Author: Anthony Mariano

Try imagining a universe without color, or time. Unusual, but possible to visualize. Now try imagining a universe without space. What does it look like? Without space, we seem not to be able to start. READ ONLINE

Can the spectacle of crashing dominoes shock people out of old habits?

The debate about what caused the 2010 stock market Flash Crash is missing the point.

For many people, 1969 felt like a year when technology could solve all of our problems, a sentiment that reached a crescendo with the Apollo 11 moon landing. But back on Earth, Michael Kaback was a faculty member in pediatrics1 at Johns Hopkins Medical Center, and he was frustrated. Kaback had helped some of his […]

A simple mathematical model of a sandpile shows remarkably complex behavior.

On June 1, 1676 the Battle of Öland was raging, as the Swedish navy grappled with a Danish-Dutch fleet for control of the southern rim of the Baltic Sea. Amid bad weather, Kronan—Sweden’s naval flagship in the region and one of the largest warships of its kind at the time—made a sudden left turn. Its […]

Meet Fredrik Sjöberg, author of the sleeper hit, The Fly Trap.

The amazing underwater athletes are rewriting the science of the body.

Why the Great Red Spot refuses to die.

I don’t want to surrender to a lottery. But will I regret not playing?