CultureOctober 7, 2016
A Trippy Cosmic History Lesson: SA Editors Discuss Terrence Malick’s “Voyage of Time”
Stories by Clara Moskowitz
Clara Moskowitz is chief of reporters at Scientific American, where she covers astronomy, space, physics and mathematics. She has been at Scientific American for more than a decade; previously she worked at Space.com. Moskowitz has reported live from rocket launches, space shuttle liftoffs and landings, suborbital spaceflight training, mountaintop observatories, and more. She has a bachelor’s degree in astronomy and physics from Wesleyan University and a graduate degree in science communication from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
ComputingOctober 5, 2016
How Quantum Computing Could Change Cybersecurity Forever [Video]
Quantum scientist Michele Mosca will discuss security in the coming quantum age during a live Webcast tonight at 7 P.M.
CultureOctober 1, 2016
An Astronaut Tells It Like It Is in New Book
And more October book recommendations from Scientific American
CultureSeptember 1, 2016
How a Seed Collection Could Save Humanity
And more new books for September 2016
Space & PhysicsAugust 3, 2016
Did the Universe Boot Up with a “Big Bounce?”
The cosmos may have rebounded from an earlier contraction and “big crunch” into a “big bang” that started it all over again
CultureAugust 1, 2016
50 Women Who Changed Science
And more new books for August 2016
Space & PhysicsJuly 7, 2016
Doomed Spacecraft Shows Tantalizing Hints of Surprising Black Hole Behavior [Video]
Before it died barely a month after launch, the Hitomi spacecraft spied interesting effects of black holes on the Perseus cluster of galaxies
CultureJuly 1, 2016
A Utopia with Caveats: Why Peace on Earth Might Require Big Sacrifices
An interview with Ada Palmer, author of the new science fiction novel Too Like the Lightning
CultureJuly 1, 2016
Visions of the Future: Top Science Fiction New Releases
Our recommendations for five scientifically satisfying stories of what is to come
Space & PhysicsJune 15, 2016
Gravitational Wave Observatory Finds More Colliding Black Holes
The second confirmation of ripples in spacetime is announced by astronomers at LIGO
The SciencesJune 14, 2016
Gravitational Wave Scientists Astounded--by Your Interest
Caltech’s Kip Thorne and Ronald Drever and MIT’s Rainer Weiss were the founders of the LIGO experiment that detected gravitational waves. They were just awarded the Kavli Prize in Astrophysics and two of them spoke with Scientific American's Clara Moskowitz about LIGO and the public's reaction.
The SciencesJune 1, 2016
How Mistakes Help Science [Video]
Astrophysicist Mario Livio will discuss how famous thinkers’ blunders have played a vital role in research during a live Webcast tonight at 7 P.M.
CultureJune 1, 2016
Essays Celebrate the Centennial of America's National Parks
New Books for May 2016
The SciencesMay 17, 2016
Wanted: Gravitational Constant's True Value
Scientists from numerous disciplines will brainstorm new strategies for measuring "Big G" in July.
Space & PhysicsMay 17, 2016
Strange Supernovae are Driven by Magnetic Fields [Video]
Three animations model how strongly magnetized stars produce oddball stellar explosions
Space & PhysicsMay 12, 2016
Hunt for Big Bang Gravitational Waves Gets $40-Million Boost
The nonprofit Simons Foundation will fund a new observatory to search for signs of stretching in the very early universe
The SciencesMay 10, 2016
Godless Universe: A Physicist Searches for Meaning in Nature
The natural world is the only world, theoretical physicist Sean Carroll argues in a new book
CultureMay 1, 2016
A Visionary Mathematician Comes to the Silver Screen
Film and book reviews from Scientific American’s May 2016 issue
The SciencesApril 13, 2016
Shape-Shifting Particles: Mysterious Neutrinos [Video]
Nobel physics laureate Arthur McDonald will discuss the surprising characteristics of neutrinos, which can change their identities as they fly through the universe
Space & PhysicsApril 11, 2016
Cosmic Speed Measurement Suggests Dark Energy Mystery
A new measurement of how fast space is expanding disagrees with estimates based on the early universe, potentially pointing toward a break from the standard model of physics
The SciencesApril 7, 2016
Are We Living in a Computer Simulation?
High-profile physicists and philosophers gathered to debate whether we are real or virtual—and what it means either way
Space & PhysicsApril 1, 2016
Book Review: The Right Kind of Crazy
Recommendations from Scientific American
The SciencesMarch 31, 2016
Physics Fiction: Quantum Shorts 2015 Winner
Scientific American partnered on a writing contest for science fiction short stories inspired by the realm of quantum physics
Space & PhysicsMarch 31, 2016
Twin Birth Proposed for Colliding Black Holes That Produced Gravitational Waves
A flash of light shortly after the detection of gravitational waves could mean that that historic event has an added wrinkle—the black holes that collided may have been born in the same collapsing massive star.