Space & PhysicsAugust 27, 2015
Stephen Hawking Hasn't Solved the Black Hole Paradox Just Yet
The mystery of black holes and information loss is too thorny for a quick resolution
Stories by Clara Moskowitz
Clara Moskowitz is a senior editor at Scientific American, where she covers astronomy, space, physics and mathematics. She has been at Scientific American for a decade; previously she worked at Space.com. Moskowitz has reported live from rocket launches, space shuttle liftoffs and landings, suborbital spaceflight training, mountaintop observatories, and more. She has a bachelor's degree in astronomy and physics from Wesleyan University and a graduate degree in science communication from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Space & PhysicsAugust 4, 2015
Astronomers Gather in Hawaii Amid Controversy over Giant Telescope
Native Hawaiian groups are protesting construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea during a gathering of scientists in Honolulu
The SciencesAugust 1, 2015
Book Review: Spurious Correlations
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The SciencesAugust 1, 2015
Hiroshima and Nagasaki Survivors Speak Out on 70th Anniversaries of Bombings
BehaviorAugust 1, 2015
Book Review: Modern Romance
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The SciencesAugust 1, 2015
Book Review: Life's Greatest Secret
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Space & PhysicsJuly 8, 2015
Dark Matter Dominates Just-Discovered Galaxies
Astronomers have discovered more than 800 so-called "ultradiffuse galaxies" that are virtually invisible because they have relatively few stars and are mostly dark matter. Clara Moskowitz reports
Space & PhysicsJuly 1, 2015
Book Review: Seveneves
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The SciencesJuly 1, 2015
Book Review: Persona
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The SciencesJuly 1, 2015
Life in the Solar System: A Q&A with the Authors of The Expanse
Scientific American spoke with Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck about the science behind their books and the upcoming television series based on them
Space & PhysicsJune 30, 2015
SpaceX Rocket Failure Threatens Support for Commercial Spaceflight
The destruction of an unmanned rocket Sunday comes at a tricky time for NASA and the International Space Station
The SciencesJune 22, 2015
100 Years of Great Physics: Watch Live Monday and Tuesday [Video]
General relativity and Noether’s theorem take center stage in two live Web broadcasts this week
Space & PhysicsJune 16, 2015
What if Dark Matter Is Stranger Than We Thought? [Video]
The universe’s hidden stuff could be a mirror world of invisible particles and “dark atoms”
The SciencesJune 3, 2015
Watch Live Today: The Man Who Explained the Atom [Video]
The grandson of the great physicist Niels Bohr describes the scientist’s life and work
The SciencesJune 2, 2015
Take a Bite out of the Math of Math
Mathematician Eugenia Cheng, tenured in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Sheffield in the U.K. and currently Scientist in Residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago talks about her new book How to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics
Space & PhysicsJune 1, 2015
Dark Matter Particles Interact with Themselves
This never-before-seen phenomenon could help explain what comprises dark matter
FoodJune 1, 2015
Book Review: How to Bake π
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IntelligenceJune 1, 2015
Television Review: American Genius
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EvolutionJune 1, 2015
Book Review: The Strange Case of the Rickety Cossack
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Black HolesMay 22, 2015
Giant Black Holes May Be on a Collision Course
Astronomers have found what may be two supermassive black holes in a quasar due to become one in roughly 21 years
The SciencesMay 21, 2015
When Black Holes Collide
When supermassive black holes run into each other, the fabric of space and time gets a little bit wrinkled.
Space & PhysicsMay 19, 2015
Black Hole "Blazars" Reveal Hidden Side of the Universe [Video]
The bright lights from these hungry black holes revealed a subtle background field
Space & PhysicsMay 6, 2015
Watch Live Today: String Theory LEGOs for Black Holes [Video]
Physicist Amanda Peet will discuss how cosmic strings might explain nature’s densest objects
Space & PhysicsMay 4, 2015
Space Supervoid Sucks Energy from Light
A vast region of space colder than expected is also largely devoid of galaxies, and the two observations are no coincidence. Clara Moskowitz reports