Space & PhysicsDecember 10, 2008
In the stars: Astronomer accurately predicted exoplanet years earlier
Stories by John Matson
John Matson is a former reporter and editor for Scientific American who has written extensively about astronomy and physics.
Space & PhysicsDecember 10, 2008
Carbon dioxide detected in a land far, far away
Space & PhysicsDecember 8, 2008
Mars in 3-D: So detailed it's scary
The SciencesDecember 7, 2008
Rock and Roil: Meteorites Hitting Early Earth's Oceans May Have Helped Spawn Life
Did heat, pressure and carbon from meteorite impacts create biological precursors?
TechnologyDecember 5, 2008
New LHC report details collider's damage and repair
TechnologyDecember 4, 2008
Live NFL football goes 3-D tonight for the first time
Space & PhysicsDecember 4, 2008
Mars Science Laboratory rover delayed two-plus years
The SciencesDecember 2, 2008
LHC org nixes rumors of delay, says collider set to go next year
Space & PhysicsDecember 1, 2008
Picking up the pieces of the Canadian meteorite
Space & PhysicsDecember 1, 2008
The moon, Jupiter and Venus: Night sky's three brightest lights come together this evening
TechnologyNovember 26, 2008
Nanomachines Powered by Light
A light touch (literally) could take tiny devices off the grid
Space & PhysicsNovember 26, 2008
Caught on film: It's a bird, it's a plane, it's NASA's lost tool kit crossing the night sky!
The SciencesNovember 26, 2008
What Would Blackbeard Do? Why Piracy Pays
Q&A with economist Peter Leeson
Space & PhysicsNovember 25, 2008
Other solar systems have carbon dioxide, too
Space & PhysicsNovember 24, 2008
Meteor streaking across Canadian sky caught on video
The SciencesNovember 21, 2008
New computer model gives particle physics another thumbs-up
Space & PhysicsNovember 21, 2008
Talk about cyberspace: NASA's space-spanning Internet clears its first hurdle
Space & PhysicsNovember 20, 2008
Red (Planet) Alert: Massive Subsurface Glaciers Discovered on Mars
Surface-penetrating radar reveals features composed of ice, not rock
The SciencesNovember 19, 2008
Quantum Computing Advances a Qubit Closer to Reality
Researchers use a magnetic field and low temperatures to extend the lifetime of one type of quantum bit 50-fold
The SciencesNovember 19, 2008
Antarctic balloon on the trail of dark matter?
The SciencesNovember 18, 2008
Antimatter machine: Are you ready, 007?
EnvironmentNovember 18, 2008
Global warming data blunder: Worth the fuss?
The SciencesNovember 17, 2008
LHC start-up date pushed back again
The SciencesNovember 17, 2008
"Motrin moms," a-Twitter over ad, take on Big Pharma--And win