Gravitational Waves Discovered from Colliding Black Holes
A daring set of experiments finally confirms Einstein's 1916 prediction of gravitational waves
Stories by Clara Moskowitz
Inside the World of Competitive Rubik's Cube Solving
And more new books for November 2016
Tangled Up in Spacetime
Hundreds of researchers in a collaborative project called “It from Qubit” say space and time may spring up from the quantum entanglement of tiny bits of information
An Astronaut Tells It Like It Is in New Book
And more October book recommendations from Scientific American
A Trippy Cosmic History Lesson: SA Editors Discuss Terrence Malick's "Voyage of Time"
Part science documentary, part meditation on the meaning of life, director Terrence Malik’s (“The Tree of Life,” “The Thin Red Line”) new IMAX movie “Voyage of Time” is hard to categorize.
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How Quantum Computing Could Change Cybersecurity Forever [Video]
Quantum scientist Michele Mosca will discuss security in the coming quantum age during a live Webcast tonight at 7 P.M.
A Utopia with Caveats: Why Peace on Earth Might Require Big Sacrifices
An interview with Ada Palmer, author of the new science fiction novel Too Like the Lightning
Visions of the Future: Top Science Fiction New Releases
Our recommendations for five scientifically satisfying stories of what is to come
How a Seed Collection Could Save Humanity
And more new books for September 2016
50 Women Who Changed Science
And more new books for August 2016
Did the Universe Boot Up with a "Big Bounce?"
The cosmos may have rebounded from an earlier contraction and “big crunch” into a “big bang” that started it all over again
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Doomed Spacecraft Shows Tantalizing Hints of Surprising Black Hole Behavior [Video]
Before it died barely a month after launch, the Hitomi spacecraft spied interesting effects of black holes on the Perseus cluster of galaxies
Gravitational Wave Observatory Finds More Colliding Black Holes
The second confirmation of ripples in spacetime is announced by astronomers at LIGO
Gravitational Wave Scientists Astounded--by Your Interest
Caltech’s Kip Thorne and Ronald Drever and MIT’s Rainer Weiss were the founders of the LIGO experiment that detected gravitational waves. They were just awarded the Kavli Prize in Astrophysics and two of them spoke with Scientific American's Clara Moskowitz about LIGO and the public's reaction.
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How Mistakes Help Science [Video]
Astrophysicist Mario Livio will discuss how famous thinkers’ blunders have played a vital role in research during a live Webcast tonight at 7 P.M.
Essays Celebrate the Centennial of America's National Parks
New Books for May 2016
Wanted: Gravitational Constant's True Value
Scientists from numerous disciplines will brainstorm new strategies for measuring "Big G" in July.
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Strange Supernovae are Driven by Magnetic Fields [Video]
Three animations model how strongly magnetized stars produce oddball stellar explosions
Hunt for Big Bang Gravitational Waves Gets $40-Million Boost
The nonprofit Simons Foundation will fund a new observatory to search for signs of stretching in the very early universe
Godless Universe: A Physicist Searches for Meaning in Nature
The natural world is the only world, theoretical physicist Sean Carroll argues in a new book
