The SciencesSeptember 2, 2008
Fact or Fiction: NFL Teams Should Go for More Fourth Downs
If the stats favor going for it, why are coaches so wary?
Stories by JR Minkel
JR Minkel was a news reporter for Scientific American.
The SciencesSeptember 1, 2008
News Scan Briefs: Eyes on the Tops of Their Heads; Play Dates for Germ Sharing; Another Gene for Alzheimer's
Also: The New Stone Age; Mountain Climbing Trees; Location Influences Voters; and Martian Hit-and-Run
The SciencesAugust 28, 2008
World record ($100,000) prime number found?
Space & PhysicsAugust 26, 2008
First Light from Space Telescope Reveals Gamma-Ray Sky
GLAST orbiting observatory renamed for Enrico Fermi
The SciencesAugust 25, 2008
Moo North: Cattle and Deer May Sense Earth's Magnetic Field
Google Earth photos and field studies reveal animals lining up north–south
TechnologyAugust 22, 2008
Intel gets into the wireless electricity game
Space & PhysicsAugust 21, 2008
How Puzzling Stars Formed near Galactic Black Hole
Gas clouds pulled into orbit around black holes could survive long enough to make stars
Space & PhysicsAugust 20, 2008
NASA releases Orion crash photos
Space & PhysicsAugust 19, 2008
How NASA plans to quell Ares 1 rocket vibrations
Space & PhysicsAugust 18, 2008
NASA contractors battling it out over space suits, shuttle
Space & PhysicsAugust 15, 2008
Could the Russia-Georgia conflict jeopardize U.S. space plans?
Space & PhysicsAugust 14, 2008
"Great Planet Debate" to revive Pluto planet brouhaha
The SciencesAugust 13, 2008
Quantum weirdness wins again: Entanglement clocks in at 10,000+ times faster than light
TechnologyAugust 13, 2008
The 2003 Northeast Blackout--Five Years Later
Tougher regulatory measures are in place, but we're still a long way from a "smart" power grid
TechnologyAugust 12, 2008
Light bent the wrong way--can an invisibility cloak be far behind?
The SciencesAugust 12, 2008
Large Hadron Collider countdown going strong
The SciencesAugust 11, 2008
When Clones Attack: Q&A with Clone Wars Director David Filoni
See the softer, more digital side of Jedi Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: The Clone Wars
The SciencesAugust 8, 2008
Fermilab says: "Hey wait, we're in the Higgs hunt, too!"
The SciencesAugust 7, 2008
Large Hadron Collider to Get First Taste of Proton Beam
Following a test this coming weekend, official start-up date is set for September 10
August 6, 2008
How to make an electronic eye, step one: the retina
Space & PhysicsAugust 5, 2008
NASA Says Perchlorate Does Not Rule Out Life on Mars
Unexpected chemical in Martian soil is a food source for some Earthly microbes
Space & PhysicsAugust 4, 2008
Perchlorate found on Mars makes soil less Earthlike
Space & PhysicsAugust 4, 2008
Solar sail and ashes of Star Trek's "Scotty" lost in SpaceX rocket failure
Space & PhysicsAugust 4, 2008
What does the White House know about life on Mars that you don't?