Stories by Harald Franzen

The Astronaut's New Clothes

Since the early days of manned space flight, engineers have designed a wide variety of space suits. Their biggest challenge, though, may still lie ahead: a suit for the first manned mission to Mars...

Perseid Meteor Shower Sets the Stage for November's Leonids

Gene Study Suggests Early Evolution of Land Plants and Fungi Changed Earth's Climate

Brain Study Shows Grandmaster Chess Players Think Differently Than Amateurs Do

Gaseous Emissions at Oracle of Delphi Entranced the Pythia

Multitasking May Diminish, Not Boost, Productivity

New Theory Explains How Earth's Early Atmosphere Became Oxygen-Rich

The Submerged Subway Reef

Despite environmental concerns, artificial reefs made from subway cars may soon provide a habitat for reef fish along the Mid-Atlantic Coast

Abnormal RNA, Not Faulty Proteins, May Cause Myotonic Dystrophy

Astronomers Find Optical Light from the Corona of a Star Other Than Our Sun

Scientists Say They Have Found Extraterrestrial Life in the Stratosphere But Peers Are Skeptical

Spacecraft Finds Spot Where Solar Wind and Earth's Magnetosphere Connect

More Children Are Seriously Injured on Playgrounds Than in Traffic

Anatomical Abnormalities in the Brain May Contribute to Stuttering

The 2000 Election, Reengineered

A team of scientists spent the past six months examining where the most recent presidential election went wrong. Now they know how to fix it

Study in Worms Shows How Proteins Work to Dispatch Nerve Signals

Medieval Korean Records Corroborate English Observation of Sunspots

Film Reveals Order in Jupiter's Seemingly Chaotic Polar Storms

Medication May Explain Lincoln's Legendary Fits of Rage

DDT May Cause Premature Births