Science Should We Eat Less Rice?scientificamerican.com - Evelyn Lamb “Your Bowl of Rice Is Hurting the Climate Too” reads a Bloomberg headline from June. “Rice cultivation could be as bad for global warming as 1,200 …
Meade When a Still Life Comes Alivescientificamerican.com - Stephen L. Macknik, Susana Martinez-Conde Alexa Meade’s life can look like something out of the 1980's A-ha video Take On Me. The header image of this blog post features the artist herself, as …
Science "A Complete Enigma"—New Zealand Lizard Declared Extinct 130 Years After Only Sightingscientificamerican.com - John R. Platt In 1887 the Belgian-British zoologist George Albert Boulenger, who famously named more than 2,000 species around the world, scientifically described …
Science Emotionally Extreme Experiences, Not Just “Positive” or “Negative” Experiences, Are More Meaningful in Lifescientificamerican.com - Scott Barry Kaufman What does it take to live a meaningful life? In trying to answer this question, most researchers focus on the valence of the life experience: is it …
Science Genealogical Anxietyscientificamerican.com - John Horgan I recently encountered a term for a syndrome that has bugged me since childhood: genealogical anxiety. The phrase was coined by up-and-coming Oxford …
Pigs The Three Little Pigs and Climate Changescientificamerican.com Once upon a time there was an old mother pig with three little pigs and not enough food to feed them. When they were old enough, she sent them out …
Communist Party of China Will China Overtake the U.S. in Artificial Intelligence Research?scientificamerican.com - Sarah O'Meara, Nature magazine China not only has the world’s largest population and looks set to become the largest economy — it also wants to lead the world when it comes to …
Climate We Need an International Center for Climate Modelingscientificamerican.com - Tim Palmer, Bjorn Stevens, Peter Bauer Earth's climate is changing, and we must decide what to do about it. Existing climate models all predict further warming, but for all we currently …
CRISPR Gene Editing Transforms Gel into Shape-Shifting Smart Materialscientificamerican.com - Ewen Callaway, Nature magazine Is there anything CRISPR can’t do? Scientists have wielded the gene-editing tool to make scores of genetically modified organisms, as well as to …
Science Flashing Neurons, Invisible Moonlight and Adorable Squid Babies: The Week’s Best Science GIFsscientificamerican.com - Kelso Harper You probably know the GIF as the perfect vehicle for sharing memes and reactions. We believe the format can go further, that it has real power to …
Malaria Malaria Treatments Are Not Working Wellscientificamerican.com - Haley Weiss, E&E News Patients suffering from severe malaria might have to wait up to 24 hours for treatment because the only government-approved vaccine ran out in …
Lyme Disease Can a New Lyme Disease Vaccine Overcome a History of Distrust and Failure?scientificamerican.com - Brittany Flaherty, STAT As the threat of Lyme disease grows and fears surrounding it spread faster than the ticks that carry the infection, researchers are developing two …
Galaxies In Support of the Vera C. Rubin Observatoryscientificamerican.com - Megan Donahue On July 23, the U.S. House of Representatives approved H.R. 3196, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory Designation Act, which was introduced by …
Bees Surprise: Bees Need Meatscientificamerican.com - Paige Embry Ask an entomologist what makes a bee a bee, and you’ll likely get some version of “bees are just wasps that went vegetarian.” New research shows that …
Science Remembering Anthony Janetosscientificamerican.com - Colleagues and Friends of Anthony Janetos Anthony (Tony) Janetos, a world-renowned ecologist and science policy expert, died on August 6, 2019. He was 64 years old. Tony attended Harvard …
Science Moving Away from Antibiotics in Animal Agriculturescientificamerican.com - Kyle Bennett The farming of livestock is facing major challenges in the 21st century. The United Nations predicts that global population will reach approximately …
Science Possible Links Between Warming and Tornadoes Are Still Murkyscientificamerican.com - Chelsea Harvey, E&E News Among natural disasters, tornadoes are notoriously difficult to predict. They require a complex set of conditions in order to form, some of which …
Science The Search for Social Identity Leads to "Us" versus "Them"scientificamerican.com - Michael A. Hogg Human societies are constantly rearranging themselves, causing profound disruptions in our social lives. The industrial revolution of the late 18th …
Science The False Promise of Fish Oil Supplementsscientificamerican.com - R. Preston Mason Every 38 seconds, someone in the U.S. dies from cardiovascular disease. Even more worrisome: deaths from cardiovascular disease have been rising …
Science The Solar System’s Loneliest Planets, Revisitedscientificamerican.com - Shannon Hall On August 25, 1989, in Pasadena, Calif., NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory was bustling with activity. Scientists, reporters and even a bona fide rock …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoGenomics Including Indigenous Voices in Genomicsscientificamerican.com - Christine Herman A program at the University of Illinois trains Indigenous scientists in genomics—in hopes that future work will be aimed at benefiting those …
Science Scientists Start Building a Parts List for the Brainscientificamerican.com - Lydia Denworth About five years ago, preeminent neuroscientist Eric Kandel of Columbia University was asked by a radio interviewer what mysteries remained about the …
Science Researchers Model Online Hate Networks In Effort to Battle Themscientificamerican.com - David Noonan The Christchurch mosque shootings, which left 51 dead and 49 injured on March 15, were a modern-day horror by any measure—from the pain and suffering …
Ecstasy (Drug) MDMA, Or Ecstasy, Shows Promise As A PTSD Treatmentscientificamerican.com - Will Stone, Kaiser Health News The first time Lori Tipton tried MDMA, she was skeptical it would make a difference. “I really was, at the beginning, very nervous,” Tipton said. MDMA …
Livestock We've Reached "Peak Pasture" for Livestockscientificamerican.com - Dan Blaustein-Rejto, Linus Blomqvist The story of cows and the environment may not be all bad news after all. The animals’ outsize impacts have become more prominent in environmental …
Science Can Mars Be Made Habitable in Our Lifetime?scientificamerican.com - Robin Wordsworth It’s a very poorly kept secret in planetary science that many of us first got inspired to join the field by reading science fiction. For many of us …
Science Can Mars Be Made Habitable in Our Lifetimes?scientificamerican.com - Robin Wordsworth It’s a very poorly kept secret in planetary science that many of us first got inspired to join the field by reading science fiction. For many of us …
Science Detained Migrant Children Need Continuous Medical Carescientificamerican.com - Jim Daley Editor’s Note (8/21/19):This story is being republished today in light of news that U.S. Customs and Border Protection does not plan to vaccinate …
Science Faced with a Data Deluge, Astronomers Turn to Automationscientificamerican.com - Anil Ananthaswamy On August 18, 2017, a new age in astronomy dawned, appropriately, with a tweet: “New LIGO. Source with optical counterpart. Blow your sox off!” One …
Science Faced with Data Deluge, Astronomers Turn to Automationscientificamerican.com - Anil Ananthaswamy On August 18, 2017, a new age in astronomy dawned, appropriately, with a tweet: “New LIGO. Source with optical counterpart. Blow your sox off!” One …
