Stories by John Horgan

Who Discovered the Mandelbrot Set?

Did the father of fractals "discover" his namesake set?

The Forgotten Era of Brain Chips

The work of Jose Delgado, a pioneering star in brain-stimulation research four decades ago, goes largely unacknowledged today. What happened?

Clash in Cambridge

Science and religion seem as antagonistic as ever

Twist and Shout

Astronomers claim the universe has a preferred direction

Pinning Down Inflation

Cosmologists strive to preserve a popular theory of creation

Sex, Flies and Videotape

A mutant gene alters the sexual behavior of fruit flies

Seeking a Better Way to Die

The Sinister Cosmos

A meteorite yields clues to life's molecular handedness

Leaping Leptoquarks!

Hints of "new physics" emerge from German accelerators

Juggling Act

Which Came First?

Feathered fossils fan debate over the bird-dinosaur link

Beyond the Test Ban

Experts debate the need for a giant laser-fusion machine

Why Freud isn't Dead

Life, Life Everywhere

The origin of life on earth appears more and more inevitable--or does it?

Multicultural Studies

Rates of depression vary widely throughout the world

Mind Over Body

Stroke victims cannot perceive paralysis in themselves--or others

Score One for Punk Eek

The fitful evolution of bacteria supports a controversial theory

Group Think

A previously rejected theory about natural selection makes a comeback

Headshrinker Convention

Schroedinger's Cation

Physicists prove that an atom can be in two different places at once