Stories by JR Minkel

Hit or Miss

Scaling the Quakes

Why aftershocks may not really be aftershocks after all

Cascades of Light

Falling in Line

A Way with Words

Do languages help mold the way we think? A controversial idea from the 1930s is getting a second look

Inflamed Blame Game

Space Rock Candy

A Recycled Universe

Crashing branes and cosmic acceleration may power an infinite cycle in which our universe is but a phase

First String

Early Warning

Sonic Womb

Political Watershed

Residual Volcanic Heat May Be Melting Greenland Ice

Oddball Superconductor Violates Standard Theory of Electron Behavior

Shimmying Star May Shed Light on Forces at Work in the Sun

Researchers Spin Electrons with Electricity

Biologists Discover World's Smallest Lizard

Pictures of Nerve Cells Hint at Changes Underlying Memory Formation

Imaging Study Reveals Competition Between Brain's Memory Centers

Researchers Isolate Genes for Mosquito's Sense of Smell