SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN News, Feb 03, 2012

Elegance of Spider Webs Helps Make Them Strong [Video] Scientific American (blog) And that information could help scientists design stronger and more flexible materials. About the Author: Katherine Harmon is an associate editor forScientific American covering health, medicine and life sciences. Follow on Twitter @katherineharmon. See all stories on this topic » Scientific American (blog)

On selfish genes and human behaviour Scientific American (blog) By SE Gould | January 28, 2012 | 3 I'm safely back from my honeymoon, and I was catching up on the Scientific American articles when I found one that quite disturbed me. I don't usually use this blog as a forum for thoughts about things that aren't ... See all stories on this topic »

Story Collider: Where Science is a Story Well Told New York Times (blog) For a taste, here's John Rennie, the writer and former editor in chief of Scientific American, describing a nearly-intimate encounter with an aggressive lab rat: The next round is this Thursday night at 92Y Tribeca in lower Manhattan, and the subject ... See all stories on this topic »

Google Science Fair 2012: Everyone has a question. What's yours? The Guardian (blog) Remember last year's online Google Science Fair? Well, hold on to your hats because they're doing it again this year! In partnership with CERN, Lego, National Geographic and Scientific American, Google has announced their second online science fair. See all stories on this topic »

Untethered tech: Wireless sensors monitor brain waves CNET (blog) by Scientific American January 27, 2012 1:27 PM PST A fighter pilot heads back to base after a long mission, feeling spent. A warning light flashes on the control panel. Has she noticed? If so, is she focused enough to fix the problem? See all stories on this topic »

David Suzuki: Science literacy is good for society Straight.com My area of training as a scientist is genetics. It's a huge subject and I don't always know everything going on outside my field. I try to keep up by reading journals like Scientific American. People shouldn't feel that saying “I don't know” is ... See all stories on this topic » Straight.com

Why Big Data Won't Make You Smart, Rich, Or Pretty Fast Company Dirk Helbing of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich is more ambitious. His €1-billion project, the topic of the December 2011 Scientific American cover story, seeks to do nothing less than foretell the future. The meaningful use of Big ... See all stories on this topic » Fast Company

Michio Kaku, physicist, and bestselling author to discuss his book, "Physics ... ReadMedia (press release) In a starred review, Publishers Weekly said, "Science and science fiction buffs can easily follow Kaku's explanations as he shows that in the wonderful worlds of science, impossible things are happening every day." Scientific American said of ... See all stories on this topic »

Climate Change Has Helped Bring Down Cultures Scientific American (blog) About the Author: David Biello is the associate editor for environment and energy at Scientific American. Follow on Twitter @dbiello. The views expressed are those of the author and are not necessarily those ofScientific American. See all stories on this topic » Scientific American (blog)

Science Briefs Charlotte Observer In the January issue of Scientific American, David Stipp writes about mammalian TOR, or mTOR, a protein that researchers think might hold the key to developing anti-aging pharmaceuticals. When you're young, mTOR helps regulate cell growth, ... See all stories on this topic »

US State Science Standards Are 'Mediocre to Awful' Scientific American (blog) But it also reveals some intriguing details about exactly what's going wrong with the way many American students are learning science. Standards are the foundation upon which educators build curricula, write textbooks and train teachers– they often ... See all stories on this topic » Scientific American (blog)

#SciAmBlogs Monday – MIN awards, Quantum Entanglement, Neglected Tropical ... Scientific American (blog) Scientific American is a finalist in four categories: I am not sure who does the judging and how (does not seem to be a community/online effort) and it is unfortunate there are no links to any of the finalists so you have to google them. See all stories on this topic »

9 Tech Innovations For Your Health InformationWeek In November, Scientific American included the product on its list of "world-changing ideas." The company has backing from the Qualcomm Ventures' Life Fund, among other investors. Qualcomm, Burrill & Co., and the Oklahoma Life Sciences Fund together ... See all stories on this topic »

My missed abduction opportunity Hattiesburg American Michael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic magazine and a contributor to Scientific American, tells of his days as an ultra-marathon cyclist. After several days on a bike with no sleep, he became convinced his racing team consisted of aliens trying to coax ... See all stories on this topic »

Opinion: Investment in collaborative education is an investment in our future The Star-Ledger - NJ.com Shirley Ann Jackson, president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, insists that we must strengthen science education to secure our future (Scientific American, December 2011). Many of our scientists are now taking the initiative to collaborate on the ... See all stories on this topic »

Non-Sissy Uncertainty: Why I Inflict Nassim “Black Swan” Taleb on My Students Scientific American (blog) I am a faculty member within the College of Arts & Letters, aka CAL, of Stevens Institute of Technology, a university dedicated primarily to engineering and the hard sciences. And so naturally I and my CAL colleagues—who include professors of history, ... See all stories on this topic » Scientific American (blog)

Do you want to join the Guardian's science blog network? The Guardian (blog) ... our blogs covered more science subjects and could better reflect the sterling work being done in the farthest reaches of the blogosphere, everywhere from Scientific American and Wired Science to Scientopia, Deep Sea News and Occam's Typewriter. See all stories on this topic » The Guardian (blog)

Musings on #Diversity at #Scio12, Guest Post by Daniela Hernandez Scientific American (blog) That's why witnessing the amount of support for minorities in science and sciencecommunications at Science Online last week was wonderfully inspiring and reassuring.Scientific American blogger and scientist Danielle Lee and Alberto Roca ... See all stories on this topic »

Word of Mouth Weekend 1.28.12 New Hampshire Public Radio With us to explain is John Matson, associate editor for Scientific American Magazine, where he's been following the story. When Kodak filed for Chapter 11 last week, it appeared that digital photography had put the lens cap on old-school film for good. See all stories on this topic »

Should We Put Love and Fidelity to the Test? Huffington Post (blog) It will be a while before we'll be able to purchase or download a hand-held truth-o-meter and use it on a would-be lover, says science journalist Judith Horstman, author of the newly published The Scientific American Book of Love, Sex and the Brain: ... See all stories on this topic »

Could Simple Experiments Reveal the Quantum Nature of Spacetime? Scientific American (blog) An example came out at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Austin last month. Robert Nemiroff of Michigan Technological University presented his team's study of extremely high-energy, short-wavelength cosmic gamma rays. See all stories on this topic » Scientific American (blog)

For Military Researchers, the Butterfly is the Ultimate Drone [Video] Scientific American (blog) Researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, with help from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and National Science Foundation funding, are now working on ways to shrink drones down to only a few centimeters. See all stories on this topic » Scientific American (blog)

Foldit: More Than Just A Game Science Fiction By focusing on the protein as a shape, gamers can create random changes in proteins that scientists haven't thought of before. And players are generating results. According to 'Scientific American,' In one puzzle, the researchers asked users to remodel ... See all stories on this topic »

Worth a Look: From Factories to Cubicles ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release) Scientific American explores the significance of the leap second, the curious history of annual time-keeping and how it all relates to the Mayan calendar's all-important 2012 cutoff. Experts on Challenges Facing Manufacturing | To encourage the opening ... See all stories on this topic »

Kucinich: Free Lab Chimpanzees, Free Taxpayer Dollars Roll Call (subscription) In September, Scientific American, the oldest and one of the most respected scientific publications in America, editorialized in support of banning the use of chimpanzees in biomedical research. Then came the bombshell. Last month, at the request of ... See all stories on this topic »

New Map Shows that Most Lyme-Infected Ticks Are in Northeast, Northern Midwest Scientific American (blog) ... a field of wildflowers, and I'd like to check you for ticks.” About the Author: Katherine Harmon is an associate editor for Scientific American covering health, medicine and life sciences. Follow on Twitter @katherineharmon. Lyme disease risk map. See all stories on this topic » Scientific American (blog)

Getting the words out: How authors promote their books Houston Chronicle (blog) The book has received attention from Salon.com, Elle magazine andScientific American, and Sukel is writing a piece for CNN about her research. “Whether that's going to translate to book sales,” she says, “I don't know. It's a marathon, not a sprint. See all stories on this topic » Houston Chronicle (blog)

Could an infection be behind mysterious Tourette's-like syndrome affecting ... Daily Mail According to the Scientific American, some experts now believe that the upstate New York teens may have paediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome, or PANS. The disease, once called PANDAS (paediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Mail

What is This Chupacabra-Demonoid Monster? Discovery News Darren Naish, a science writer and paleozoologist based at the University of Southampton who writes the Tetrapod Zoology blog for Scientific American, identified it as a Virginia Opossum. "The opposum identity is obvious," Naish told Discovery News. See all stories on this topic »

"Scorpion Skin" Armor Could Help Protect Machines Against Sand Damage Gizmodo According to the study published in the materials science journal Langmuir, parts engraved with this microtexture far outperformed similar, smooth-faced components. [Petbugs - Languimir via Scientific American] See all stories on this topic »

Blowing Up Stars UA News (press release) "I remember my cousin and I were writing science fiction stories when we were in the fourth grade." A book by renowned English astronomer Fred Hoyle – who is credited with coining the term "Big Bang" – advertised in an issue of Scientific American when ... See all stories on this topic » UA News (press release)

Getting to know you — how internet security is changing Memeburn In 2010, Scientific American posted a story discussing how the US “smart” power grid lacks the security that it really needs. One of the points in the article was that customer data could actually be used to bring down the grid. See all stories on this topic »

Today OnEarth: 'Gasland' Goes to Jail, Fractivists Booted, Designer Ice Cubes OnEarth Magazine (blog) ClimateWire, Scientific American Scarcity pricing: A Chilean man was arrested with five tons of ice that he had cut off of a receding Patagonia glacier, with the intention of selling it "as designer ice cubes" in bars. Which begs the question: is it ... See all stories on this topic » OnEarth Magazine (blog)

New research sheds light on how the placenta shapes brain development Daily Mail Dr Anna Penn, a developmental neurobiologist and neonatologist at Stanford University, told Scientific American that there is still unanswered questions about afterbirth. Dr Penn said that what is previously believed about the organ has changed, ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Mail

It's time for girls to get a “Bro Code” UWM Post I recently read an article in Scientific American titled “The 'Bitch' Evolved: Why Girls are so Cruel to Each Other,” that discussed a study done in 2006 by the journal Evolution and Human Behavior that showed that in a study of women ages 18-25 ... See all stories on this topic »

What's On Astronomy.FM ~ Tuesday thru Wednesday | Astronomy.FM By Tavi Greiner News at the top of the hour, from Scientific American's “60-Second Earth” ~ Navy Commits to Alternate Fuels. (00:01:15). More news, from Public ... (00:10:43). FromScientific American, two episodes of “Science Talk” ~ 1) State of the Union: Research,Technology, and Energy (00:07:19) … 2) A Scientist's Bill of Rights? (00:16:57). NOTE: Astronomy.FM Radio features a four-hour block of programming, repeated six times in our daily 24-hour schedule. Showtimes for UTC/GMT, US ... Astronomy.FM

What's On Astronomy.FM ~ Wednesday thru Thursday | Astronomy.FM By Tavi Greiner News at the top of the hour, from Scientific American's “60-Second Earth” ~ What Does the Fukushima Meltdown Mean for U.S. Reactors? (00:01:22). Extended news, from Public Radio WHRV, “Discovery Now” ~ The Chemistry of Life: Science ... Astronomy.FM

What's On Astronomy.FM ~ Thursday thru Friday | Astronomy.FM By Tavi Greiner Please help support the only radio station in the Known Universe that is all astronomy and science, all the time! ... News at the top of the hour, from Scientific American's “60-Second Earth” ~ What's the Most Recycled Product in the U.S.? Astronomy.FM

Enviornmental Science News - » Have Your Cake And Eat Its Package By Scientific American But we humans often package food in plastic, with its environmental and disposal challenges. So Harvard scientist David Edwards and colleagues thought, why not take advantage of advances in materials science to mimic nature? Enviornmental Science News

What's On Astronomy.FM ~ Monday thru Tuesday | Astronomy.FM By Tavi Greiner News at the top of the set, from Scientific American's “60-Second Space” ~ Milky Way Should Have Much More Companionship. (00:01:15). More news, from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, “Science Update” ... Astronomy.FM

What's On Astronomy.FM ~ Sunday thru Monday | Astronomy.FM By Tavi Greiner News at the top of the set, from Scientific American's “60-Second Science” ~ Nobelist Kroto – What's the Evidence for What You Accept? (00:02:40). More news, from WFIU / Indiana Public Media, “A Moment of Science” ~ Are Nuclear Power ... Astronomy.FM

What's On Astronomy.FM ~ Friday thru Saturday | Astronomy.FM By Tavi Greiner SET #2: 60-Second Tech ~ EarthSky ~ 365 Days of Astronomy ~ TalkingSpace. SET #3: 60-Second Mind ~ AAAS Science Update ... Please help support the only radio station in the Known Universe that is all astronomy and science, all the time! The handy-dandy ridiculously large “DONATE” button is ... News at the top of the hour, fromScientific American's “60-Second Tech” ~ Hydrogen and Kinetic Energy Will Keep Phones Ringing. (00:01:16). More news, from “EarthSky” ~ World's ... Astronomy.FM

What's on Astronomy.FM ~ Saturday thru Sunday | Astronomy.FM By Tavi Greiner News break, from Scientific American's “60-Second Mind” ~ Fighting Crime with Math. (00:01:48). More news, from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, “Science Update” ~ Healthy Marathons: New research into the heart ... Astronomy.FM

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