The Struggle to Save Heirloom Rice in India  

Long-forgotten varieties of the staple crop can survive flood, drought and other calamities. The challenge is bringing them back -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-15 17:00:00

Vaping-Related Illness Has a New Name: EVALI  

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noted the name in new guidance on the illness, which has sickened nearly 1,300 people across 49 states -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-15 16:30:00

Are Antibiotics Damaging Your Family's Health?  

The CDC calls their misuse "one of the most serious public health problems in the United States" -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-15 16:00:00

Latitude Adjustment: Distance from the Equator Shapes Our Thinking  

Climate differences are associated with varying happiness, individualism and aggressiveness -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-15 15:00:00

Comparing Beauty in Math and Art  

People pair mathematical proofs with paintings and pieces of music similarly -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-15 13:00:00

Our Food Systems Are in Crisis  

It’s not just from climate change -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-15 11:00:00

Ship Freezes Itself in Arctic Ice to Study Climate Change  

Researchers trapped in the central Arctic Ocean for a year prepare to unlock secrets of the region’s changing climate -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-15 10:45:00

Living with Disease-Carrying Mosquitoes  

Thailand’s is trying to communicate the risk through museum exhibitions -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-14 16:00:00

What a Koala Virus Tells Us About the Human Genome  

A study illuminates how genes defend against viral invasions -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-14 13:00:00

The Darkest Side of Fossil Fuel Extraction  

It leads to violence against and trafficking of Native women -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-14 11:00:00

National Governments Can't Solve Climate Change Alone  

Cities, regions and businesses are also crucial players -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-13 19:00:00

How Can We Reverse the Decline in Breast Cancer Screening?  

Making it more convenient and less painful would be a great start -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-13 16:00:00

Aviation Is on a Low-Carbon Flight Path  

Buy offsets if you want, but for real hope, look to electric planes -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-13 13:00:00

Five Myths about Energy Poverty  

Thinking too small is unintentionally condemning millions to a lack of prosperity -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-13 13:00:00

Indigenous Knowledge Can Help Solve the Biodiversity Crisis  

People who live off the land depend on keeping ecosystems intact, and scientists are tapping into their unique expertise -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-12 19:00:00

A Well-Deserved Physics Nobel  

Jim Peebles’ award honors modern cosmological theory at last -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-12 16:00:00

50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: October 2019  

Eating arsenic, what to do in case of fire, bubble computers, and more -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-12 13:00:00

The Executive Branch Must Stop Suppressing Science  

Just about everything we do in society depends in part on research by the federal government. Congress can and must protect scientific integrity with legislation -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-12 13:00:00

Ancient Teeth Reveal Social Stratification Dates Back to Bronze Age Societies  

Humans have a history of status division stretching back at least 4,000 years -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-11 18:45:00

Ice Sheets Are Eroded by "Upside-down Rivers"  

Warm ocean waters cut deep channels in the ice that exacerbate melting and sea level rise -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-11 18:15:00

Massive California Power Outage Triggers Chaos in Science Labs  

Researchers without access to backup power scramble to save invaluable specimens and expensive reagents -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-11 16:30:00

How Mere Humans Manage to Comprehend the Vastness of the Universe  

Peering into the unknown requires us to recognize our own mental blind spots -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-11 16:00:00

Mini Gravitational-Wave Detector Could Probe Dark Matter  

A miniature gravitational wave detector under development would measure higher-frequency waves than LIGO -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-11 10:45:00

Artificial Intelligence Learns to Talk Back to Bigots  

Algorithms are already used to remove online hate speech. Now scientists have taught AI to respond—which they hope might spark more discourse. Christopher Intagliata reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-10 23:50:00

It's Lights Out in California to Deal With Climate Risks  

An intentional blackout was aimed at keeping power equipment from sparking a wildfire -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-10 19:00:00

Sleep Deprivation Shuts Down Production of Essential Brain Proteins  

A deficit arises in molecules needed for neurons to communicate efficiently -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-10 18:35:00

I'm Convinced We Found Evidence of Life on Mars in the 1970s  

The Labeled Release experiment on the Viking mission reported positive results, although most have dismissed them as inorganic chemical reactions -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-10 16:00:00

The Fearful Mind  

Fear is a hardwired response, but it doesn’t have to rule our emotions -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-10 13:15:00

Making Sense of Modern Cosmology  

Confused by all those theories? Good -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-10 12:15:00

It's Time for a World without Gender  

Let’s treat people based on who they are rather than on the form of their genitals -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-10 11:00:00

Hidden Passage: Could We Spy a Traversable Wormhole in the Milky Way's Heart?  

Anomalous motions of stars orbiting our galaxy’s central supermassive black hole might reveal the existence of long-hypothesized tunnels through spacetime -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-10 10:45:00

Lithium-Ion Battery Creators Win Chemistry Nobel Prize  

John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino share the 2019 Chemistry Nobel Prize for the development of lithium-ion batteries that have led to portable electronic devices that are... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-10 01:46:00

As Trump Administration Downplays Warming, Agencies Chronicle Climate Impacts  

Environmental reviews emphasize the relatively small contributions from individual infrastructure projects, ignoring the bigger picture -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-09 19:30:00

Why Machine Learning Is Critical for Disaster Response  

It can help decision makers answer questions like "when?" and "how bad?" and "how many people are in harm's way?" -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-09 16:00:00

A Note to the Nobel Prize Selection Committee  

Howard Temin was an ideal role model for scientists; the Prizes can encourage them to follow his example -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-09 13:00:00

High-Energy Award: Lithium Batteries Win 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry  

The power packs drive mobile phones, laptops, electric cars and solar panels -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-09 12:00:00

Mother Earth Doesn't Like to Be Naked  

Harvesting almonds is easier on bare dirt—but the soil itself is happier when clothed -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-09 11:00:00

Nobel in Chemistry for Lightweight Rechargeable Batteries  

The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to John Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino for the development of lithium-ion batteries. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-09 10:45:00

Quiet Disadvantage: Study Finds Extroverts Are Happier--Even When They're Really Introverts  

A new study suggests a dose of “acting extroverted” could boost your mood—but some researchers caution there is a cost to acting against type -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-09 10:45:00

The Evolution of the Universe  

Some 15 billion years ago the universe emerged from a hot, dense sea of matter and energy. As the cosmos expanded and cooled, it spawned galaxies, stars, planets and life -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-08 19:00:00

Cell Phone Service Must Be Restored Quicker after Hurricanes  

Officials pressure wireless companies so first responders and residents can communicate and save lives -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-08 17:00:00

Science Is Not About Getting More "Likes"  

Extraordinary groupthink leads to extraordinary ignorance -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-08 16:00:00

Play May Be a Deeper Part of Human Nature Than We Thought  

An animal study brings us closer to understanding our own behavior -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-08 15:15:00

Giant Molecules Exist in Two Places at Once in Unprecedented Quantum Experiment  

The new study demonstrates a bizarre quantum effect at never-before-seen scales -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-08 13:30:00

Is Death Reversible?  

An experiment that partially revived slaughterhouse pig brains raises questions about the precise end point of life -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-08 13:00:00

Nobel in Physics for Exoplanets and Cosmology  

The 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to James Peebles “for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology” and to Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz “for the discovery of an exoplanet... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-08 12:31:00

String Theory Does Not Win a Nobel, and I Win a Bet  

Science writer John Horgan wins a 2002 bet with physicist Michio Kaku that by 2020 no unified theory of physics will win a Nobel Prize -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-08 11:23:00

Cosmology and Exoplanets Win 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics  

James Peebles, who helped found the field of cosmology, shares the prize with Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz, discoverers of the first exoplanet around another sunlike star -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-08 11:20:00

Nature's Headbangers  

How the surprisingly intricate drumming of woodpeckers evolved -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-08 11:00:00

New Encryption System Protects Data from Quantum Computers  

As quantum computing creeps closer, IBM successfully demonstrates a way to secure sensitive information -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-08 10:45:00

How Cells Sense Oxygen Levels: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine  

William Kaelin, Sir Peter Ratcliffe and Gregg Semenza share the 2019 Nobel Prize for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability. New therapies for cancer and conditions... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-08 00:11:00

The Complexity of Napoleon Chagnon, Anthropology's Lightning Rod  

Unpublished excerpts from a 2000 interview capture one of the most controversial figures in modern science -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-07 16:00:00

Coastal City Refuses to Retreat  

A major showdown looms over how aggressively California cities will confront sea level rise -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-07 15:00:00

Discovery of Molecular Switch for How Cells Use Oxygen Wins 2019 Nobel Prize in Medicine  

Research by William Kaelin, Jr., Peter Ratcliffe and Gregg Semenza led the way for applications in treating anemia, cancer and other diseases -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-07 12:10:00

Black Holes, Volcanic Scrolls and a Teeny, Tiny Heartbeat: Science GIFs to Start Your Week  

Enjoy and loop on -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-07 12:00:00

A Green Army Is Ready to Keep Plastic Waste Out of the Ocean  

Unfortunately, the world is ignoring it -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-07 11:00:00

Nobel in Physiology or Medicine for How Cells Sense Oxygen Levels  

The 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to William G. Kaelin Jr, Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza “for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-07 10:54:00

How Do We Prevent Pets from Becoming Exotic Invaders?  

Outlawing possession does not appear to stem the release of alligators, snakes and other problematic species -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-07 10:45:00

Teeth Tell Black Death Genetic Tale  

DNA from the teeth of medieval plague victims indicate that the pathogen likely first arrived in eastern Europe before spreading across the continent. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-07 03:45:00

A Molecular Universe  

Forget galaxies, stars, and planets, the cosmos is really a complex chemical system -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-06 20:00:00

I Heard It Before, So It Must Be True  

Repeated exposure to implausible statements makes them feel less so -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-06 18:03:00

How Did Water Get On Earth?  

About 70 percent of our planet’s surface is covered with water, and water plays an important role in our daily lives. But how did water get on Earth in the first place? -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-06 14:00:00

Tiny Worms Are Equipped To Battle Extreme Environments  

Scientists found eight species of nematodes living in California's harsh Mono Lake—quintupling the number of animals known to live there. Christopher Intagliata reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-05 19:20:00

On Philosophy, Death and the Sea  

A young philosopher finds philosophy consoling because it is impossible. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-05 19:00:00

Uninhabitable Planets  

Calling a distant world Earth-like is bad practice; calling it habitable is not much better -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-05 16:00:00

Is It Possible to Get Fit Fast?  

Everybody wants to get that beach body right now or to run that 10k next month, but can you really get fit fast? -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-05 14:00:00

"Biggest Shark of All Time" Gets Downsized  

Real megalodons weren’t nearly as enormous as their silver-screen counterparts -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-05 13:00:00

In Case You Missed It  

Top news from around the world -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-05 13:00:00

As Temperatures Rise, "Flash Drought" Takes Hold Across South  

Areas have gone from near-record wetness to drought conditions in just a matter of months -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-04 17:00:00

While Searching for the Perfect Vaccine, Keep Using the Very Good  

The anti-vaccine movement fails to live up to its own rhetoric -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-04 16:00:00

Does Eating Too Much Fiber Cause Mineral Deficiencies?  

The Institute of Medicine hasn’t set an upper limit on fiber, meaning that there’s no amount at which it’s considered toxic. That doesn’t mean that an excess of fiber... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-04 14:00:00

Scorpion Venom Could Lead to New Antibiotics  

Scientists isolate and synthesize two compounds that can fight common, and even drug-resistant, infections  -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-04 10:45:00

It's Time for a World without Gender  

Let’s treat people based on who they are rather than on the form of their genitals -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-04 04:00:00

To Keep the Lights on During Blackouts, Austin Explores Microgrids  

The city is connecting rooftop solar installations and storage batteries to increase resilience during storms and heat waves -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-03 19:00:00

Hurricane Dorian Was Worthy of a Category 6 Rating  

The category 1 to 5 Saffir-Simpson scale for rating hurricanes is inadequate -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-03 18:30:00

Wildlife Trade Entangles Nearly a Fifth of the Planet's Vertebrate Animals  

In the first global estimate of its kind, researchers tally an incredible 5,600 species harvested for commercial use—and predict which ones could be next -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-03 18:00:00

Vaping-Related Lung Injuries Resemble Chemical Burns  

A study of 17 patients with the mysterious illnesses revealed inflammation suggestive of inhaled toxic substances -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-03 16:15:00

Ride Sharing Can Be Crucial to Better Health Outcomes  

Your Zip code no longer needs to determine the quality of care you receive -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-03 16:00:00

Beyond Quantum Supremacy: The Hunt for Useful Quantum Computers  

Researchers search for ways to put today’s small noisy quantum systems to work -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-03 15:30:00

5 Ways to Challenge Your Perfectionism  

A little perfectionism can get you a long way, but too much holds you back like a 300-pound bouncer trying to break up a bar fight -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-03 14:00:00

Astronomers Find Our Second Interstellar Visitor Looks like the Locals  

The object 2I/Borisov has the same composition as comets in the solar system, suggesting its system of origin might resemble ours -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-03 10:45:00

I Competed against an AI  

Here’s how I lost—and also won -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-03 04:00:00

Talking Health and Energy at UN Climate Action Summit  

Scientific American senior editor Jen Schwartz talks with WHO officials Dr. Maria Neira and Dr. Agnès Soucat about climate and health, and with Rachel Kyte, Special Representative to the UN... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-02 21:13:00

How Monarch Butterflies Evolved to Eat a Poisonous Plant  

By engineering mutations into fruit flies, scientists reconstructed how the bright orange butterflies came to tolerate to milkweed toxins -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-02 20:15:00

Why U.S. Officials Investigating Mysterious Vaping Deaths Are Focusing on Flavorings  

As lung injuries among e-cigarette users mount amid a youth vaping epidemic, the impact of new restrictions remains unclear -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-02 19:00:00

Spread of Deadly Mosquito-borne Disease May Be Linked to Climate Change  

Populations of the mosquito species thought to transmit Eastern equine encephalitis have persisted later than usual this year -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-02 16:30:00

Five Interventions for Treating Multidrug-Resistant TB  

The FDA has approved a drug combination that could be a could be a game changer. We should make sure its use is equitable and sustainable -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-02 16:00:00

Heat Changes Insect Call, but It Still Works  

Tiny insects called treehoppers produce very different mating songs at higher versus lower temperatures, but the intended recipient still finds the changed songs attractive. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-02 15:35:00

The Scientific Evidence for the Health Benefits of Cordyceps  

The Cordyceps fungus is said to have the power to fix a host of health problems from muscle fatigue to diabetes. But are the claims too good to be true? -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-02 14:00:00

How Dishonesty Drains You  

Deceitful behavior diminishes our ability to read emotions, with many consequences -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-02 10:45:00

Corals Can Inherit Symbiotic Adaptations to Warming  

Adult corals can reshuffle their symbiotic algae species to adapt to warming waters—and, it appears they can pass those adaptations on. Christopher Intagliata reports.  -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-02 00:00:00

The Importance of Forearm Strength and How to Build It  

Do you have weak forearms? Is your lack of forearm strength holding you back? Get-Fit Guy answers a listener's question and gets to the bottom of this weakness. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-01 19:30:00

Massachusetts Tops Energy Efficiency Rankings, But Other States Close In  

Climate initiatives improve some states’ rankings as others fall behind -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-01 16:30:00

The Path to a Profitable and Protected Amazon  

Thousands of products can be sustainably harvested from the forest, and indigenous peoples are crucial in helping us find them -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-01 16:00:00

The Economic Imperative of Reforming STEM Education  

To avoid stagnated growth and labor shortfalls, the U.S. must rethink its approach now -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-01 13:30:00

How to Prime Preschoolers for Success  

The best programs teach kids language skills and focusing abilities through innovative, child-centered activities -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-01 13:00:00

Brains of Blind People Adapt in Similar Fashion  

The brains of those who are blind repurpose the vision regions for adaptive hearing, and they appear to do so in a consistent way. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-01 12:59:11

Beekeepers Seek Resistance to the Honeybee's Most Fearsome Enemy  

Facing the scourge of a parasitic Asian mite, commercial beekeepers are trying to breed a resistant strain—but other threats loom -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-01 12:00:00

Creativity and AI: The Next Step  

Combining two types of machine intelligence could open new frontiers of art -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-01 11:00:00

Smartphone Data Show Voters in Black Neighborhoods Wait Longer  

A new analysis adds to existing evidence for a racial disparity in wait times at polling places -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

what do you think? 2019-10-01 10:45:00