EnvironmentNovember 17, 2009
Will solar thermal heat up again?
Stories by George Musser
George Musser is a contributing editor at Scientific American and author of Putting Ourselves Back in the Equation (2023) and Spooky Action at a Distance (2015), both published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Follow him on Mastodon @gmusser@mastodon.social, Bluesky @gmusser.bsky.social and Threads @georgemusserjr@threads.net
EnvironmentNovember 10, 2009
Stories from solarland: What's it like to install a solar array?
EnvironmentNovember 2, 2009
Calling all solar enthusiasts: Tell me about your system!
TechnologyNovember 1, 2009
How Noise Can Help Quantum Entanglement
What spoils quantum entanglement can also restore it
EnvironmentOctober 29, 2009
Prospects for solar: "It's like watching the Internet mature in 1995"
EnvironmentOctober 27, 2009
The albedo effect
EnvironmentOctober 26, 2009
First light! Panels start producing power, but paperwork drags on
EnvironmentOctober 22, 2009
Solar snafu: The contractor finally installs the panels, but goofs
Space & PhysicsOctober 13, 2009
What do we really know about the Kuiper belt? Fifth dispatch from the annual planets meeting
Space & PhysicsOctober 9, 2009
LCROSS strikes Earth's moon as other moons continue to puzzle: Fourth dispatch from the annual planets meeting
Space & PhysicsOctober 8, 2009
Planetary bombardments, past and future: Third dispatch from the annual planets meeting
Space & PhysicsOctober 8, 2009
What caused Saturn to lurch? Second dispatch from the annual planets meeting
Space & PhysicsOctober 7, 2009
From carbon planets to the lakes of Titan: Dispatch from the annual planets meeting
HealthSeptember 24, 2009
Surrogates: A little too true to life
The SciencesSeptember 1, 2009
Light
It emerged not with a quick flip of the switch but with a slow breaking of the dawn
TechnologySeptember 1, 2009
Clocks
Their origin is one of the deepest questions in modern physics
Space & PhysicsSeptember 1, 2009
Gamma Rays
To create one typically means you have to destroy something, be it a single particle or an entire star
Mind & BrainSeptember 1, 2009
Graphical Perspective
"Realistic" imagery depends on relatively recent cultural assumptions and technical skills
The SciencesSeptember 1, 2009
Rainbows
The simple magic of their shape and colors still puzzles
Space & PhysicsSeptember 1, 2009
Asteroids
The small fry of the solar system have troubled pasts
The SciencesSeptember 1, 2009
Cupcakes
The yummy baked good is one of America's first and finest contributions to world cuisine
The SciencesSeptember 1, 2009
Origins: The Start of Everything
Where do rainbows come from? What about flying cars, love and LSD?
EnvironmentAugust 27, 2009
Celebrating the birth of the solar cell
August 26, 2009
Invert your thinking: Squeezing more power out of your solar panels