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The Stars Are a Comforting Constant

A poet blends the personal with the cosmic.

November 28, 2016

The Woman the Mercury Astronauts Couldn’t Do Without

Katherine Johnson negotiated the dynamics of both race and space.

November 28, 2016

When Einstein Tilted at Windmills

The young physicist’s quest to prove the theories of Ernst Mach.

November 28, 2016

Is This Planet Occupied?

Life on other planets will likely have these telltale signatures.

November 23, 2016

The Math That’s Too Difficult for Physics

How do physicists reconstruct what really happened in a particle collision? Through calculations that are so challenging that, in some cases, they simply can’t be done. Yet.

November 21, 2016

Spark of Science: Lisa Becking

A marine biologist talks about the wonders of hidden lakes.

November 21, 2016

An Alien Adaptability Scorecard for the World’s Biggest Religions

When we find ET, which faiths will bend, and which will snap?

November 21, 2016