And we have a brand new Image of the Week. – Andy Rivkin – The fight to save planetary science, and why the new Mars rover doesn’t mean victory   – Caroline Dodds Pennock – The 2012 Apocalypse, or why the world won’t end this week   – Judy Stone – A Clinical Trial and [...]

- Pete Monfre – Kids Lead Crowd Funded Scientific Mission to Nicaragua: Science Education is the Tide that Lifts All Boats   – Bob Grumman – M@h*(pOet)?ica – Happy Holidays!   – Jennifer Ouellette – The Hagfish Goes High Fashion and Chilling Out with Cold Plasmas   – Allyson Beatrice – Science Books for the [...]

For the second year in a row, Forbes magazine picks young and up-and-coming stars in various areas of life – their, now already well established and reputable 30 Under 30 list of “Innovators, Disruptors And Brightest Stars Of 2012″. I am very proud to report that two Scientific American bloggers are included in the list [...]

- Scott K. Johnson – Re-thinking the way colleges teach critical thinking   – Josh Howgego – The ideas woman   – Kate Clancy – Don’t Sweat It: Premenopausal Women, Reproductive State, and the Joy of Night Sweats   – George Musser – When You Fall Into a Black Hole, How Long Have You Got? [...]

- David Pisetsky – Science at the (Baseball) Plate   – Cadell Last – Are Western Chimpanzees a New Species of Pan?   – Jennifer Frazer – Were Weirdo Ediacarans Really Lichens, Fungi, and Slime Molds?   – Jason G. Goldman – What Is Operant Conditioning? (and How Does It Explain Driving Dogs?)   – [...]

There is a new Video of the Week for your pleasure. – Julie Hecht – How Do You Play with Your Dog?   – Chris Leamon – Advancing the Promise of Personalized Medicine: Companion Diagnostics   – Christie Wilcox – Don’t Pee On It: Zinc Emerges As New Jellyfish Sting Treatment   – Christina Agapakis [...]

- Susan Swanberg – Rock Tasting at Biosphere 2   – Judy Stone – A Clinical Trial and Suicide Leave Many Questions: Part 1: Consent?   – Jennifer Frazer – Pesky Glaciers and Differing Geography Forced Faster Conifer Evolution in Northern Hemisphere   – Janet D. Stemwedel – Are scientists obligated to call out the [...]

I hope you like the new Image of the Week! – Joe Parker and Taro Eldredge – The Bizarre, Beetle-Biased World of Social Insect Exploitation   – Becky Crew – First photo of rare, wild New Guinea singing dog in 23 years   – Scicurious – You scratch, I scratch! The social contagion of itch. [...]

- C. Magnus Rittby – Some ruminations around the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 17 mission   – R. Douglas Fields – Why does a Southern Drawl Sound Uneducated to Some?   – Janet D. Stemwedel – Thoughts on the anniversary of the Montreal Massacre.   – Amanda Netburn – The San Diego Coastal Expedition [...]

We have a new Video of the Week for your viewing pleasure! – David L. Levine – Why are People so Interested in the DSM-5?   – Joel Taylor – The Chameleon of Quantum Culture: Wave-Particle Duality   – Jason G. Goldman – Koalas and Bison Use the Same Rules for Choosing Mates   – [...]