Space & PhysicsJanuary 1, 2009
Space Exploration Sticker Shock--Economics at NASA
The laws of physics are easy; it's economics that vexes NASA
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
The SciencesDecember 1, 2008
New Quantum Weirdness: Balls That Don't Roll Off Cliffs
Quantum particles continue to behave in ways traditional particles do not
EnvironmentJune 17, 2008
Is M. Night Shyamalan anti-scientific?
EnvironmentJune 13, 2008
I See Doomed People
The director of The Happening, M. Night Shyamalan, talks about his scientific and environmental inspirations
The SciencesJune 1, 2008
A Science Fête
A celebration that seeks to reunite the Two Cultures
The SciencesApril 25, 2008
A Science Fête Project: A Q&A with Brian Greene
The World Science Festival—a celebration that seeks to reunite the Two Cultures
The SciencesApril 4, 2008
The big bang in musical form
The SciencesApril 3, 2008
Relativity theory to the tune of "Yellow Submarine"
Space & PhysicsApril 1, 2008
Catching No Rays
Missing in action: ultraenergetic cosmic rays from the Virgo cluster
Space & PhysicsJanuary 31, 2008
Explorer 1 at 50
Space & PhysicsJanuary 28, 2008
Is That a Bulge in Your Galaxy?
The SciencesJanuary 25, 2008
Does Science Suck?
Space & PhysicsJanuary 23, 2008
Galaxy Quest
TechnologyJanuary 1, 2008
Making Them Whole
Artificial limbs and a prosthetic arm create a path to better bionics
TechnologyJanuary 1, 2008
Squirt and Spin
Printers squirt out silicon chips, and the spin of electrons is used in computer logic
The SciencesSeptember 26, 2007
Hysterical about hysteria
Space & PhysicsSeptember 5, 2007
Emotions recalled in the Sea of Tranquility
The SciencesAugust 22, 2007
Hints of a breakdown of relativity theory?
Space & PhysicsJuly 1, 2007
An Ear for Spacetime
Pulsars provide an alternative way to detect gravitational waves
The SciencesApril 1, 2007
The Not-So-Dark Matter
How dark matter might emit detectable energy
Space & PhysicsFebruary 1, 2007
Martian Rope Trick
NASA rewrites the book on Martian landings
The SciencesDecember 1, 2006
Beginning to See the Light
Two-dimensional light waves point toward optical imaging of viruses and the Invisible Man
Space & PhysicsDecember 1, 2006
A Reason for a Moonless Venus
Space & PhysicsOctober 10, 2006
Double Impact May Explain Why Venus Has No Moon