Laura Helmuth

@laurahelmuth
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Freelance editor, writer, columnist & consultant. Former editor in Chief of Scientific American, before that at the Washington Post, National Geographic, Slate, Smithsonian & Science. Birder.
Happy Confusing Fall Warblers season, everybody
Scientific American is the oldest continuous publication in the U.S. and it's our birthday! We're 179 years old. Here's a gif showing how our logo has evolved from 1845 to today:
is anybody else disturbed by this sign
Hello to a new smol fren in my backyard pond. Reminds me of some of the best advice my dad ever gave me: That snake (or spider/toad/caterpillar/etc.) is more scared of you than you are of it.
The death rate from mass shootings in the US keeps going up and it's not going to stop itself. We need new gun laws. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mass-shootings-will-keep-spiraling-upward-without-big-changes-in-gun-laws/
Mass Shootings Will Keep Spiraling Upward without Big Changes in Gun Laws

Data show that mass-shooting deaths behave as a “species” different from other gun deaths

Scientific American
New York City has a Department of Obstacles and this is an official obstruction
It's time to play the music
It's time to light the lights
It's time to meet the Muppets on the Muppet Show tonight
Is anybody else a sucker for purple produce?
It’s never not fun to see a beaver dam
Good communication: advise people not just what to do (or not) but why