Stories by John Horgan

The Danger from Kuwait's Air Pollution

Word Games

Another attempt to create a universal parsing machine

Caribbean Killer

Did an impact off Mexico kill the dinosaurs?

Exporting Misery

A U.S. abortion ruling affects women's health worldwide

Why are Data from Kuwait Being Withheld?

Biggest Black Hole in the Universe?

Burning Questions

Scientists launch studies of Kuwait's oil fires

Questioning the "It from Bit"

From the Ashes

Will the Gulf War boost the fortunes of Star Wars?

Do Screwy Images Solve a Superconductor Mystery?

Reluctant Revolutionary

Thomas S. Kuhn unleashed "paradigm" on the world

Up in Flames

Kuwait's burning oil wells are a sad test of theories

U.S. Gags Discussion of War's Environmental Effects

History Lessons

Warfare analysts offer some disturbing-and hopeful-news

Death with Dignity

The Dutch explore the limits of a patient's right to die

The Leading Theory of the Universe Survives Another Attack

A Modest Proposal on Altruism

Postal Mortem

Drug test results may point to racial discrimination

In the Beginning…

Scientists are having a hard time agreeing on when, where and—most important—how life first emerged on the earth

Going to Pot

A grassroots movement touts hemp's environmental virtues