Extreme Universe 2010

How to Build a $1000 Fusion Reactor in Your Basement

Admittedly, the project is a little dangerous—not because of a few little fusion reactions but because of the the very flammable gas and voltages high enough to instantly kill you.

by Amy Barth; Illustration by Steve Karp

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The Man Who Plucks All the Strings

Brian Greene says string theory is still scientific even if it's not falsifiable.
by Andrew Grant; photography by Jennifer Karady

Discover Interview: Space Is Getting Bigger, and It's Getting Bigger Faster

Saul Perlmutter changing our understanding of the entire universe by discovering that its expansion is accelerating.
by Andrew Grant; photography by Thomas Broening