The SciencesNovember 1, 1992
The Intellectual Warrior
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.
Space & PhysicsOctober 1, 1992
Illuminator of the Stars
TechnologyOctober 1, 1992
Lying by the Book
The SciencesSeptember 1, 1992
It Came from Within
The SciencesSeptember 1, 1992
Gravity Quantized?
TechnologyAugust 1, 1992
Plenty of Nothing
A detector finds more particles than expected—but not enough
TechnologyAugust 1, 1992
Counting Down
Pressure mounts on the U.S. to stop nuclear weapons test
The SciencesJuly 1, 1992
Quantum Philosophy
New Experiments-real and imagined - are probing ever more deeply into the surreal quantum realm
EnvironmentMay 1, 1992
Trying Transmutation
Experts debate practicality of a nuclear-waste scheme
TechnologyMay 1, 1992
Japan, Cold Fusion and Lyndon LaRouche
The SciencesMay 1, 1992
Life in a Test Tube?
HealthApril 1, 1992
D2 or not D2
A barroom brawl over an "alcoholism gene"
The SciencesMarch 1, 1992
The Lonely Odysseus of Particle Physics
EnvironmentMarch 1, 1992
Volcanic Disruption
A giant eruption frays the tattered ozone layer
Space & PhysicsFebruary 1, 1992
The End of Clumpiness?
The SciencesFebruary 1, 1992
Early Arrivals
Scientists argue over how old the New World is
The SciencesFebruary 1, 1992
The Mephistopheles of Neurobiology
The SciencesJanuary 1, 1992
After the Inferno
Kuwait has stopped burning, but questions still smolder
The SciencesDecember 1, 1991
The Man who Loves Insects
The SciencesNovember 1, 1991
The Pied Piper of Superstrings
HealthOctober 1, 1991
The Danger from Kuwait's Air Pollution
The SciencesOctober 1, 1991
Word Games
Another attempt to create a universal parsing machine
HealthAugust 1, 1991
Exporting Misery
A U.S. abortion ruling affects women's health worldwide
The SciencesAugust 1, 1991
Caribbean Killer
Did an impact off Mexico kill the dinosaurs?