Stories by Davide Castelvecchi

Davide Castelvecchi is a staff reporter at Nature who has been obsessed with quantum spin for essentially his entire life. Follow him on X @dcastelvecchi

The SciencesSeptember 1, 2009

Origins: The Start of Everything

Where do rainbows come from? What about flying cars, love and LSD?

Davide Castelvecchi, Graham P. Collins, Bruce Grierson, Mara Hvistendahl, Jonathon Keats, Michael Moyer, George Musser, Christie Nicholson, Ricki Rusting, Jessica Snyder Sachs, Christine Soares, Gary Stix, Kate Wong, Melinda Wenner, Philip Yam

HealthSeptember 1, 2009

The Placenta

An eggshell membrane evolved into the organ that lets fetuses grow in the womb

Davide Castelvecchi

HealthSeptember 1, 2009

The Eye

What was half an eye good for? Quite a lot, actually

Davide Castelvecchi

TechnologySeptember 1, 2009

Scotch Tape

Most new inventions quickly fall into oblivion; some stick

Davide Castelvecchi

Hypersphere Exotica: Kervaire Invariant Problem Has a Solution!

A 45-year-old problem on higher-dimensional spheres is solved--probably

Davide Castelvecchi

The SciencesApril 1, 2009

Colliding Philosophies: Smarter Algorithms Help Find New Particles

A novel way to rummage for particles in accelerator debris

Davide Castelvecchi

The SciencesMarch 26, 2009

CSI Alaska: Air crash victim identified after 60 years

Davide Castelvecchi

The SciencesMarch 24, 2009

Could nanotechnology save ancient books from crumbling?

Davide Castelvecchi