Amanda Montañez

Sep 26, 2024 | scientificamerican.com | Amanda Montañez

As a graphics editor at Scientific American, I spend a lot of time thinking about and visualizing data—including data on medical risks. So when I got pregnant in 2018, I was prepared for things to be complicated. Some of the most common issues loomed in my mind: for example, as many as one in five known pregnancies ends in miscarriage, and an estimated 13 percent of expectant people develop potentially dangerous blood pressure disorders.

Dec 20, 2023 | espanol.news | Amanda Montañez |Sébastien Philippe

Algunas de nuestras historias favoritas de este año se cuentan mejor visualmenteEste año ha estado lleno de historias científicas fascinantes, y mis colegas y yo en el Científico americano El equipo de gráficos ha estado encantado de ayudar a contar muchos de ellos a través de cuadros, ilustraciones, mapas y diagramas.

Dec 20, 2023 | my.bfn.today | Amanda Montañez

This year has been filled with fascinating science stories, and my colleagues and I on the Scientific American graphics team have been excited to help tell many of them through charts, illustrations, maps and diagrams. We have developed information-rich visuals to cover a wide range of subjects from math to anthropology that convey themes as grim as nuclear fallout and as inspiring as becoming a hero in your own life’s journey. Here are a few of our favorites.

Dec 19, 2023 | scientificamerican.com | Amanda Montañez

This year has been filled with fascinating science stories, and my colleagues and I on the Scientific American graphics team have been excited to help tell many of them through charts, illustrations, maps and diagrams. We have developed information-rich visuals to cover a wide range of subjects from math to anthropology that convey themes as grim as nuclear fallout and as inspiring as becoming a hero in your own life’s journey. Here are a few of our favorites.

Nov 14, 2023 | scientificamerican.com | Amanda Montañez |Tanya Lewis

During the COVID pandemic, the U.S. initially saw a drop in births followed by a bumpBirth rates tend to decline during economic recessions or disasters, so many experts predicted that the COVID pandemic would prompt people to have fewer children. A recent study of fertility trends in the U.S. from 2015 through 2021, however, reveals there was actually a baby bump. Demographers expected to see a decline in birth rate in December 2020, nine months after COVID became a pandemic.