When True Innovation Begins
10 Questions with... March 8, 2010
Amy Cannon, green chemist and non-profit director, answers our 10 questions, discussing low-energy solar cells, training scientists to weed out toxicity, and what makes benign chemistry such a good business proposition.
Now In Ideas
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Fishy Findings and Kinky Sex
In this week's Findings Log, we examine new research on Earth’s magnetic fields, confusion about what constitutes “sex,” frogs that change sex, and more.
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A Sober Assessment
Alcohol is an important part of life in many cultures throughout the world, but there are many misperceptions about this common social lubricant.
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Sentient Slime?
Slime molds form patterns similar to rail and road networks, and bacteria organize slimy scouting parties and move in groups. Is there such a thing as microbial intelligence?
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Mosquito Noses and Baby Brains
In this week's Findings Log, we examine new research that studies mosquitoes' sense of smell, bilingual babies, brain-computer interfaces, and more.
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The Stunning Diversity of Plants
Kirsten Bomblies, MacArthur genius and Harvard biology professor, answers our 10 questions, discussing the immune system of plants and how young scientists can keep inspiration alive.
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The Evolution of Illumination
Researchers are now uncovering how—and why—bioluminescent organisms evolved the ability to glow.
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Urban Resilience
Merging complex systems science and ecology, resilience scientists have broken new ground on understanding—and preserving—natural ecosystems. Now, as more and more people move into urban hubs, they are bringing this novel science to the city.
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Yellow, Black, and Blues
A look at our agricultural past may explain why honey bees around the world began disappearing three years ago.
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Incredible Journeys
Some animals can instinctively solve navigational problems that have baffled humans for centuries. Now, researchers are uncovering how.
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The Matthew Effect
When it comes to scientific publishing and fame, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. How can we break this feedback loop?
Research Blogging
Are Animals People?
The disparity between experiments that suggest sophisticated cognition in animals and those that find hard limits to animal intelligence has created a debate over animal “personhood.”
What We Know
Going, Going, Gone
The second most common element in the universe is increasingly rare on Earth—except, for now, in America.
10 Questions with...
Earth-like Planets Aren’t Rare
Renowned planetary scientist James Kasting on the odds of finding another Earth-like planet and the power of science fiction.
Research Blogging
Why Do We Believe?
Science is developing new insights into how religious beliefs may have evolved, but often the research brings up more questions than it answers.
Now on SEEDMAGAZINE.COM
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World
Press Gang
With New York City about to let bloggers qualify for press passes, a look at what breaking down the walls between old and new media means for science reporting.
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Culture
The Ancient, Distant, and Dead
Inspired by scientific research, Katie Paterson creates art based on data from faraway melting glaciers, long-dead stars, and the initial moments of the universe.
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Ideas
A Sober Assessment
Alcohol is an important part of life in many cultures throughout the world, but there are many misperceptions about this common social lubricant.
