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Will Fusion Energy Ever Come Together?

It may well make more sense to improve an already proven technology—fission.

March 3, 2014

John Bahcall and the Hubble Telescope

Bringing the universe home.

February 28, 2014

Beacon Bugs

Every 29 years, their light proves disastrous.

February 28, 2014

Early Humans Made Animated Art

How Paleolithic artists used fire to set the world’s oldest art in motion.

February 28, 2014

20 Ways to See the Light

The meaning of light through history in science, religion, philosophy, and culture.

February 28, 2014

A Lexicon of Light

Since the universe formed, photons have affected everything.

February 28, 2014

Why Physicists Make Up Stories in the Dark

In unseen worlds, science invariably crosses paths with fantasy.

February 28, 2014

Drowning in Light

Technology has fed our addiction to light, and might help us end it.

February 28, 2014

Steal a Skull, Understand a Genius

Can you match the skulls of Schubert, Haydn, and Beethoven with the musical style of its owner?

February 28, 2014

Ingenious: Daniel Wolf Savin

Illuminating the birth of the stars.

February 27, 2014