Technology
Sunday Photoblogging: Vertical Panorama
Wandering around Century City last week, I thought I'd try to do a vertical panorama - 6 shots taken in vertical succession - rather than the more typical horizontal style.
The Thoughtful Animal
Exploring the evolution and architecture of the mind
Mind & Brain
An Archival Treasure: Singing Mice
The recent talk of ultrasonic tarsiers reminded me of a post I wrote a couple years ago. You see, tarsiers aren't the only animal to communicate at a sound frequency beyond the level of human hearing: mice do as well...
Health
Editor's Selections: Blood Tests for Depression, the Axolotl, Dopamine, and The Bachelor
Here are my Research Blogging Editor's Selections for this week. "Imagine that there was a blood test that could detect depression," writes the Neuroskeptic.
The Sciences
Sunday Photoblogging: Overbaked Sunset
I don't typically like such "overbaked," overprocessed photos. But I sort of like how this photo, taken last week at Venice Beach, came out.
Mind & Brain
7 Things You Didn't Know About Groundhogs
Happy Groundhog Day! Today is the day each year in which we look towards a giant rodent to find out how much more winter we'll have to endure. This year, we probably know the answer: winter hasn't been very wintery, even for Los Angeles...
Health
Synchronized Eating: Social Influences on Eating Behavior
When I was a kid, I used to spend hours listening to Adam Carolla and Dr. Drew Pinsky on their Sunday night call-in radio show Loveline. I listened so often that I began to incorporate one of their catchphrases - "good times" - into my daily conversations...
Mind & Brain
Editor's Selections: Thinking Outside the Box, Music and Language, and Fish Brains
Here are my Research Blogging Editor's Selections for this week. What happens when psychologists take things too literally? They put people in boxes, that's what.
The Sciences
Art+Photowalk at the NCSU Arboretum (#scio12)
In liew of this week's Sunday Photoblogging, here is a giant smattering of photos, from last week's Science Online conference in Raleigh, NC. In addition, here are photos from the beautiful NCSU Arboretum (the first 23 photos) as well as a few from the Huntington Gardens near LA...
Evolution
Are Wallabies Left or Right Handed? Both! (Sometimes)
Which limb do you prefer? If you're like most members of our species, you prefer your right hand for most tasks. If you're like a smaller minority of our species, you might prefer your left hand...
Mind & Brain
Editor's Selections: Data, Novelty, and Pets
Here are my Research Blogging Editor's Selections for this week. Sometimes you're interested in new papers not for the main results that the authors present, but for some other data you see in a graph that might catch the corner of your eye...
Blog Index
@ScientificAmerican
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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
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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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