2019's Most Popular Blog Posts
By The Editors
The most popular 2019 blog posts on our website.
January 1, 2020
From The Staff Communications
In compiling a top-10 list of this year’s most popular blog posts on American Scientist's website, we decided to look at what you—our readers—have been searching for the most. So here they are!
10. Finding Beauty in Microscopy
Biologists blur the line between art and science.
(Science Culture — April 12, 2019)
9. People Cause Replication Problems, Not Machine Learning
This branch of artificial intelligence can be a reliable tool for research, if scientists use rigorous methodology.
(Macroscope — April 5, 2019)
8. Moon Books
by Flora Taylor
A slew of books were published this year in connection with the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing—this roundup introduces you to 16 of them.
(Science Culture — June 11, 2019)
7. What We Get Wrong About the Evolution Debate
by Adam Shapiro
The prevailing narrative juxtaposes science and religion—but this approach erases the root influences of social inequality and racism.
(Macroscope — February 12, 2019)
6. Air Quality Trade-Offs
Modern life is costing us months of our lives.
(From The Staff — August 1, 2019)
5. Ongoing Water Issues
by The Editors
Here's a compilation of past content on freshwater topics to accompany our 2019 special issue on The Future of Water.
(From The Staff — August 16, 2019)
4. Asteroid Bennu Up Close
Dante Lauretta, principal investigator of the OSIRIS-REx mission to asteroid Bennu provides a follow-up to the mission since it launched.
(The Long View — May 13, 2019)
3. The Periodic Table at 150
A century and a half later, this central concept in chemistry is still yielding discoveries.
(Macroscope — October 14, 2019)
2. Scientists Who Selfie Break Down Stereotypes
Researchers who post personal photos of their lives can build trust with public audiences.
(Macroscope — May 20, 2019)
1. The Danger of Viral Falsehoods in Conservation
A viral-but-wrong story claiming that koalas are at greater risk of extinction than they are demonstrates the worst of social media.
(Macroscope — November 26, 2019)
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