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How to Detect Black Hole Explosions

by Chris Shallue figures by Fiona Qu There’s an equation engraved on Stephen Hawking’s gravestone in Westminster Abbey: This unassuming equation, discovered by Hawking in 1975, has extraordinary implications. It suggests that black holes,…

Solar Geoengineering: Is controlling our climate possible?

by Colleen Golja figures by Brad Wierbowski Articles with dystopian titles like “Is it OK to Tinker With the Environment to Combat Climate Change?” and “To Curb Global Warming Science Fiction May Become Fact” have begun to surface regularly in prominent…