Author Archives: Laura Helmuth
The Best Habitats for Whales, Leopards and Office Workers
Strangely real imaginary numbers, an unsung founder of quantum physics and an endless AI conversation Continue reading
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Adorable Voles, Life as We Don’t Know It and Better Cement
Love in the brain, how dreams predict disease and better words for climate change in this month’s issue of Scientific American Continue reading
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The Stunning First Results from JWST
A new view of the universe, moral injury, opioid addiction and inequality, and more in the December issue of Scientific American Continue reading
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Fun Details about the Human Side of Science
The Thwaites Ice Shelf is cracking up, humans learned to walk many times, and covert consciousness can be detected in unresponsive patients Continue reading
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It’s Time to Fight Light Pollution
Learn about Viking women, doughnuts in the brain, nuclear weapons, and more in the October issue of Scientific American Continue reading
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Mystery, Discovery and Surprise in the Oceans
Bizarre sea creatures, a new view of the ocean, the race to the moon, and more Continue reading
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Students Deserve to Learn about the Climate Emergency
Voyager spacecraft, generational trauma, momentum computing, and more in this issue
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Mammals’ Perseverance, Fast Radio Bursts and Health Justice
Research shows straightforward solutions to help children learn and thrive
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Birdsong, Quantum Computing, Omicron’s Mutations, and More
How science helps us see, hear and fix things we can’t easily perceive
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Bird Navigation, Dark Matter, Biblical Archaeology, and More
Highlights from the April 2022 issue of Scientific American
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Introducing a Special Issue on How COVID Changed the World
Please share your observations about how the pandemic changed life for you and yours
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Big Questions about Space, Time, Neandertals, Psychedelics and Reality
Why salamanders are so strange, why people jump to conclusions, and more in our February 2022 issue
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New Insights into Ancient Greece’s Planetary Motion Machine
Quantum timing, the evolution of animal sounds, militias, and more in the January 2022 issue
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The Milky Way Is Destined to Collide with Andromeda, and We Know What It Will Look Like
Solar superflares, emotion-detecting artificial intelligence, emerging technologies, and more in our December issue
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Ancient Egypt’s Sacred Baboons, Vapor Storms and Fighting Hunger
Why Thoth is our favorite deity, preparing the James Webb Space Telescope and fixing genes in this month’s issue
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A Big Day Birding and a Possible Fifth Force of Nature
Reduction of food waste, infinite math and quantum physics experiments designed by AI in our October issue
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Progress on Autoimmune Disorders, Mountain Lions and Venus
Training science writers for a future of solutions
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Animal Play Is Delightfully Meaningful
Brown dwarfs, stuttering, quantum chemistry, and more
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Why Humans Are So Thirsty
Artificial proteins, carbon-sucking rocks, particle accelerators, and more
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