Scientific American April 2020 Bird’s-eye views of Earth, Civil War submarine mystery, and more The Human Planet: Earth at the Dawn of the Anthropocene Photography by George Steinmetz text by Andrew Revkin. Abrams Books, 2020 ($50) Having trouble accessing this article? Please visit our FAQ page for more information Support Science Journalism Discover world-changing science. […]
A preliminary estimate from NOAA finds that levels of atmospheric methane, a potent heat-trapping gas, have hit an all-time high. Methane is roughly 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide, and while it stays in the atmosphere for only around a decade, as opposed to centuries, like CO2, its continued rise poses a major challenge to […]
The SARS-CoV-2 virus currently burning through world populations has caused us to take extreme measures to flatten the infection curve. Throughout the United States, cities, counties, and states have enacted strict social distancing measures. Schools, theaters, public facilities, and non-essential businesses are closed. Shelter-in-place orders have been issued. Few of our usual outlets for exercise […]
As the U.S. tops the chart on COVID-19 cases and growth rate, the theme of regret is ubiquitous in the media. Lost time that could have been spent enacting more stringent distancing measures weighs on the minds of many leaders and citizens. As a researcher in uncertainty visualization, I fear a different sort of regret […]
The recent deaths of Freeman Dyson, Philip Anderson and Margaret Burbidge have stirred up memories of other giants of physics. I’m posting profiles of some of these characters in the hope that readers will find them interesting and relevant to current scientific controversies. They might also provide a distraction from coronavirus coverage. Below is an edited version of a portrait […]
As we adjust to life in the midst the COVID-19 pandemic, the scientific community is working overtime to understand the virus and mitigate its impacts. While much of the general public is seeing for the first time the risks and disruption caused by a novel contagious disease, those of us who work in this field […]
Reports of recovery from serious illness caused by the coronavirus have been trickling in from around the world. Physicians are swapping anecdotes on social media: a 38-year-old man who went home after three weeks at the Cleveland Clinic, including 10 days in intensive care. A 93-year-old woman in New Orleans whose breathing tube was removed, […]
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Please. I know it’s hard right now. I know it’s confusing. I know I’m confused. But they are confused too. The schools we have spent a lifetime saying are so important – stay-in-school-slogans important – have sent them home. The clubs they joined to get into college or to find their place or to fill […]
I’m a big fan of sushi and ceviche, so I was alarmed to see the headline on a recent news release from the University of Washington stating that “‘Sushi parasites’ have increased 283-fold in past 40 years.” But after digging into the research, which came out of a marine ecology lab run by Chelsea Wood […]