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Chronic-Fatigue Syndrome Gets Controversial Redefinition
An HHS panel recommends changing the condition's name to "systemic exertion intolerance disease" - Climate Central Energy & Sustainability
Paris Talks Won't Limit Global Warming to Less than 2 Degrees C
But can the Paris climate talks still be considered a success - Scientific American Volume 312, Issue 2 Space
How the Voyager Spacecraft Changed the World: An Interview with Scientist Jim Bell
In his new book Bell, who has sent probes to explore distant planets, tells how two craft carrying messages for extraterrestrials have journeyed farther from Earth than any other - News Energy & Sustainability
Stunning Earth Images Tell of Environmental Perils [Video]
The environmentally minded musicians in Bella Gaia premiere their debut music video, which includes visualizations from NASA, exclusively on Scientific American - 60-Second Space Space
Space Science Budget Gets Small Lift
NASA has to deal with the unexpected financial consequences of robotic missions that just keep going. Lee Billings reports. - 60-Second Science More Science
Subway DNA Survey Finds Microbes, Mozzarella and Mystery
Scientists sequenced genetic material found in all 468 New York City subway stations, and nearly half matched no known organism. Christopher Intagliata reports. - Scientific American Volume 312, Issue 2 More Science
Earth as a Laboratory; Sun as an Enigma
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American - Observations Energy & Sustainability
Don’t Block the Sun to Cope with Global Warming
Modified jets spewing sulfuric acid could haze the skies over the Arctic in a few years “for the price of a Hollywood blockbuster,” as physicist David Keith of Harvard University likes to say. - Climatewire Energy & Sustainability
Global Warming May Boost Dead Zones in Oceans
Ice Age evidence suggests rising temperatures could boost areas of ocean water with little oxygen for life - Dog Spies Mind & Brain
Why Some Dogs Hate Snow
As we discussed, there are many reasons why dogs love snow, but then... You look down at your own dog. A wonderful companion. Loved and loving. - SA Visual More Science
How to Choose the Form of an Infographic: It's All about Context
As a graphics designer, I have a love/hate relationship with circles. The humble form provides a relief from rigid rectangular chart structures that are pinned to x- and y-axes. - Scientific American Mind Volume 26, Issue 1 More Science
Do Women Earn Less Than Men in STEM Fields?
In most academic sciences men and women receive roughly equal pay, but some penalties for women persist - News Energy & Sustainability
Nuclear Blasts May Prove Best Marker of Humanity's Geologic Record [in Photos]
When did the Anthropocene begin? - Mind Matters Mind & Brain
Crows Understand Analogies
What birds can teach us about animal intelligence - News Technology
Nanotech Pioneer Langer Wins Award by Thinking Small
M.I.T.’s Robert Langer is being recognized for his efforts to fight cancer and other diseases by melding nanoscale engineering with science and medicine - 60-Second Science More Science
Newton Figured Out How Tree Sap Rises
Buried in one of Isaac Newton's college notebooks is a page on which he fairly accurately theorizes on the process of transpiration in plants, two centuries before the concept was elucidated. Karen Hopkin reports
- Environmental Health News Energy & Sustainability
Bald Eagles Prove Full of Flame Retardants
Michigan's bald eagles may be getting flame retardants from old couches and other discards - Inside Science News Service More Science
How a Wire Was Used to Measure a Tiny Force of Gravity
The crowning achievement of the 18th-century researcher was the design of the first experiment to measure the force of gravity between masses in a lab - Guest Blog Health
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: America's Greatest Health Risk of 2015?
Today, up to 25 percent of people in the U.S. are living with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), according to the American Liver Foundation. - Scientific American Volume 312, Issue 2 Mind & Brain
An Electrode in the Brain Turns Off Depression
Electrical stimulation deep within the brain may alleviate devastating mood disorders
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