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Cape Cod Weighs Big-Ticket Pollution Solutions
Toxic algal blooms are forcing Cape Cod communities to consider expensive sewer and septic system projects.
Jeff DelViscio is currently Chief Multimedia Editor/Executive Producer at Scientific American. He is former director of multimedia at STAT, where he oversaw all visual, audio and interactive journalism. Before that, he spent over eight years at the New York Times, where he worked on five different desks across the paper. He holds dual master's degrees from Columbia in journalism and in earth and environmental sciences. He has worked aboard oceanographic research vessels and tracked money and politics in science from Washington, D.C. He was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT in 2018. His work has won numerous awards, including two News and Documentary Emmy Awards.
Cape Cod Weighs Big-Ticket Pollution Solutions
Toxic algal blooms are forcing Cape Cod communities to consider expensive sewer and septic system projects.
Cape Cod Has a Big Septic Tank Problem
Cape Cod’s water is turning “pea-soup green”—and after decades of scientific detective work, we know why.
A Veteran Eclipse Chaser Explains the Thrill of Totality
Kate Russo has seen 13 total solar eclipses, and even she isn't ready for this one.
These Cold War–Era Jets Will Chase the Eclipse to Uncover the Sun’s Mysteries
A team of researchers has an ambitious plan to capture the 2024 total solar eclipse like never before.
Cape Cod Faces a Rising 'Yellow Tide'
Tourism is big business on the cape, but a growing environmental issue could disrupt the lives of tourists and residents, alike.
How April's Eclipse Will Solve Solar Mysteries
Experiments planned for the 2024 total solar eclipse aim to figure out how the sun works.
The Government’s Former UFO Hunter Found Something More Concerning Than Aliens
Sean Kirkpatrick looked into the skies and deep into government archives for extraterrestrials. What he found is, to him, more concerning than little green men.
Will Quantum Computers Upend Cryptography as We Know It?
Experts are starting to plan for the moment when a quantum computer large enough to crack the backbone of the math that keeps things secret will be turned on.
Without the Moon, Human Society Might Not Exist
The moon helps us keep time, inspires religions and shapes science, yet it still keeps secrets from us.
Incredible Footage of the Volcanic Eruption in Iceland
The eruption in Iceland may look beautiful, but what is happening just below the surface is threatening safety and livelihoods on the surface.
What Better Gift for the Holidays Than a Monstrous Mystery?
We’re looking back at 2023 for our favorite podcast shows and one about the largest bird to ever fly the skies just flew to the top of the list.
What Radioactive Fallout Tells Us about Our Nuclear Future
The U.S. has embarked on the largest and most expensive nuclear build-out ever. The U.S. military says it is necessary to replace an aging nuclear arsenal. But critics fear the risks.
Space Manufacturing is Not Science Fiction
A Stanford researcher is growing crystals on the International Space Station and electronics to withstand the extreme environments of Venus.
How to Handle This New COVID Season
The dangerous virus is still here. Here’s how you can stay safe.
How the Woolly Bear Caterpillar Does Something Pretty Amazing to Survive the Winter
Caterpillars can’t regulate their body temperatures, so they have to come up with a totally different strategy to make it through the coldest months of the year.
Bees ‘Buzz’ in More Ways Than You Might Think
A honeybee swarm has as much electric charge as a thundercloud, and the insects’ mass movements in the atmosphere might even have some influence on the weather.
Scientists Are Beginning to Learn the Language of Bats and Bees Using AI
The new field of digital bioacoustics is using machine learning to try decipher animal speak, including honeybee toots and quacks and whoops.
Trying to Train Your Brain Faster? Knowing This Might Help with That
Are you working really hard to learn something? Remember this counterintuitive fact, and you might improve your learning curve.
A Pig Kidney Was Just Transplanted Into a Human Body, and It Is Still Working
Xenotransplants could help to solve the organ transplant crisis—if researchers can get the science right.
In This Ancient Garden, Plants Can Cure or Kill You
Apothecaries founded this famous garden—one of the most ancient botanical gardens in Europe—to teach their students which plants poison and which plants cure.
The Fungi Economy, Part 3: Can Climate Modeling from Space Save Our Forests?
Here’s how scientists are planning on getting underground fungi data from space using satellites.
The Fungi Economy, Part 2: Here’s How Plants and Fungi Trade beneath Our Feet
Atmospheric carbon is a currency that plants use to “buy” nutrients from fungi in the soil. To find out where this economy will go next, the devil is in the details. And the details are in the dirt.
The Fungi Economy, Part 1: Just like Us, Trees Are Experiencing Inflation
Like us, plants and fungi have complex economies. By burning fossil fuels, we’ve been devaluing their currency.
Are You a Lucid Dreamer?
A sleep researcher who studies what dreams can tell us about the possible onset of some mental disorders believes lucid dreamers might hold a lot of answers in their head.