists dissect the world's largest invertebrate; narwhals unseat polar bears as the most endangered mammal in the Arctic; introduced lizards underwent superfast evolution; and a new way to program robots that encourages them to improvise solutions to real-world problems...
Technology
The Monitor ep. 12--Autism and Video Games
Are video games linked to autism? Are we the only intelligent life in the galaxy? Is PETA's X Prize for artificial meat going to work?
Mind & Brain
The Monitor ep. 11--Absence of Aid from U.S.S.R. Made Cubans Slimmer [Video]
In this week's episode of Scientific American 's weekly news video roundup: bad times might lead to good health, the misuses of the iPod as a unit of storage, decisions happen seven seconds earlier than you think, and hear a Neandertal speak!...
Environment
The Monitor ep. 10 - The Eco-Fabulous Episode [Video]
A haunting visualization of our CO2 emissions; turning those emissions into plastics; deadly nanotech socks and a war of two press releases.
Technology
Facebook Sociology and Dog Bark Translations on This Week's 'The Monitor' [Video]
Sciam's new weekly news roundup, The Monitor, covers a week that included government declarations about the safety of cloned meat and innovations in yeast life extension
