Column

  1. Physics

    Laser pioneer reflects on making Einstein’s idea real

    Science News reporter Ron Cowen's Q&A with Nobel laureate and laser-technology pioneer Charles Townes.

    By Ron Cowen

  2. Jumping to conclusions can make for good decisions

    Gary Klein, a psychologist and chief scientist at Applied Research Associates in Fairborn, Ohio, has for the past 25 years studied how people make real-life, critical decisions under extreme time pressure. In his 2009 book Streetlights and Shadows: Searching for the Keys to Adaptive Decision Making (MIT Press), Klein discusses 10 surprising ways effective thinkers […]

    By Gary Klein
  3. Math

    Million-dollar math prize awarded, but not necessarily accepted

    The reclusive mathematician who proved the Poincaré conjecture may or may not claim his prize.