Scientific American

Friday the 21st of August 2009

New Injection-Needle Patch Lends Credence to the Promise: "This Won't Hurt a Bit" - 14:21

Prickly Problem: Engineering Mosquitoes to Spread Less Disease without Boosting Virulence - 14:21

Brighter Idea: Next-Generation Inorganic LEDs Promise Longer Lives and More Lumens [Slide Show] - 13:56

California Acts to Control Chromium in Drinking Water - 12:07

Thursday the 20th of August 2009

Rising Ocean Acidity Erodes Alaska's Fisheries - 14:42

Tuesday the 18th of August 2009

Bizarre Fossil Organisms Likely Absorbed Nutrients through Their Skin - 16:21

Severe Sleep Apnea May Bring Greater Risk of Death for Some - 15:35

Monday the 17th of August 2009

Making Chemical Scents of Decomposition - 15:07

Anti-Aging Pill Targets Telomeres at Ends of Chromosomes - 13:14

Sunday the 16th of August 2009

Cocaine Contaminates Majority of U.S. Currency - 18:49

Friday the 14th of August 2009

Open-Source Textbooks a Mixed Bag in California - 17:21

Gene Therapy Treatment for Blindness Proves Safe--and Effective--One Year In - 14:42

Thursday the 13th of August 2009

Human See, Human Do--And That Goes for Monkeys, Too - 17:35

Cooked Results: Modern Toolmaker Uses Fire to Solve 72,000-Year-Old Mystery - 15:42

Rare Genetic Mutation Lets Some People Function with Less Sleep - 14:35

Tasting the Light: Device Lets Blind "See" with Their Tongues - 09:21

Wednesday the 12th of August 2009

Is Northwestern India's Breadbasket Running Out of Water? - 16:28

Tuesday the 11th of August 2009

Are Germ-Killing Soaps Affecting Dolphin Development? - 12:14

Is the Frog-Killing Chytrid Fungus Fueled by Climate Fluctuations? - 06:35

Monday the 10th of August 2009

Artful Science: Peering into Ancient Pigments - 18:35

Saturday the 8th of August 2009

Avian Silence: Without Birds to Disperse Seeds, Guam's Forest Is Changing - 08:49

Friday the 7th of August 2009

Carbon Nanomaterials: Fine for Fly Food, Bad for Fly Coating - 14:28

Some California Amphibians May Need a Lift to Survive Climate Change - 12:56

Scratch that Theory: Itchiness and Pain May Not Share the Same Sensory Pathway - 10:42

Prey Tell: How Fish Track Their Quarry, Even When They Can't See It - 08:28

Thursday the 6th of August 2009

Small-Scale Quantum Processor Gets Its Act Together - 18:14

Planet-Hunting Spacecraft Shows Its Stuff by Detecting a Known Exoplanet - 13:42

First U.S. "Power Tower" Lights Up California - 13:42

Heart-Lung Machine May Not Be the Culprit in Post-Op "Pump Head" Syndrome - 08:14

Wednesday the 5th of August 2009

Will Tree Plantations Spur the Release of Carbon Locked in Soil? - 16:42

Rural Well Water Linked to Parkinson's Disease - 12:14

Tuesday the 4th of August 2009

Lake Sediments Cast More Doubt That a Comet Caused Ice Age Extinctions - 15:56

How Many Candies Are in That Jar? - 14:07

Monday the 3rd of August 2009

Goody-Goody Hormone Now Linked to Envy, Gloating - 15:14

Are Contaminants Silencing Our Genes? - 12:56

Friday the 31st of July 2009

Organelle Simulated on Microchip for First Time - 17:28

Fungus Makes Zombie Ants Do All the Work - 17:28

Fossil Fuels without the Fossils? - 16:21

Thursday the 30th of July 2009

Google Android, iPhone May Be Vulnerable to SMS Hackers - 19:35

Homo Sapiens Fingered in Neandertal Cold Case - 18:28

Comet Formation Theory May Not Be Set in Stone (or Ice) - 16:35

Real Good or Feel-Good? Does Ecosystem Restoration Pay Off? - 14:21

Wednesday the 29th of July 2009

Croc Unlocked: A Gene Map for the Fashion Industry - 17:35

Shrimpy Sea Life May Mix Oceans as Much as Tides and Winds Do - 17:35

Tuesday the 28th of July 2009

Security on the (Eye)Ball: Hands-Free Iris Biometrics to Keep Bad Guys at Bay - 16:56

Monday the 27th of July 2009

Seawater Gets a New Definition - 16:07

Friday the 24th of July 2009

Should Thursday Be the New Friday? The Environmental and Economic Pluses of the 4-Day Workweek - 17:07

Seedy Solution: China Tries to Keep Nature from Raining on the Asian Games - 17:07

Thursday the 23rd of July 2009

A Less Shady Future: Could Climate Change Mean Fewer Clouds? - 16:42

Wednesday the 22nd of July 2009

Pre-Columbian Map of North America Could Be Authentic--Or not - 16:14