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Evolving Towards Murder: The Hare, the Tortoise, and the Aurora Madman
From David Barash’s post, The Hare, the Tortoise, and the Aurora Madman, in reaction to the tragedy in Colorado,...
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Actinobacteria as the Base of the Evolutionary Tree
Ever since Darwin first published The Origin of the Species, scientists have been striving to identify a last universal...
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Summer Storms to Create New Ozone Holes as Earth Warms?
Summer storms may create new holes in our protective ozone layer as Earth heats up—bringing increased solar ultraviolet radiation...
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Innovation for Social Change
Innovation researcher Maria Clara Couto Soares calls for a new debate on expanding the reach of grassroots social innovations.
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Grand Canyon-Sized Rift Speeding Antarctic Ice Melt
A rift in the Antarctic rock as deep as the Grand Canyon is increasing ice melt from the continent,...
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Mindfulness Meditation Reduces Loneliness
A new study has provided the first evidence that mindfulness meditation reduces loneliness in older adults. The researchers, led...
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Forest ‘Disruption’ Greater Threat Than Climate Change
Deforestation of protected areas and illegal hunting of endangered species that live there has a greater impact on biodiversity...
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What Sally Ride Did For STEM Education
From the editors at SciAm: Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, died on July 23 of pancreatic...
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What We Know About Climate Change and Drought
As farmers in the United States slog through the country’s largest drought in 50 years, a lot of people...
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Predictable Evolution: Different Insects, Same Adaptations
The famous biologist Stephen J. Gould once asked: If we rerun the tape of life, would the outcome of...