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December 1, 2015Space & Physics
New Ideas in the Search for Dark Matter: The invisible dark matter particles that dominate the universe may come in strange and varied forms; Bogdan A. Dobrescu and Don Lincoln; Special Editions Volume 24, Issue 4s; 10.1038/scientificamericanphysics1215-62; Originally published as "Mystery of the Hidden Cosmos" in Special Editions Volume 24, Issue 4s

August 29, 1908The Sciences
The History of Electric Motive Power: A Brief Record of Rapid Development; Silvanus P. Thompson; Scientific American Supplements Volume 66, Issue 1704supp; 10.1038/scientificamerican08291908-130supp

December 12, 2011The Sciences
Waiting for the Higgs, With the Man Who Built the LHC: They call it “the machine.”Thousands of physicists working at the LHC are looking for the Higgs boson and other new particles, and many of them have contributed to building the gigantic detectors that are taking most of the media limelight these days.But humming 100 meters under the Franco-Swiss border is the apparatus that makes it all possible...; Davide Castelvecchi

June 15, 2018Space & Physics
The Standard Model (of Physics) at 50: It has successfully predicted many particles, including the Higgs Boson, and has led to 55 Nobels so far, but there’s plenty it still can’t account for; Yvette Cendes

May 14, 2020Evolution
A Failure of Imagination: Nature does not have to play fair with our puny human brains; Caleb A. Scharf

June 1, 2010
Extra Dimensions: The world's biggest particle collider might uncover new slices of space; George Musser; 10.1038/scientificamerican0610-39

January 25, 2010
Video Game Expands the Concept of Dark Energy for Mass Effect: Mass Effect 2, the new sequel of the popular video game, lets players battle enemies by channeling something akin to the unknown force that causes the universe to continue expanding; Larry Greenemeier

August 24, 2009
Canada assumes weighty mantle: Instrument to help redefine the kilogram makes a transatlantic move.

September 1, 2016
Is It Possible to Measure Supernatural or Paranormal Phenomena?: Where the known meets the unknown we are tempted to inject paranormal and supernatural forces to explain unsolved mysteries. We must resist the temptation because such efforts can never succeed...; Michael Shermer; 10.1038/scientificamerican0916-88; Originally published as "At the Boundary of Knowledge" in

June 1, 2012
Happy Birthday, Electron: Lorentz's electron theory of 1892 bridges classical and modern physics; Frank Wilczek; 10.1038/scientificamerican0612-24

April 29, 2013The Sciences
The head of the House Committee on Science does not understand how science works: It's been said many times. Curiosity-driven research with no immediate application or goal is what has primarily led to science's greatest discoveries as well as our high standard of living...; Ashutosh Jogalekar

September 16, 2013Guest Blog
Ella Gale: Building a Neuromorphic (Brain-Like) Computer: This is a part of a series of Q&As with mathematicians and computer scientists participating at the 1st Heidelberg Laureate Forum, September 22-27, 2013.; Beatrice Lugger

April 4, 2013Environment
Is "Social Science" an Oxymoron? Will That Ever Change?: I've been mulling over the potential, and limits, of social science again lately. One reason is that last month philosopher James Weatherall of the University of California at Irvine visited my school, Stevens Institute of Technology, to talk about his new book The Physics of Wall Street ...; John Horgan

May 1, 1976
The Mass of the Photon: The particle of electromagnetic radiation is often assumed to be massless, but the laws of physics do not require that assumption. If the photon has a mass, however, it must be exceedingly small...; Alfred Scharff Goldhaber and Michael Martin Nieto; 10.1038/scientificamerican0576-86

January 10, 2012The Sciences
What If There Were No Gravity?: The universe would be flat and featureless, says a University of Towson physicist. Harder: how about if gravity were switched off at a certain point after the universe formed?; Natalie Wolchover and Life's Little Mysteries

May 1, 2012The Sciences
Much Ado about Nothing: Science closes in on why there is something instead of nothing; Michael Shermer; Scientific American Volume 306, Issue 5; 10.1038/scientificamerican0512-86

April 1, 1985
Elementary Particles and Forces: A coherent view of the fundamental constituents of matter and the forces governing them has emerged. It embraces disparate theories, but they may soon be united in one comprehensive description of natural events...; Chris Quigg; 10.1038/scientificamerican0485-84

October 8, 2013Cross-Check
Could Nobel Prize for “God Particle” Be Last Gasp for Particle Physics?: “Here at last!” With this unusual but understandable exuberance, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced today that it has awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics to François Englert and Peter Higgs...; John Horgan

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