TechnologyAugust 30, 2010
Why believers in immortality must read Super Sad True Love Story
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.
EnvironmentAugust 23, 2010
Why I'm becoming a pro-nuke nut, continued
August 16, 2010
Nuclear fall in: Why I'm becoming a pro-nuke nut
The SciencesAugust 9, 2010
Queer notions: How Christian homophobes misuse my "gay gene" report
Mind & BrainAugust 2, 2010
Inception is a clunker, but lucid dreaming is cool
July 27, 2010
Obama's choice for warrior in chief, Gen. James Mattis, calls Iraq invasion "the dumbest thing we ever did"
July 19, 2010
How George W. Bush rejected my "Sharp" idea for countering terrorism
The SciencesJuly 12, 2010
Our nature is nurture: Are shifts in child-rearing making modern kids mean?
July 6, 2010
Dubitable Darwin? Why Some Smart, Nonreligious People Doubt the Theory of Evolution
EvolutionJune 29, 2010
Quitting the hominid fight club: The evidence is flimsy for innate chimpanzee--let alone human--warfare
June 23, 2010
Singularity Schtick: Hi-tech moguls and The New York Times may buy it, but you shouldn't
June 15, 2010
Chain links: Is the Internet empowering or enslaving us?
June 8, 2010
Watch power: Israeli raid on Turkish boat and BP oil spill show upside of ubiquitous surveillance
Mind & BrainJune 3, 2010
If religion is a side effect of sex, does that mean God doesn't exist?
May 27, 2010
Craig Venter has neither created--nor demystified--life
The SciencesMay 19, 2010
Are predictions of endless war self-fulfilling?
Mind & BrainMay 14, 2010
Artificial brains are imminent...not!
May 11, 2010
Maybe nuclear power isn't so bad after all
April 28, 2010
Grassroots spying might make world peace possible
Mind & BrainApril 23, 2010
Why soldiers get a kick out of killing
Mind & BrainApril 16, 2010
DMT is in your head, but it may be too weird for the psychedelic renaissance
April 7, 2010
Can brain scans help us understand Homer?
March 30, 2010
Obama's nuclear policy takes one step forward and two steps back
Mind & BrainMarch 24, 2010
Neuroscientists don't believe in souls--But that doesn't mean they can't sell theirs