EnvironmentJanuary 23, 2012
A Century after Scott and Amundsen, the Antarctic Still Beckons
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.
EnvironmentJanuary 17, 2012
How the U.S. Can Help Humanity Achieve World Peace (Yes, World Peace)
EvolutionJanuary 6, 2012
Is Robert Trivers Deceiving Himself about Evolutionary Psychology's Flaws?
EnvironmentDecember 26, 2011
Killing Environmentalism to Save It: Two Greens Call for `Postenvironmentalism'
HealthDecember 22, 2011
How I Used to Celebrate Winter Solstice-and Life's Improbability
The SciencesDecember 17, 2011
Does the "Goddamn" Higgs Particle Portend the End of Physics?
EnvironmentDecember 11, 2011
In Physics, Telling Cranks from Experts Ain't Easy
HealthDecember 3, 2011
Why I Don't Dig Buddhism
November 24, 2011
R.I.P. Lynn Margulis, Biological Rebel
The biologist Lynn Margulis died on November 22 at the age of 73. I adapted the following essay about her from my 1996 book The End of Science.
OpinionNovember 22, 2011
Thanksgiving News Flash: Things Are Getting Better!
EvolutionNovember 13, 2011
Can Science Solve-Really Solve-the Problem of Beauty?
HealthNovember 7, 2011
How Can We Curb the Medical-Testing Epidemic?
October 29, 2011
Why Gaddafi’s Death Doesn’t Fill Me With Joy
I was going to let the demise of Muammar Gaddafi pass without comment—after all, what does the murder of this tyrant have to do with science, right?
EnvironmentOctober 24, 2011
Colossal Waste Exposed in Afghan Electric Projects
EnvironmentOctober 17, 2011
Steven Chu Defends Federal Research Against Know-Nothing Critics
EnvironmentOctober 11, 2011
Dear Occupy Wall Street: Read Jeffrey Sachs!
The SciencesOctober 3, 2011
Drone Assassinations Hurt the U.S. More Than They Help Us
EvolutionSeptember 26, 2011
History Suggests the U.S. Will Ban the Death Penalty Soon. Why Not Now?
HealthSeptember 19, 2011
Michele Bachmann Wasn't Totally Wrong about HPV Vaccines
HealthSeptember 7, 2011
Did the U.S. Overreact to the 9/11 Attacks? Undoubtedly
HealthSeptember 2, 2011
Why Screening Teens for Mental Illness Is a Terrible Idea
EnvironmentAugust 27, 2011
Is It Wrong to Link Hurricane Irene to Global Warming?
The SciencesAugust 22, 2011
Is David Deutsch's Vision of Endless Understanding Delusional?
EvolutionAugust 12, 2011
Proposed Ban on Ape Research Caps Summer of the Chimps