Amanda Montañez

Graphics Intern Job Title: Graphics Intern Location: New York Application Deadline: March 26th, 2026. About Springer Nature Springer Nature is one of the leading publishers of research in the world. We publish the la...

🚨Internship opportunity!🚨 Now accepting applications for Scientific American summer/fall graphics internship: springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Spring... Apply by March 26. Please feel free to share, especially within the 📊 dataviz community.

The U.S. just surpassed a grim measles milestone As the U.S. officially breaks 1,000 measles cases in 2026, experts say that the rate of infections is accelerating much faster this year than it did in years past

The U.S. has reported more than 1,000 measles cases in 2026—and we're just two months into the year. That's nearly half of all the cases reported in 2025. And public health experts say it's a sign that the U.S. has likely lost its measles elimination status. My reporting for @sciam.bsky.social:

Photo of an issue of Scientific American on a wood surface flanked by a plant. The cover illustration is a woman in an urban scene surrounded by AI-enabled tech. Coverline is “Life in the Age of AI.”

Happy March issue launch day! My wild ride as acting design chief at @sciam.bsky.social continues. 🧪 #Sciart // Many thanks to the fabulous artists who make it all possible, including....

Graphic shows a series of monthly calendar grids from January 2025 to February 2026 with colored squares highlighting notable events related to U.S. public health policy.

@danvergano.bsky.social and I broke down why this past year has been such a whirlwind for public health and why our health editors are so tired www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...

The scientific quest to explore the hidden complexity of ice Ice has many forms beyond the mundane stuff produced in a standard freezer

pleased to share some 🧊ice🧊 counter-programming, courtesy of @meghanbartels.bsky.social, featuring a graphical guide to 21 different forms of ice (!!) by me 🧪https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-create-exotic-new-forms-of-ice-never-before-seen-on-earth/

Mystery tower fossils may be a whole new kind of life Towering prototaxites ruled Earth before trees—and they may have been a form of life entirely new to science

The, er, thing below is called a Prototaxite. Turns out it may be a new branch of life. That is extremely cool and I have absolutely no idea why you are laughing... 🧪

I shall never tire of this meme genre

My child has been watching The Princess Bride and reading Charlotte’s Web, it’s a millennial parent’s dream

A New Flu Variant May Make Cold Season Brutal This Year U.S. flu rates remain low, but experts are keeping an eye on a new strain that’s been linked to unexpectedly early and severe seasons in several other countries

"Influenza is no joke."

Here's what we know so far about this coming flu season. It's not too late to vaccinate 💉 @sciam.bsky.social

www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...

City Raccoons Are Evolving to Look More Like Pets City-dwelling raccoons seem to be evolving a shorter snout—a telltale feature of our pets and other domesticated animals

WHAT. p.s. feeling extremely vindicated for the time i saw a raccoon out the window of a restaurant in Toronto and said "whoa that's a really fat dog" www.scientificamerican.com/article/racc...

ARFID Is More Than Picky Eating—And the Condition Is on the Rise Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, or ARFID, can cause malnutrition and weight loss in children and adults even when body image is not a factor

Clinicians are noticing a steady climb in diagnoses of ARFID, a type of eating disorder that presents as a food avoidance so persistent and pervasive it can cause severe malnutrition in kids and adults. More @sciam.bsky.social: www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...

Hi, reupping this request from a couple weeks ago: I'm a graphics editor at SciAm. Here is my author page: www.scientificamerican.com/author/amand... ...but I mostly do visuals, not words, so I can also provide links to recent articles that feature my work if that's helpful. Thanks!

This New Shape Breaks an ‘Unbreakable’ 3D Geometry Rule The noperthedron has a surprising property—which disproves a long-standing conjecture

🚨new shape just dropped🚨 (by @dodecalemma.bsky.social with graphics by me) www.scientificamerican.com/article/math...

NASA’s Moon Mission Is a Mess, and It May Cost Us the New Space Race Former NASA officials warn that the U.S. looks poised to lose its self-declared race to beat China to the moon

In which @danvergano.bsky.social explains why China may beat the US to the moon apparently without even trying (with graphic by me) 🧪https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasas-bet-on-spacexs-starship-may-give-moon-race-to-china/

There's a Dangerous Gap in Drug Research in Pregnancy Less than 1 percent of clinical trials include pregnant or breastfeeding people. Experts say that needs to change

With all the fuss over tylenol, we're missing a bigger issue: we don't know enough about medication safety in pregnancy because so few drug studies include pregnant people. And that harms both women and their fetuses. My latest @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...

Stories by Amanda Montañez Amanda Montañez has been a graphics editor at Scientific American since 2015. She produces and art directs information graphics for the Scientific American website and print magazine. Montañez has a b...

Hi, I'm a graphics editor at Scientific American and would love to be added to the feed. Here is my author page: www.scientificamerican.com/author/amand... ...but I mostly do visuals, not words, so I can also provide links to recent articles that feature my work if that's helpful. Thanks!

This AI Spots Disease by Reading Your Tongue’s Color Inspired by principles from traditional Chinese medicine, researchers used AI to analyze tongue color as a diagnostic tool—with more than 96 percent accuracy

fascinating story about the convergence of traditional Chinese medicine and AI...and tongues! by @luyieve.bsky.social for @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/ai-s...

Bears Will Be Boys A data analysis of animal gender in children’s books

ever since becoming a parent i have wanted to do this exact data viz project (but no time because, you know, parenthood lol). so thank you, @mellymeldubs.bsky.social. because sometimes animals are ladies!! pudding.cool/2025/07/kids...

Want to Get Away? NASA Now Offers More Than 6,000 Alien Worlds to Daydream About It’s a crowded galaxy, the latest exoplanet tally shows

We've reached 6,000 confirmed exoplanets! I talked with @aussiastronomer.bsky.social about where things go from here. (A great graphic by @unamandita.bsky.social visualizes the amazing jumps in planet finds since the first ones were confirmed in the 1990s.)

What State-by-State Rules Mean for Your COVID Shot With federal vaccine guidance under fire, states are forging their own immunization paths

Confused by patchwork COVID vaccine guidelines across states? @sciam.bsky.social has a map with the latest info from the National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations. We'll keep tracking updates. 📊 @unamandita.bsky.social ✏️ @jaimieseaton.bsky.social. www.scientificamerican.com/article/covi...

We’ve Lived through the Three Hottest Summers on Record Climate-fueled heat has caused thousands of excess deaths over the past three summers, which were the three hottest on record

Congratulations, you've just lived through the three hottest summers on record 🫠

But with greenhouse gas emissions still piling up in the atmosphere, those records probably won't stand for terribly long. 🧪

(graphic by @unamandita.bsky.social)

An important story and nice collaboration between @sciam.bsky.social interns @humbertobasilio.bsky.social and @luyieve.bsky.social

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COVID Vaccines Are Still Saving Lives—But They Will Be Harder to Get This Year Many questions still surround COVID vaccine access this fall, but here’s what we know so far

@meghanbartels.bsky.social just answered all my covid vax questions, and probably yours too 💉https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/who-is-eligible-for-the-covid-vaccine-in-2025-and-how-to-get-it/

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This edition of #SciAmInTheWild brought to by this horse who is clearly a fan of @sciam.bsky.social. You can do one too! sciam.com/180contest

An issue of Scientific American with the cover line "life - Uncovering the Origins of Evolution's Big Bang" with Taughannock Falls in the background.

Took this photo at Taughannock Falls in the FingerLakes while on vacation last week! #sciaminthewild

Happy 180th (!!!) birthday @sciam.bsky.social!

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To celebrate its 180th birthday (!!) @sciam.bsky.social is running a photo contest (details here: sciam.com/180contest) to take #SciAmInTheWild. Where do you read about science?

The Math Hack You Didn’t Know Was in Your Credit Card Find out how this simple algorithm from the 1960s keeps your wallet safe

For anyone who has ever mistyped their credit card number, immediately gotten an "invalid number" message, and thought "but how did they KNOW?"...here is the answer, you're welcome www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...

Has anyone ever written a dissertation on how kids are so good at information visualization because honestly this shit blows my mind sometimes