HealthNovember 27, 2012
What Should We Do With Our Visions of Heaven and Hell?
Stories by John Horgan
John Horgan is a freelance journalist and a former Scientific American staff writer. He comments on science in his free online journal, Cross-Check, and he has also posted his self-published books Mind-Body Problems (2018) and My Quantum Experiment (2023) online. Horgan teaches science writing at the Stevens Institute of Technology.
EvolutionNovember 21, 2012
Thanksgiving Guilt Trip: How Warlike Were Native Americans Before Europeans Arrived?
EvolutionNovember 20, 2012
What Should Teachers Say to Religious Students Who Doubt Evolution?
EvolutionNovember 13, 2012
Is the "Just War" Concept an Oxymoron, or Can It Be Salvaged?
HealthNovember 12, 2012
Should Scientists and Engineers Resist Taking Military Money?
EnvironmentNovember 2, 2012
Does Sandy Mean We Should Have Fewer Nukes, or More?
HealthOctober 26, 2012
"Dexter" and British Psychologist Ask: Who Wants to Be a Psychopath?
EnvironmentOctober 22, 2012
Ethicist Peter Singer Critiques Roe v. Wade, Obamacare, Romney
EnvironmentOctober 15, 2012
No Nukes + No Fracking = More Coal? Indian Point Debate Highlights Green Quandary
EnvironmentOctober 8, 2012
Comrades, Join the "Peer Progressive" Movement!
EvolutionSeptember 28, 2012
Darwinian Giant Robert Trivers Riffs on Toddler Tantrums, Homophobic Denial and Other Lies
Mind & BrainSeptember 21, 2012
Is Cosmos a "Piece of Light Verse" Tossed Off by a Bored God?
EnvironmentSeptember 13, 2012
Journalist Gary Taubes Raises Bucks to Disprove His Diet Theory
EnvironmentSeptember 10, 2012
Did the U.S. Overreact to the 9/11 Attacks?
EnvironmentSeptember 7, 2012
My Two &*%$#!!! Questions for Romney and Obama
EnvironmentAugust 26, 2012
As We Say Goodbye to Neil Armstrong, Should We Also Let Go of Our Space Fantasies?
Mind & BrainAugust 24, 2012
How William Thurston (RIP) Helped Bring About "The Death of Proof"
August 10, 2012
Was James Joyce the Greatest Mind-Scientist Ever?
I bought a Kindle recently, and excitedly downloaded free stuff: Stevenson’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (not as good as I remembered), stories of H.P.
EvolutionAugust 4, 2012
RIP Military Historian John Keegan, Who Saw War as Product of Culture Rather Than Biology
EvolutionJuly 29, 2012
Stanley Miller and the Quest to Understand Life's Beginning
HealthJuly 27, 2012
Should Fans Fret That Olympians Are Fiddling with Their Genes?
HealthJuly 21, 2012
How Many Massacres Will It Take for Politicians to Stand Up to Gun Nuts?
Mind & BrainJuly 20, 2012
Brilliant Scientists Are Open-Minded about Paranormal Stuff, So Why Not You?
Mind & BrainJuly 13, 2012
Can the Turing Test Help Us Know Whether a Machine Is Really Thinking?