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Episode 17 of BookLab is now out — featuring books by Antonio Damasio, David Schwartz, and Till Roenneberg:

Theoretical physics has made little progress in the last 30 years, some scientists argue — at least, compared to the great breakthroughs of the 20th century. My report for NBCnews.com.

As I argue in a new blog post, the Star Wars universe owes more to Newton than to Einstein.

Everyone has heard of relativity, but how many of us can explain it to a friend? Here's a quick beginner's guide that I wrote for NBCnews.com.

Following the death of Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time is once again on the bestseller lists. But what if you want more? Amanda Gefter (my co-host for the …

In a special episode of BookLab, Amanda Gefter and I look back at Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time, 30 years after its publication. (Available on iTunes or on …

Against all odds, Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time became a runaway bestseller. In this feature for Slate, I examine why.

The world has lost a great mind with the death of physicist Stephen Hawking. His ideas were famously inpenetrable, at least for the non-specialist — but his goal, in fact, …

Einstein was a genius — but he was also human. Occasionally, he slipped up. In this feature for NBCnews.com, I look at three of Einstein's biggest mistakes.    

We admire creativity — but we also want to dissect it; to understand it. In my first review for the Los Angeles Review of Books, I weigh in on The …