Stories by Mark Alpert

Former Scientific American editor Mark Alpert talks about his latest sci-fi thriller The Coming Storm, which warns about the consequences of unethical scientific research and of ignoring the scientific findings you don’t like.  

We must understand the laws of nature before we can deduce their origins

James Gunn, the last surviving author of the genre’s Golden Age, believes it can help, anyway

Former Scientific American editor Mark Alpert talks about his latest science fiction thriller, The Orion Plan, featuring the method whereby aliens most likely really would colonize our planet.
 

Is a new plan to blast nanosatellites to the stars with gigagantic lasers brilliant or crazy—or a little of both?

I was introduced to the Einstein field equations three decades ago as a naïve undergraduate—and was smitten at once by their beauty and simplicity

Scientific American editor–turned-sci-fi-writer Mark Alpert, author of Final Theory and Extinction, talks about his latest book, The Furies   

As any avid Star Trek fan can tell you, the eccentric physicist Zefram Cochrane invented the warp-drive engine in the year 2063. It wasn't easy.

A prototype liquid-argon detector called ArgoNeuT will pave the way for the MicroBooNE facility at Fermilab

Readers need more novels about real science

Last-minute budget cuts stun U.S. physicists

Congress's budget cut decelerates U.S. high-energy physics research

A newly discovered neutron star doesnt behave like it's supposed to

A stolen idea from the plant world could improve prospects for solar power

Everyday materials may pose health and environmental threats

Can the U.S. improve fuel economy without sacrificing safety?

Is there evidence for string theory in a neutrino experiment?

Can avoiding bread and milk ease the disorder?

Instead of string theory, four-dimensional tetrahedrons

The next generation of electronic tags promises to outperform RFIDs

New devices can make forecasts for your own backyard

At fermilab, particle smashing yields to flavor changing

Hopping probe may hunt for ice on the moon

A disturbing stroll through a simulated battlefield