OpinionJanuary 31, 2025
AI’s Energy Demands Threaten a Nuclear Waste Nightmare
Reviving nuclear power plants to power AI threatens an avalanche of nuclear waste
Stories by Michael Riordan
Michael Riordan, a physicist and historian of science and technology, is co-author of The Solar Home Book and Crystal Fire: The Birth of the Information Age.
OpinionJanuary 28, 2020
Scientists Must Stand Up for Internationalism
Nationalistic trends across the world threaten the cross-border cooperation that underlies scientific progress
PolicyMarch 6, 2019
William Happer Courts the Trump Administration
An eminent physicist leads a political effort to undermine climate science
OpinionDecember 6, 2017
Science Has Made America Great
But the policies of the current administration could start to change that
The SciencesMay 21, 2013
The Higgs at Last
After a three-decade search, scientists appear to have found the elusive particle. Its peculiar properties suggest a new era in physics could be about to dawn
The SciencesOctober 1, 2012
The Last Days of the Hunt for the Higgs Boson
After a three-decade search, scientists appear to have found the elusive particle. Its peculiar properties suggest a new era in physics could be about to dawn
TechnologyApril 1, 2009
Green Lasers: The Next Innovation in Chip-Based Beams
Semiconductors can generate laser light in all colors except one. But new techniques for growing laser diodes could soon make brilliant full-spectrum displays a reality