TechnologyJune 1, 2010
12 Events That Will Change Everything
In addition to reacting to news as it breaks, we work to anticipate what will happen. Here we contemplate 12 possibilities and rate their likelihood of happening by 2050
Stories by Robin Lloyd
Journalist Robin Lloyd, a contributing editor at Scientific American, is president of the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing's board of directors. Follow Robin Lloyd on Twitter.
Space & PhysicsJune 1, 2010
Asteroid Collision
An extinction-level event is unlikely, but "airbursts" could flatten a city
TechnologyApril 6, 2010
"First fiction reading off an iPad" kicks off enthusiastic discussion of e-books
The SciencesMarch 31, 2010
Competing Catastrophes: What's the Bigger Menace, an Asteroid Impact or Climate Change?
The authors of a recent report concerning a near-Earth asteroid impact and our preparedness disagreed on whether it was reasonable and prudent to compare NEO fatalities with those from climate change
EnvironmentMarch 25, 2010
Policymakers take aim at new recycling frontier: Solid waste, retailers and packaging
The SciencesFebruary 20, 2010
Can You Learn Physics from a Comic Book?
Space & PhysicsJanuary 22, 2010
Report says scientists lack funds to meet Congressional goal for finding smaller "near-Earth asteroids"
HealthDecember 10, 2009
New journal aims to reframe doctor-patient collaborations in health care
The SciencesNovember 27, 2009
Finally: Social science data that could be all about you
EvolutionNovember 4, 2009
Jurassic Start: Fossil Pushes Tyrannosaurs' Origin Back 10 Million Years
Proceratosaurus was quite small compared with T. rex but it extends the tyrannosauroid group back to the middle Jurassic, further than any other known fossil
EnvironmentOctober 19, 2009
Geoengineering wars: Another scientist teases out a surprising effect of global deforestation
Space & PhysicsSeptember 28, 2009
Groovy Ganymede: New Map Helps Reveal Origins of Mysterious Features on Solar System's Biggest Moon
The map supports the theory that Ganymede's grooves are the result of orbital resonances among it, Europa and Io as they circle Jupiter
The SciencesSeptember 18, 2009
"Futurity" service launches to promote university research as traditional science journalism declines
EnvironmentSeptember 13, 2009
Amateurs report "common true katydid" throughout NYC, despite none documented in 100 years