The SciencesJuly 27, 2012
Introducing Our New Video Series: The Countdown
Stories by Philip Yam
Philip Yam is the managing editor of ScientificAmerican.com, responsible for the overall news content online. He began working at the magazine in 1989, first as a copyeditor and then as a features editor specializing in physics. He is the author of The Pathological Protein: Mad Cow, Chronic Wasting and Other Prion Diseases.
The SciencesJuly 26, 2012
The Countdown, Episode 1: Earliest Spiral Galaxy, Earth as Art, the Pioneer Anomaly, a Rocket-Loving Gopher, 7 Minutes of Terror
The SciencesJune 25, 2012
Can You Explain Science with 7 Everyday Items? Enter Our `Iron Egghead' Video Contest
HealthApril 25, 2012
The 4th U.S. Case of Mad Cow Disease: Should You Be Concerned?
TechnologyApril 24, 2012
Google Pays Homage to Zipper Engineer Gideon Sundback
Space & PhysicsApril 23, 2012
What Gives Solar Superstorms Their Power? [Video]
A coronal mass ejection can reach Earth in days and disrupt communications, destroy satellites and even knock out power grids. A video from NOVA
The SciencesApril 9, 2012
When Science and Politics Mix: Fang Lizhi (1936 2012)
The SciencesApril 9, 2012
A Titanic Flashback: A Twitter Timeline of the Disaster
Can't stay up to follow all the #Titanic_SA tweets? Here are they are, all collected
The SciencesMarch 15, 2012
Does Pi Encode Shakespeare s Plays? [Video]
HealthFebruary 18, 2012
What Processed Food Looks Like during Digestion-of Course It's Not Pretty [Video]
EnvironmentJanuary 24, 2012
Are Some Science Stories Inevitably Political?
The SciencesJanuary 2, 2012
How Cosmic Rays Can Image the Throat of an Active Volcano [Video]
Cosmic-ray muons that pass through Mount Vesuvius could reveal the interior structure, potentially indicating when the deadly volcano will next erupt. A video from NOVA
EnvironmentDecember 10, 2011
Trapped in a Car during the Japan Tsunami: Dash Cam Captures the Terror [Video]
EvolutionDecember 9, 2011
Evolution and Miss USA: Science Role Models Explain Why Evolutionary Biology Is So Important [Video]
The SciencesNovember 29, 2011
A Brief History of Stephen Hawking: A Video Tribute
The SciencesNovember 10, 2011
Do You Use GPS? Say "Thanks" to Norman Ramsey (1915-2011)
The SciencesSeptember 29, 2011
Recipients of National Medal of Science, Technology Announced
Space & PhysicsSeptember 29, 2011
"You're the Top..." [From the Archive]
Fermilab finds the top quark—sort of
Mind & BrainSeptember 22, 2011
Breakthrough Could Enable Others to Watch Your Dreams and Memories [Video]
The SciencesSeptember 15, 2011
Colorado Cat Missing for 5 Years Found in Manhattan
EnvironmentAugust 25, 2011
Can Hurricanes Be Controlled?
The SciencesJuly 21, 2011
Learn to Forgive Yourself in a Parallel Universe
HealthJuly 13, 2011
Should Morbid Childhood Obesity Be Considered Child Abuse?
Space & PhysicsJuly 6, 2011
How the Northern Lights Form [Video]