The Sciences
A Tale of Two Undergrounds
"To be happy, stay hidden." - Yopie, Parisian cataphile Ever since reading Jennifer Toth's The Mole People as a teen, I've been intrigued by the metropolitan underground.
Anthropology in Practice
Exploring the human condition.
The Sciences
Editor's Selections: City Crowds, Helpful Chimps and Mean Baboons, Sexual Satisfaction, and Large Babies
I just flew in from Boston, and boy are my arms tired. No? Not even a small smile? Okay, in all seriousness, I've been traveling so my selections for this week cover the work done by bloggers last week as well: Overcrowding...
Mind
Smells From the Past: The Fulton Fish Market
Ed Note: This post originally appeared on The Urban Ethnographer, where it was selected as a ResearchBlogging Editor's Selection. It has been slightly edited for posting here.
Energy
When the Lights Go Down in the City
New York City owes a debt of thanks to Thomas Edison for the brilliance that the skyline projects at night. He is the reason that we have the power to be the city that never sleeps. But can our grid sustain our needs today?...
The Sciences
What a Tangled Web We Weave
And how prettily it is displayed when it is covered in dew!I took this photo on my way to the rail earlier this week. The more I think about it, the more it reminds me that we all have to attend to some business or another to manage our daily lives...
The Sciences
#NYCSciTweetUp Follow-Up
The third #NYCSciTweetUp was a huge success! Thanks to all who came out to The Peculier Pub. It was a pleasure seeing so many new faces mingling with familiar ones!
Arts & Culture
The Culture of Coffee Drinkers
Coffees offer us a way to look at our relationship to the larger world and see that sometimes our choices are not really our own, to think about how brands and larger market forces can help create what appear to be stable icons in our lives...
Health
The Hidden Costs of Food: Food Prints and Healthy Eating
Ed Note: A version of this article appeared on Anthropology in Practice on Jan. 26th, 2010. How much do we really know about the food we eat? How do items like fruits and vegetables get to the supermarket?...
Health
Are We Ashamed of Lunch?
Ed. Note: This article originally appeared on Anthropology in Practice on May 2, 2011. Lunch is an often neglected meal of the day: sometimes skipped, many times hastily consumed, lunch is often over before it begins...
The Sciences
Editor's Selections: Adult Brains, Frozen DNA, Stimulating Speech, and Smelly Knights
Here are my ResearchBlogging.org picks for this past week: It turns out that there is truth to the statement that thirty is the new twenty - well, at least in terms of brain development...
Blog Index
@ScientificAmerican
STAFFBehind the scenes at Scientific American
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Anecdotes from the Archive
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Anthropology in Practice
Exploring the human condition.
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Beautiful Minds
Insights into intelligence, creativity, personality, and well-being
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Budding Scientist
Everything you always wanted to know about raising science-literate kids
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Cross-Check
Critical views of science in the news
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Dark Star Diaries
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Dog Spies
Explore the science behind the dog in your bed
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Extinction Countdown
News and research about endangered species from around the world
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Eye of the Storm
The Science Behind Extreme Weather
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Frontiers for Young Minds
Science by and for kids ages 8-15
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Guest Blog
Commentary invited by editors of Scientific American
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Hot Planet
Climate science in a changing world
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Illusion Chasers
Illusions, Delusions, and Everyday Deceptions
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Life, Unbounded
Discussion and news about planets, exoplanets, and astrobiology
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Observations
Opinion, arguments & analyses from guest experts and from the editors of Scientific American
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Roots of Unity
Mathematics: learning it, doing it, celebrating it.
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Rosetta Stones
Adventures in the good science of rock-breaking.
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SA Visual
STAFFIllustrating science since 1845
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Talking back
STAFFA science blog, sans blague
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The Artful Amoeba
A Blog About the Weird Wonderfulness of Life on Earth
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Voices
Exploring and celebrating diversity in science.
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