Stories by Clara Moskowitz

A new analysis of light and gravitational waves from colliding neutron stars helps reveal what’s inside these ultradense objects

X-ray scans of ancient Egyptian cat, bird and snake mummies show details never seen before

The pieces are finally coming together on the long-delayed ITER experiment to create nuclear fusion

Climate change, nuclear arms control, the pandemic and more will be determined by whoever wins the White House and Congress

Researchers observed a sugary treat underwater to understand the origin of spiky rock forests

Four hundred years ago Galileo Galilei’s scientific findings were rejected because they didn’t fit the prevailing beliefs of the time. His story is disturbingly relevant today. Astrophysicist and author Mario Livio and Scientific American editor Clara Moskowitz to discusses lessons from Galileo’s life for dealing with science deniers now, plus a historical detective story about Galileo’s famous motto, “And yet it moves.”

New evidence from neutrinos points to one of several theories about why the cosmos is made of matter and not antimatter

New analyses question whether mysterious gamma-ray and x-ray light in the galaxy actually stems from an invisible mass

James Peebles, who helped found the field of cosmology, shares the prize with Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz, discoverers of the first exoplanet around another sunlike star

A new finding limits how much the bizarre particle can weigh, shedding light on a physics quandary

Cosmic calculations suggest how massive nature’s lightest matter particle could be

Humanity first went to the moon to make a point. Now it’s time to overcome rivalries and pitch in together

Half a century after Apollo 11, we remember how we achieved the impossible and why we need to do it again

Differences between matter and antimatter could help explain why the cosmos mostly lacks the latter today, researchers say

Economist Emily Oster explains how to make the best decisions for your particular child, using the scientific evidence at hand

When the discussion of reproductive health is dominated by the political will to control it, gaps in medical research get overshadowed

Private organization SpaceIL’s Beresheet lander crashes down on the moon following engine and communications problems

Patricia Straat looks back on the Viking lander experiment that aimed to find microbes

The first female winner of the prestigious Abel Prize shares details of life as a mathematician

The insides of neutron stars—the densest form of matter in the universe—have long been a mystery, but it is one that scientists are starting to crack

A huge flare from a black hole helps reveal how matter and energy are expelled

Officials will vote to overhaul the SI system of measurements, basing units such as the kilogram not on physical objects but on fundamental constants

A leader of a major report on sexual misconduct explains how to make science accessible to everyone

Mission co-founder explains how backing up data on synthetic DNA can protect humanity’s knowledge