Articles by science writer Davide Castelvecchi, by topic.
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Note: My clips from Science News, the magazine where I have worked since March 2007, are not listed here.
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| Cosmology (and string theory)
Can String Theory Explain Dark Energy?
–Physics News Update, June 19, 2006
A View of the Universe Before the Big Bang
–New Scientist, April 22, 2006
Proof of Big Bang Seen by Space Probe, Scientists Say
–National Geographic News, March 17, 2006
The Shape of Universes to Come
–New Scientist, July 30, 2005
The Growth of Inflation
–Symmetry, December 2004/January 2005
Catching the Cosmic Waves
–Science Notes, summer 2004 |
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| Astronomy, gravity, and black holes
Dark Energy at Redshift Z=1
–Physics News Update, November 22, 2006
You Are Made of Spacetime
–New Scientist cover story, August 12, 2006 (with Valerie Jamieson)
A New Breed of Black Hole
–Sky & Telescope, April 2006 (not available online)
(also see the German translation in Astronomie Heute)
Quiet at the End
–Physical Review Focus, March 3, 2005
Let it Rain
–Symmetry, February 2005
Gravity Probe B Drags On
–Unpublished, December 2003 |
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| Physics
Warming Up to Criticality: Quantum Change, One Bubble at a Time
–Science News, March 17, 2007
The Physics of a Valentine Treat: Slower Is Better
–Inside Science News Service, February 9, 2007
The Large Hadron Collider: Bring It On!
–New Scientist, January 27, 2007
Optical Beehive
–Physics News Update, November 29, 2006
Free-Electron Lasers: The Next Generation
–New Scientist, January 21, 2006
New Instrument for Solo Performance
–Physical Review Focus, May 27 2005
Atom Smashers Shed Light on Supernovae, Big Bang
–Sky & Telescope online, April 22, 2005
(Also read it in the Polish translation)
What is direct CP violation?
–The Interaction Point, August 2004 |
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| Earth and space sciences
Stronger Hurricanes Linked to Climate Change
–Physics News Update, September 20, 2006
Pristine space dust found buried in snow
–New Scientist, July 11, 2005
Stargazing on Mars
–Physics News Update, December 15, 2005
Magnet Theory Meets Earthquakes
–Physical Review Focus, July 15, 2005
In Still Waters, Protons Run Deep
–Physical Review Focus, April 6, 2005 |
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| Archaeology and art conservation
Archimedes’ Secrets Revealed by Atom Smasher
–National Geographic News, August 3, 2006
The “Jurassic Park” of Manuscripts
–Are We Alone?, May 22, 2005
Art meets science: Renaissance painting inspires interdisciplinary collaboration and unusual museum exhibit
–Stanford report, July 21, 2004 |
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| Anthropology and cognitive science
Amazon Children “Spontaneously” Understand Geometry
–National Geographic News, January 19, 2006 |
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| Life Sciences
Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in Women’s Genes
–Physics News Update, February 27, 2007
A New Game of Life
–Unpublished, June 2004
New genetic protection from malaria found in mice
–Unpublished, December 2003 |
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| Technology
Glass-Like Metal Performs Better Under Stress
–Physical Review Focus, June 9, 2005
Hold Still
–Physical Review Focus, March 22, 2005
Motoring Oil Drops
–Physical Review Focus, February 22, 2005
A Microscope from Flatland
–Physical Review Focus, January 24, 2005 |
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| Environment
Cutting back on lawn-mower pollution
–The Santa Cruz Sentinel, November 29, 2003 |
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| Mathematics
Science Magazine’s Breakthrough of the Year 2006
–Inside Science News Service, December 21, 2006
Wobblology: The Wobbly Table’s Tale
–New Scientist, December 23, 2006
Stock Market Criticality
–Physics News Update, February 14, 2006
Proofs, Women, and Youth: A New Movie and Some Old Clichés
–Inside Science News Service, October 14, 2005
Networking Can Be Critical, Literally
–Physics News Update, August 19, 2005 |
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Flashback:
The Jurassic Park of Manuscripts, with my 2005 radio piece on the rediscovery of Archimedes' works in a medieval manuscript.
"It has often been said there's so much to be read, you never can cram all those words in your head.
So the writer who breeds more words than he needs is making a chore for the reader who reads.
That's why my belief is the briefer the brief is, the greater the sigh of the reader's relief is."
-- Dr. Seuss
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