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March 13, 2024
No one can bring the excitement of Earth and space science to the classroom like NASA! Launch your lessons to the next level with these eight essential resources for K-12 teachers: Experience the Total Solar Eclipse Whether you’re on or off the path of totality (find out here!), we’ve put together this guide to help […]
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February 13, 2026
Scientific American’s staff recommends eight books that are as full of science as they are of love
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April 25, 2012
Researchers from the University of Oviedo have for the first time analyzed a DNA fragment from commercial feed for aquarium cichlids, aquaculture of salmon and marine fish in aquariums. The results show that in order to manufacture this feed, eight species of high trophic level fish have been used, some of them coming directly from extractive fisheries.
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September 20, 2023
This spring, I hit a major life milestone: graduating high school. On one hand, the ceremony was cathartic for me and I felt prepared to take on college. On the other hand, even though I couldn’t relive high school, I still had this feeling of being ready to do it all over again. This time,...
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January 27, 2012
Hundreds of rare, endemic species in the Central Andes remain unprotected and are increasingly under threat from development and climate change, according to a Duke University-led international study.
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March 27, 2012
The Wildlife Conservation Society and partners signed an agreement this month that will safeguard some 80,000 acres of intact forest in Guatemala in the heart of the sprawling Maya Biosphere Reserve.
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April 9, 2012
In the face of mass deforestation of the Amazon, we could learn from its earliest inhabitants who managed their farmland sustainably. Research from an international team of archaeologists and paleoecologists, published today (April 9, 2012) in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows for the first time that indigenous people, living in the savannas around the Amazonian forest, farmed without using fire.
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April 9, 2012
In the face of mass deforestation of the Amazon, recent findings indicate that we could learn from its earliest inhabitants who managed their farmland sustainably. Research shows for the first time that indigenous people, living in the savannas around the Amazonian forest, farmed without using fire. Instead early inhabitants practiced 'raised-field' farming, which involved constructing small agricultural mounds with wooden tools. These raised fields provided better drainage, soil aeration and…
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February 23, 2012
If you can read this sentence with ease, consider yourself fortunate: millions of Americans with dyslexia cannot. In the hope of improving the lives of those struggling readers, a team of experts at Florida State University is working to better understand and diagnose dyslexia and other learning disabilities with a new, $8.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.
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February 15, 2012
The US Air Force Office of Scientific Research has awarded $8.5 million to a consortium of seven US universities that will work together to determine the best approach for generating quantum memories based on interaction between light and matter.
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