Featured Book: Our Mathematical Universe, by Max Tegmark. How many universes are there, anyway? Physicist Max Tegmark says there could be an infinite number of universes, and he argues the …
I'm pleased to announce the launch of a new podcast called BookLab, hosted by myself and science journalist Amanda Gefter. Our goal with BookLab is to put science books under …
It's one of the largest and most ambitious observatories ever conceived: The James Webb Space Telescope, successor to the Hubble Space Telescope. I report for Quirks & Quarks on my …
Time appears to flow, and it does so in just one direction — but why? In a feature story for COSMOS Magazine, I describe a bold new model which suggests …
A group called the Nonhuman Rights Project is lobbying for “personhood” for chimpanzees and other high-functioning animals – but what are the philosophical implications? My report for The Philosopher’s Zone …
Did one of Shakespeare's final plays allude to the astronomical work of Galileo? I examine the question of Shakespeare and the stars in a report for the Australian radio program, …
A court in New York has ruled that Tommy, a chimpanzee, doesn't qualify as a legal "person" — but as I report for Discover magazine's blog, the legal wrangling, and …
This winter, a balloon-borne probe called "Spider" will study the early universe. It may even find evidence for the gravitational waves that eluded BICEP2 earlier this year. I report on …
I'll be speaking at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival this weekend; my session will be on Sunday afternoon as part of a non-fiction panel (see the festival's full schedule). And …
I'm pleased to announce that my two-part Ideas documentary from 2013, Mind and Machine, has won a Silver Award from the New York Festivals. This is the third time that …
