Stories by John Horgan

Mathematicians are attempting to make the world's longest proof shorter

U.S. officials question the value of Antarctic science programs

The Road Ahead perpetuates a myth about the road behind

Experiments lend support to the leading theory of life's origin

Language unfolds among deaf Nicaraguan children

Conflict between fetus and mother may trouble pregnancy

Stability of the Antarctic ice remains unclear

A long-term rise in IQ scores baffles intelligence experts

Doubts arise over research on the biology of homosexuality

Hubble telescope spots a vast ring of icy protoplanets

Psychologists and others try to sidestep old pitfalls—both political and scientific—as they apply evolutionary theory to the clothed ape

Psychotherapists seek inspiration in nonlinear sciences

Neurons may be more punctual than had been supposed

Theorists twist relativity to eradicate an astronomical anomaly

A chemical attack in Tokyo adds urgency to arms-control efforts

Can science achieve a unified theory of complex systems? Even at the Santa Fe Institute, some researchers have their doubts

A critic decries the cost of particle physics