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- The Price of Solar Is Declining to Unprecedented Lows http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/plugged-in/the-price-of-solar-is-declining-to-unprecedented-lows/ 164 comments
- String theorist Edward Witten says consciousness “will remain a mystery” http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/world-s-smartest-physicist-thinks-science-can-t-crack-consciousness/ 80 comments
- A Monkey’s Blueprint http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/sa-visual/2014/08/19/a-monkeys-blueprint/ 3 comments
- Are war crimes caused by bad apples or bad barrels? | Scientific American https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/are-war-crimes-caused-by-bad-apples-or-bad-barrels/ 15 comments politics
- Beware of Antibody-based COVID-19 "Immunity Passports" https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/beware-of-antibody-based-covid-19-immunity-passports/ 4 comments politics
- Don't Fall Prey to Scaremongering about 5G - Activists cite low-quality studies in arguing radio-frequency radiation is dangerous, but the weight of evidence shows no risk https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/dont-fall-prey-to-scaremongering-about-5g/ 83 comments technology
- We Must Defend Science in the Face of Political Attacks https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/we-must-defend-science-in-the-face-of-political-attacks/ 91 comments politics
- [deleted by user] https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/life-unbounded/revisiting-the-dyson-sphere/ 14 comments space
- Trump's "Fake News Awards" Are Both Absurd and Dangerous https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/trumps-fake-news-awards-are-both-absurd-and-dangerous/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sa-editorial-social&utm_content=&utm_term=blog_&sf179555771=1 24 comments politics
- Climate Deniers, You're Climate Deniers--Deal With It https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/climate-deniers-youre-climate-deniers-deal-with-it/ 25 comments politics
- The National Park Service Won't Be Silenced https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/rosetta-stones/the-national-park-service-wont-be-silenced 3 comments politics
- A Few of My Favorite Spaces: Lexicographic Ordering on the Unit Square https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/roots-of-unity/a-few-of-my-favorite-spaces-lexicographic-ordering-on-the-unit-square/ 13 comments math
- Overthinking an Erdős Quote about Ramsey Numbers and Evil Aliens https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/roots-of-unity/moores-law-and-ramsey-numbers/ 9 comments math
- Do Voters Adore Trump Because They Dread Death? “Terror Management” Theorist Sheldon Solomon Explains How Subliminal Fear of Death Can Affect Us on a Personal and Political Level. http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/do-voters-adore-trump-because-they-dread-death/ 13 comments politics
- Does the four-color theorem apply to Möbius strips? http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/roots-of-unity/a-few-of-my-favorite-spaces-the-moebius-strip/ 9 comments math
- The Fermi Paradox Is Not Fermi's, and It Is Not a Paradox http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/the-fermi-paradox-is-not-fermi-s-and-it-is-not-a-paradox/ 2 comments science
- Air pollution index - New Delhi vs Beijing (xpost r/China) http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/files/2014/03/air-pollution-action-china-vs-delhi.jpg 134 comments india
- Surprising new study shows adolescents are as risk-averse as senior citizens--their erratic behavior is actually due to a heightened willingness to explore. http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/frontiers-for-young-minds/2015/04/07/are-adolescents-really-risk-takers-most-adults-say-yes-but-the-science-is-starting-to-say-no/ 12 comments science
- Free Will and Quantum Clones: How Your Choices Today Affect the Universe at its Origin http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2011/09/19/free-will-and-quantum-clones-how-your-choices-today-affect-the-universe-at-its-origin/ 16 comments philosophy
- Is All the Universe from Nothing? http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2014/05/22/is-all-the-universe-from-nothing/ 45 comments space
- Dogs are very good at following human gaze, to the extent that if they think food might be hidden behind or in something they will actually stare through the object in question http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/not-bad-science/2014/05/12/dogs-follow-the-gaze-of-humans-especially-when-theres-food-involved/ 8 comments science
- Can a Closed Set Be Open? Can an Open Set Be Closed? When Math and Language Collide http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/roots-of-unity/2013/09/30/can-a-closed-set-be-open/ 10 comments math
- The Dirtiest Lunar Mystery Of All | Life, Unbounded, Scientific American Blog Network http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/life-unbounded/2013/08/19/the-dirtiest-lunar-mystery-of-all/?wt_mc_id=sa_wr_20130821 3 comments space
- People with more accurate self-knowledge tend to have stronger relationships http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2013/08/09/accurate-self-beliefs-strengthen-relationships/ 16 comments science
- What Lives at the Bottom of the Mariana Trench? More Than You Might Think http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/artful-amoeba/2013/04/14/what-lives-at-the-bottom-of-the-mariana-trench-more-than-you-might-think/ 16 comments science
- An informative "Scientific American" article about Free Home Solar. Clean energy - Lower Costs - Spread the word http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/solar-at-home/2011/08/22/can-you-really-get-solar-panels-installed-for-free/ 9 comments technology
- Human Brain Cells Make Mice Smart "A team of neuroscientists has grafted human brain cells into the brains of mice and found that the rodents’ rate of learning and memory far surpassed that of ordinary mice." http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2013/03/07/human-brain-cells-make-mice-smart/#.utjahrtq80e.reddit 107 comments science
- Stupid use of chemicals: soaking furniture foam in toxic chemicals that don't prevent fires. http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2013/02/11/my-toxic-couchs-days-are-numbered-new-furniture-flammability-standard-proposed/ 12 comments science
- First orgasm caught on brain scanner. How did she get herself off in a giant machine in front of 20 old male scientists? http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2011/11/15/only-epilepsy-brings-more-activity-to-womens-brains-than-does-self-stimulation-to-orgasm/ 173 comments science
- Why Does a Southern Drawl Sound Uneducated to Some? http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2012/12/07/why-does-a-southern-drawl-sound-uneducated-to-some/ 57 comments linguistics
- Octopuses Gain Consciousness (According to Scientists’ Declaration) http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/octopus-chronicles/2012/08/21/octopuses-gain-consciousness-according-to-scientists-declaration/ 75 comments philosophy
- Yes, Government Researchers Really Did Invent the Internet: A response to the WSJ http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2012/07/23/yes-government-researchers-really-did-invent-the-internet/ 30 comments politics
- North Carolina Considers Making Predicting Sea Level Rise Illegal - "We take what we want to be reality, and we just make it law." http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/plugged-in/2012/05/30/nc-makes-sea-level-rise-illegal/?wt.mc_id=sa_twitter_mdichristina 37 comments politics
- What 3 Science Questions Do You Think the Presidential Candidates Need to Answer before November 6th? http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2012/04/25/what-three-science-questions-do-you-think-the-presidential-candidates-need-to-answer-before-november-6th/ 6 comments politics
- "A graduate student of famed neuroscientist Ramachandran has found a group of men and women who report that their sexual identity can switch involuntarily to that of the opposite sex and back again." http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2012/04/19/ramachandrans-lab-looks-into-whether-you-can-be-a-man-in-the-morning-and-a-woman-at-night/ 6 comments science
- Something unusual has been spotted lurking around several galaxies’ central black holes. Astronomers think it may be limiting the growth of the black holes – and stars elsewhere in the galaxies, too. http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/basic-space/2012/02/29/how-ufos-curb-black-hole-growth/ 27 comments science
- Schism over H5N1 Avian Flu Research Leaks Out - http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2012/02/03/schism-over-h5n1-avian-flu-research-leaks-out/ 14 comments science
- U.S. State Science Standards Are “Mediocre to Awful” http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/budding-scientist/2012/02/01/u-s-state-science-standards-are-mediocre-to-awful/?fullpage 884 comments science
- Can Politicians be Trusted with Science? http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2011/08/31/can-politicians-be-trusted-with-science/ 3 comments politics
- There is no Higgs?? CERN scientists say the Higgs boson is excluded as a possibility with a 95% probability. http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2011/08/23/a-higgs-setback-did-stephen-hawking-just-win-the-most-outrageous-bet-in-physics-history/ 989 comments science