Circus Science
No one can ignore the laws of the physical world, least of all performers who seem to flout them.
by Carl Zimmer
In the Nursery of the Stars
Infant stars kick, scream, and spew hot gas many light-years into space.
The Mediocre Universe
Alexander Vilenkin says our whole universe is only one of many, and mediocrity is the universal rule.
The Vertical Forest
Canadian researchers have found a bizarre, ancient forest that may be the slowest-growing on Earth. They didn't have to travel to Yakutsk or Tasmania to find it--they had only to look at a cliff not far from Toronto.
Conversations in a Cell
Stuart Schreiber is discovering just how a cell talks with the outside world.