October 15, 20242 min readHidden Patterns in Folk Songs Reveal How Music EvolvedSongs and speech across cultures suggest music developed similar features around the worldBy Allison Parshall, Duncan Geere & Miriam Quick Duncan Geere and Miriam Quick from Loud NumbersHumans...
Fifteen years ago cosmologists were flying high. The simple but wildly successful “standard model of cosmology” could, with just a few ingredients, account for a lot of what we see in the universe. It seemed to explain the distribution of...
October 15, 20241 min readBook Review: Inside the Global Movement to Protect Forests from Climate ChangeLessons from the people making forest ecosystems more resilientBy Lyndsie Bourgon On supporting science journalismIf you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning journalism by...
October 15, 20244 min readContributors to Scientific American’s November 2024 IssueWriters, artists, photographers and researchers share the stories behind the storiesBy Allison ParshallMiriam Quick and Duncan Geere. Duncan Geere and Miriam QuickGraphic ScienceOn their podcast, Loud Numbers, Miriam Quick and...
October 15, 20243 min readLucy Turns 50, and Dark Energy Gets More MysteriousWhat works to improve health equity? And it might be time to end the leap secondBy Laura Helmuth Scientific American, November 2024Something strange is happening with dark energy....
October 15, 20242 min readBook Review: Fifty years later, Ursula K. Le Guin’s Novel about Utopian Anarchists Is as Relevant as EverIn The Dispossessed, a physicist is caught between societiesBy Alan Scherstuhl FICTIONThe Dispossessed: A Novel (50th Anniversary Edition) by...
Math Puzzle: Play Architect with These Houses of CardsBy Hans-Karl EderJovan built these five houses of cards using a total of exactly 90 playing cards. Now he wants to build one large house consisting of exactly 100 cards. Can such...
October 15, 20244 min readKids with ADHD May Still Have Symptoms as AdultsFortunately, recognition and treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in grown-ups are getting betterBy Lydia Denworth I know of someone who was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder...
October 15, 20241 min readBook Review: The Big Costs of Mining the Planet for Electric PowerVince Beiser’s tour of the “Electro-Digital Age” puts resource extraction at the centerBy Dana Dunham On supporting science journalismIf you're enjoying this article, consider supporting...
Alyson Velasquez hates needles. She never liked getting shots as a kid, and her anxiety only grew as she got older. “It really ballooned in my teens and early 20s,” she says. “It became a full-blown phobia.” She would panic...
