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Scientific American is a popular-science magazine, published monthly since August 28, 1845, making it the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States. It brings articles about new and innovative research to the amateur and lay audience. Scientific American (informally abbreviated to "SciAm") roughly has a monthly circulation of 555,000 US and 90,000 international as of December 2005.[1] Though a well-respected magazine, it is not a peer-reviewed scientific journal in the sense of Nature or Communications of the ACM; rather, it is a forum where scientific theories and ... More » (Source: Wikipedia)
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Birth of a Notion: Implicit Social Cognition and the "Birther" Movement
A black president, however, causes great cognitive dissonance in some. But members of the “birther” movement have found a clever solution: Obama isn’t really president! ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Europe Eyes Africa for Solar Power
European government and industry have been eyeing tracts of sun-drenched, vacant land in North Africa and the Middle East for some time. And now, officials and business ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Did China's Nuclear Tests Kill Thousands and Doom Future Generations?
Three decades on, Tohti, now a medical doctor, is launching an investigation into the toll still being taken—and one that the Chinese government steadfastly refuses to ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Meditation on Demand
In the fall of 2005, the Dalai Lama gave the inaugural Dialogues between Neuroscience and Society lecture at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in Washington, ...Posted by Leo Romero -
The Next Generation of Biofuels
Once the next generation of biofuels becomes available, you could swing by the local energy station and fill up on a liquid that is virtually identical to gasoline. It would ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
5 Years After: Portugal's Drug Decriminalization Policy Shows Positive Results
In the face of a growing number of deaths and cases of HIV linked to drug abuse, the Portuguese government in 2001 tried a new tack to get a handle on the problem—it ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Giving the Power Grid Some Backbone
A stiff wind blows year-round in North Dakota. In Arizona the sun beats down virtually every day. The U.S. has vast quantities of renewable electricity sources waiting to be ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Cruel irony: Do renewable power plants threaten their surrounding environment?
Do the potential benefits of plants that use renewable sources such as wind and solar to generate energy outweigh the environmental damage that could be caused to make way for ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Drilling the Arctic for Energy
On a day marking the 20th anniversary of the notorious Exxon Valdez oil spill, environmentalists urged lawmakers to reinstate a ban on new offshore drilling for oil and gas in ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Obama's Climate Challenge: Winning the Carbon Game
When it comes to perhaps the largest and most complex policy challenge facing the Obama administration—finally slowing the pace of global warming before dangerous changes ...Posted by Derek Hawkins
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Depression's Evolutionary Roots
Depression seems to pose an evolutionary paradox. Research in the US and other countries estimates that between 30 to 50 percent of people have met current psychiatric ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Lard Lesson: Why Fat Lubricates Your Appetite
When you've spent the weekend splurging on greasy fast foods, your bathroom scale isn't alone in reeling from the impact. Your brain does, too. New research shows just how ... -
Why the #$%! Do We Swear? For Pain Relief
Bad language could be good for you, a new study shows. For the first time, psychologists have found that swearing may serve an important function in relieving pain. The ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Pride: Deadly Sin or Social Lubricant?
Think back to the last time that you beat a friend at a card game or outdid your previous record in a 5K race. Did you try to suppress your satisfaction so that others ...Posted by Leo Romero -
The Science of Economic Bubbles and Busts
The worst economic crisis since the Great Depression has prompted a reassessment of how financial markets work and how people make decisions about moneyPosted by Derek Hawkins -
Why Aren't More Women Tenured Science Professors?
A new government study surveyed top-tier research universities to see how women were faring in the largely male-dominated fields of math and science -
Secrets of the Phallus: Why Is the Penis Shaped Like That?: Scientific American
f you’ve ever had a good, long look at the human phallus, whether yours or someone else’s, you’ve probably scratched your head over such a peculiarly shaped device.Posted by nanouchka -
Cancer Clues from Embryonic Development
“This is a fundamentally different way of thinking. A cell that mutates looks for genes that can help it flourish” and finds them in the suites of developmental genesPosted by Katie Gilmartin -
Could Food Shortages Bring Down Civilization?
food shortages could bring down not only individual governments but also our global civilization. Our continuing failure to deal with the environmental declines that are ...Posted by Katie Gilmartin -
Soldiers' Stress: What Doctors Get Wrong about PTSD
A growing number of experts insist that the concept of post-traumatic stress disorder is itself disordered and that soldiers are suffering as a result.Posted by Noelle Morano
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