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 In 1950, American farmers rejoiced at news ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Furthermore, aplodonts resemble squirrels in ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Last week my husband needed some jars for ...

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 The recent deaths of Freeman Dyson, Philip ...

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 ...

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 What did Triceratops smell like? Bones have ...

In recent days I've had some interesting conversations. There's a giddiness going around, related to an outpouring of science love - the kind you get from President Obama introducing TV science shows, ...

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’m as sworn to radical rationalism as 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 Let me tell you a tale of two grandfathers, ...