Marguerite Holloway

Columbia University | CU · Graduate School of Journalism

In his book Biophilia: The Human Bond with Other Species (1984), biologist Edward O. Wilson reflects on a day spent in a rainforest in Surinam studying ants. Filled with excitement about how his day has gone, Wilson concludes, "That the naturalist's journey has only begun and for all intents and purposes will go on forever. That it is possible to s...

Sasquatch is just a legend, right? According to the evidence, maybe not, argues Jeffrey Meldrum—a position he holds despite ostracism from his fellow anthropologists and university colleagues

Lene Vestergaard Hau made headlines by slowing light to below highway speed. Now the ringmaster of light can stop it, extinguish it and revive it—and thereby give quantum information a new look

Thomas E. Starzl pioneered organ transplantation with antirejection drugs—an approach he hopes to end through a phenomenon called microchimerism

Although property rights are the cornerstone of capitalist economies, throughout history existing claims have been frequently overturned and redefined by revolution. A fundamental question for economists is what makes revolutions more likely to occur. A large literature has found contradictory evidence for the effect of income and income inequality...

Lisa Randall, Havard University physicist is collaborating with Andreas Karch of the University of Washington, to investigate some of the cosmological implications of branes and extra dimensions. Lisa is thinking on higher dimensions, warped space and membranes catalyzed ideas in cosmology and physics, which might even unify all four forces of natu...

Questioning The Term After A Bird's return

Writing and humanities studies produce better physicians, Rita Charon argues, because doctors learn to coax hidden information from patients' complaints

The creation of a Fermi condensate with atoms near absolute zero, that has opened a new field in physics that can lead to room-temperature superconductivity is discussed. In the technique, thousands or millions of atoms enter an identical quantum state and act like a gargantuan atom. But it works only for bosons, one of the two families of elementa...

The various aspects of the longest cave in the world that wends below Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park, are discussed. Down the cave, the air is humid and thick, the ground muddy in places, and the depth and weight of the layers of rocks is more oppressive than in the higher, dry realms of the cave. The calcium carbonate shells of the ocean's...

The use of telescopes to study cosmos from Mauna Kea in Hawaii, the largest astronomical observatory is discussed. Keck I, the twin optical and infrared telescopes is used to study stars and their formation in clouds of gas. The Keck II telescope is used for its ability to differentiate methane in the atmosphere of mars produced by comet, volcanic...

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The migration of the Sandhill Cranes along a stretch of Platte river in southeastern Nebraska is discussed. Platte is a crucial stopover migration path called the Central Flyway for about 500,000 sandhill cranes, the largest grouping of cranes in the world. Some of the cranes travel about 12,000 miles each year, coming from Texas, New Mexico and Me...

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GLASS UNDER GLASS: HARVARD UNIVERSITY'S UNUSUAL BOTANICAL COLLECTION

An overview of the Monterey Bay Aquarium is presented. The 17 species of jellies are among the aquarium's principal attractions, in part because researchers there have pioneered the cultivation of certain species to keep the displays well stocked. One of the management's goal is to raise as many varieties as possible so that collectors don't have t...

The various facilities and the engineering design of the City of Science and Industry, a museum in Paris, is described. The centre has temporary exhibitions and permanent interactive displays on different subjects such as maths, space, computers and medicine. The City of Children is one of the most popular section within the structure.

A study is performed on Hawaii volcanoes national park. The volcanoes that make up the Hawaiin Islands are not the result of the subduction of one tectonic plate under another. Volcanoes national park contains volcanoes in various stages. The park is also a place to see the rain forests and grasslands that eventually colonize the mineral-rich lava...

The Exxon Valdez catastrophe, which soiled Alaska`s Prince William Sound in 1989, was the most studied oil spill in history. But because of how they framed their inquiries, investigators have learned less than they could about how nature heals itself. The studies of Exxon and the state of Alaska - including the departments of Fish and Game and of E...

The main body of the paper reviews the restoration of the Everglades National Park, Florida. The restoration project involved three distinct approaches: dealing with hydrological problems, to prevent drying up; reducing nutrient loading of incoming and existing water; and removal of non-indigenous, invasive plants (Melaneuca quinquenervia, Eichhorn...

The colorful bird looks better than it tastes

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As many issues as delegates at the UN.'s Earth Summit

Scientific American is the world's premier magazine of scientific discovery and technological innovation for the general public. Readers turn to it for a deep understanding of how science and technology can influence human affairs and illuminate the natural world.

Scientific American is the world's premier magazine of scientific discovery and technological innovation for the general public. Readers turn to it for a deep understanding of how science and technology can influence human affairs and illuminate the natural world.

Scientific American is the world's premier magazine of scientific discovery and technological innovation for the general public. Readers turn to it for a deep understanding of how science and technology can influence human affairs and illuminate the natural world.