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Ape ‘Genius’ Smarter Than the Average Chimp
Certain apes appear to be much smarter than others, with at least one chimpanzee now called “exceptional” when compared...
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A New Kind of Social Science for the 21st Century
Over at Edge.org, Harvard University physician and social scientist Nicholas A. Christakis discusses transformative changes in the social sciences...
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Quantum Processor Factors Prime Number
Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have built a quantum processor that can factor a composite number – in this...
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How “Policy By Panic” Can Backfire for Environmentalists
When well-meaning campaigners want us to pay attention to global warming, they often end up pitching beyond the facts....
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More Trial, Less Error: An Effort to Improve Scientific Studies
So many scientific studies are making incorrect claims that a new service has sprung up to fact-check reported findings...
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Celebrating Impractical Physicists
Do you think cutting-edge scientists should earn as much as star athletes, celebrity artists or Wall Street bankers? The...
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Higgs Boson Results From LHC ‘Get Even Stronger’
The Higgs boson-like particle whose discovery was announced on 4 July looks significantly more certain to exist. The particle...
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Dance as Algorithm: What Happens When an Animated GIF Comes to Life
To learn about the Internet, we tend to turn to … the Internet. Blogs comment on blogs commenting on...
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Why Do We Keep Going Back to Mars?
The huge NASA rover speeding toward an August landing on Mars may be the most capable and complex Red...
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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...