Column

  1. Anthropology

    Scientists can’t decide if shoulders of giants were broader or just better organized

    By Matt Crenson
  2. Physics

    With discovery of the Higgs, science can celebrate math’s power to probe nature

    By Tom Siegfried
  3. Science & Society

    Movie heists notwithstanding, when crime does pay, it’s not very much

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  4. Physics

    Bubble universes give new perspective to time’s origin and its arrow

    By Tom Siegfried
  5. Earth

    Geologists play with puzzles about past and future supercontinents

    By Alexandra Witze
  6. Anthropology

    Maya calendar savvy suggests apocalypse is farther in the future than December

    By Matt Crenson
  7. Health & Medicine

    Scientists shouldn’t get hooked on notion that obesity reflects addiction to food

    By Laura Sanders
  8. Science & Society

    Despite more time for celebrity news, duration of fame remains the same

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  9. Physics

    Lessons from physics help reveal evidence for the body ferroelectric

    By Tom Siegfried
  10. Oceans

    Director’s exploration of the abyss goes deeper than Hollywood glitz

    By Alexandra Witze
  11. Science & Society

    Here’s looking at how the usual suspect film quotes go ahead and make your day

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  12. Health & Medicine

    Rats avoiding mental workloads offer clues to lower motivation in depression

    By Laura Sanders