Innovation. Story telling. Discovery. Connections. Beauty. Heartbreak. TEDMED 2012 had it all. What seemed initially like disparate sessions later proved to be a carefully planned series that wove together important themes for making a healthier future...
In the northern winter months we are surrounded by the stark beauty of chilled landscapes. From the darkness of the far north, broken perhaps only by starlight and the glow of aurora, to the brisk grey streets of Manhattan and its now skeletal trees with their claw-like limbs and knobbly stubs pressed to the skies, [...]..
I took a field trip to the big city last week, to attend the Union of Concerned Scientists' and George Washington University School of Public Health's conference, "FDA at a Crossroads."..
What would it take to convince you to spend $45 on a 100-watt lightbulb? A Silicon Valley company called Switch Lighting is banking that it has the answer.
Pepper spray is all over the news, following the Occupy Wall Street protests, particularly following the widely disseminated images and videos of protestors being sprayed in NY, Portland, and UCDavis...
For December, we are delighted to publish our annual special issue, "World Changing Ideas," about innovations that can make a better world.
A reader asked whether an article from December 18, 1886, was fact-checked; the implied question was whether it was "a true story."
It’s not uncommon in a New York City subway car, an airport terminal or just about any other public space to see a dozen or more people completely consumed by what’s happening on the screen of their smartphone, to the exclusion of the world around them...
The day has finally arrived – the new Scientific American blog network is live! And, after almost a year of relative rest, my blog is about to get active again, with substantive posts coming up on a regular basis...
This may be a tough time for journalists, in terms of getting jobs, making a living. But this is the best time in history for journalism, including science journalism.
Welcome! I’m thrilled to be joining this brand new blog network and to be part of this new collection of voices! Since I hate blogging about blogging I’m going to just jump right in, and what better place to start than right at the beginning?...
Welcome to Compound Eye, a Scientific American photography blog! The blog is new, but the blogger is not. My name is Alex Wild. I am an entomologist and nature photographer based in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, and I have been writing about insects, science, and photography at Myrmecos Blog since 2007...
Creatology is an experiment in blogging about creativity and science. Welcome to our first post on the Scientific American Blog Network, which is crammed with brilliant science writers.
Your PsiVid hosts, Carin Bondar and Joanne Manaster, will be watching the world of science film and video, and sharing our great finds with science enthusiasts like you.
Welcome to Plugged In, a new addition to the Scientific American blogging family! This blog brings together four authors - Robynne, Scott, Melissa, and David - who will explore the connections between energy, the environment, and our lives...
The study of human life can happen anywhere—there are opportunities for anthropological observation available all around us, all the time.
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