Curtis Brainard
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175th Anniversary Year Jamboree
The first issue of Scientific American was published on August 28, 1845, so it's another eight months until our 175th birthday. But we're kicking off our anniversary year right away with some exciting changes to your monthly issue, most conspicuously a redesigned cover that harks back to the white space and square images used in the 1940s and the latter half of the 20th century. We're also… → Read More
Sticking with the truth
How 'balanced' coverage helped sustain the bogus claim that childhood vaccines can cause autism → Read More
Water woes
Regional papers turn out series on sea level, drought → Read More
Disaster science
Articles about explosives, surveillance, and prosthetics followed tragedies in Boston, Texas → Read More
'The Finkbeiner Test'
Seven rules to avoid gratuitous gender profiles of female scientists → Read More
Best Actor Eddie Redmayne on Portraying Stephen Hawking (Q&A)
Last night at the 87th Academy Awards, Eddie Redmayne won the Oscar for best actor for his portrayal of theoretical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking in ... → Read More
Science Media Beset with Gender Gaps
In the fall of 2005, I and a couple hundred other new students at Columbia University’s journalism school walked into a lecture hall for a series ... → Read More
Finding James Foley
GlobalPost tracked down its missing reporter in Syria--now to bring him home → Read More
A Response to Recent Criticism
Scientific American has recently been criticized for two posts that appeared on our blog network. The first was a guest post in April about Larry Summers’ ... → Read More
Transparency Watch: A Closed Door
n July 2009, just months after President Obama took office promising to revolutionize government transparency, leaders of the Society of Environmental Journalists participated in an hour-long conference call with public-affairs staffers working for Lisa Jackson, the new head of the Environmental Protection Agency. Jackson’s office wanted to hear what the reporters’ gripes were when it came to access,… → Read More
#SciAmBlogs Weekly Recap—Equality, Falcon-Cam, Rare Water Lily, ‘Wrecking Ball,’ Bloopers & More
Scientific American migrated to a new content management system this weekend, so if you had any trouble with the site, we apologize for any inconvenience. I ... → Read More
Greetings from the New Blogs Editor
With a new year comes new beginnings, and today I am thrilled to take the helm of the Scientific American blog network. Home to more than ... → Read More
'The Finkbeiner Test'
Seven rules to avoid gratuitous gender profiles of female scientists → Read More
CNN Cuts Entire Science, Tech Team
Despite network’s intention to launch wire service, compete with the AP → Read More