This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American I occasionally find myself 20 feet off the ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Tax season is upon us. Although 95 percent of ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Preface: I am a marine scientist by trade, ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American How does matter make mind? More specifically, ...

Regular readers of Tet Zoo might know that I've published extensively on the theropod dinosaurs of a famous and much-studied Lower Cretaceous rock unit known as the Wealden Supergroup. This article ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Inspired by Scientific American ’s terrific ...

I love apostates, believers in or, better yet, conceivers of a theory who turn against it. They restore my faith in science, because they show that scientists can overcome attachment to their own ...

Incorrect credit:quote via the Urbana Free Library. I can find Shakespeare's works in the library, of course, just like I can find photographs hosted at Wikimedia Commons. But I wouldn't think to ...

First, some basic facts to convey the scale of the problem. Cancer is the second most lethal disease in the U.S., behind only heart disease. More than 1.7 million Americans were diagnosed with cancer ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Sometime in the not-too-distant future, Marie ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American I have a confession: I hate raw tomatoes.

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Some scientists seek to clarify reality, ...