Three Words That Could Overthrow Physics: “What Is Magnetism?”
04.24.2008 The standard model still doesn't describe magnets' spooky action at a distance.
by Bruno Maddox
Movie Camera to the Stars
The Earth's fastest telescope aims to make the best sky map ever created. 05.13.2008
Stupid Science Word of the Month: Unparticle
\un-pär-ti-cl\ n. (2007) A particle whose mass is unrelated to its energy. 04.16.2008
Has the Einstein Revolution Gone Too Far?
Einstein ended science's devotion to experience; it may now be time to come back. 04.01.2008
Is That a Gun in Your Pocket or Are You a Size 2?
Radar peers beneath clothes to find weapons—and the perfect pair of jeans. 03.31.2008
Albert Einstein, Rock Star
He made science cool, turned bad hair good—and there's that tongue photo. 03.26.2008
3 Theories That Might Blow Up the Big Bang
Time may not have a beginning—and it might not exist at all. 03.25.2008
Genius at Work
The labs, desks, and chalkboards where Einstein brought his insights into the world. 03.25.2008
Keeping Up With The Picards
The director of Jumper on putting teleportation on-screen. 03.12.2008
Einstein Didn't Grok His Own Revolution
He thought black holes and quantum mechanics were too weird to be true. 03.10.2008
Einstein Inc.
In death, he mastered the science of making money. 03.05.2008
What Is This? A Field of Micro-Volcanoes?
These growths may look like little volcanoes, but they are are nothing of the sort. 03.02.2008
Teleportation? Very Possible. Next Up: Time Travel.
Some of the most far-out sci-fi is eminently do-able. 02.28.2008
Could the Next Einstein Be a Surfer Dude?
Six iconoclasts who could revolutionize physics—again. 02.26.2008
20 Things You Didn't Know About... Relativity
Galileo invented it, Einstein understood it, and Eddington saw it. 02.25.2008
A Kilogram Just Ain't What It Used To Be
The archetypal kilogram is losing mass, and no one knows why. 02.13.2008
Children of a Lesser God
For the offspring of a science deity, the legacy is more burden than blessing. 02.12.2008
Rearranging Stars to Communicate with Aliens
A proposal to create special constellations that nature would never produce 02.08.2008
14 Best Ways to Use Your Computer’s Spare Time
Between YouTube videos, your processor can search for a cure for AIDS. 02.06.2008
The Cutting Edge in Topology Research: Strings in a Box
A simple box turned by a motor shows the complexity of knot formation. 02.04.2008
Stupid Science Word of the Month: Barn
A physics joke that bombed. Atomically. 01.29.2008
