2009

• The Universe in Collisions
     [Maria Spiropulu, May 13, 2009]


• Quantum Reality
     [Sankar Das Sarma, Feb 25, 2009]

2008

• Topology, Physics, and Complexity
     [Michael Freedman, Nov 5, 2008]


• Mathematics and the Quantum Universe
     [Robbert Dijkgraaf, Jul 30, 2008]


• Welcome to Your Brain
     [Samuel Wang, Apr 16, 2008]


• Citizen-Scientists and the Dawn of the Space Age
     [Patrick McCray, Jan 24, 2008]

2007

• Challenges for Global Energy
     [Nathan Lewis, Dec 4, 2007]


• Einstein's Blunder Undone
     [Robert Kirshner, Apr 11, 2007]


• Intellectual Courage and Scientific Ballooning
     [Julian Nott, Jan 7, 2007]

2006

• Bringing Order to Chaotic Hearts
     [Alain Karma, Jul 26, 2006]


• Putting Weirdness to Work
     [John Preskill, May 3, 2006]

2005

• The Nature of Space
     [Michael Atiyah, Oct 26, 2005]


• The Search for Habitable Environments in the Solar System
     [Dan McCleese, Jul 13, 2005]


• Albert Einstein the Peacenik
     [Larry Badash, Apr 27, 2005]


• Genetic Predispositions for Cancers in Humans
     [Arnold Levine, Feb 2, 2005]

2004

• From photons to perception: A physicist looks at the brain
     [William Bialek, Sep 1, 2004]


• Finding Planets and Searching for Life: Worthy Goals for 21st Century Science
     [Charles Beichman, Mar 3, 2004]

2003

• The Interplay Between Art and Physics: Altering Perceptions of Reality
     [Jean-Pierre Hébert, Sep 10, 2003]


• The Human Genome Project, where do we go from here?
     [Arnold Levine, Jun 11, 2003]


• Neutrinos Get under Your Skin!
     [Boris Kayser, Apr 30, 2003]


• The Physics of Star Trek
     [Lawrence Krauss, Mar 12, 2003]

2002

• New Eyes for Space Exploration
     [John Grunsfeld, Oct 3, 2002]


• The World's Numerical Recipe
     [Frank Wilczek, Apr 3, 2002]

2001

• Building Things With Atoms: A Report From The Small Frontier
     [Don Eigler, Dec 12, 2001]


• You Say You Want a Revolution: Planetary Systems Different from Our Own
     [Geoffrey Marcy, Oct 17, 2001]


• This Particular Elegant Universe: How Do We Measure It?
     [Melissa Franklin, Jan 31, 2001]

2000

• Mr. Feynman's Quantum Mechanics: A Field Guide for Curious Characters
     [Steven Girvin, Nov 1, 2000]


• The Future of Gravity
     [James Hartle, Apr 12, 2000]

1999

• Einstein's Clocks: High Theory and Lowly Technology
     [Peter Galison, Nov 10, 1999]


• Science and the Mind
     [Roger Penrose, May 12, 1999]


• Spacetime Warps and the Quantum: A Glimpse of the Future
     [Kip Thorne, Feb 24, 1999]

1998

• Pictures, Models, Approximations and Reality: Phase Transitions and Our Understanding of the Physical World
     [Michael Fisher, Nov 4, 1998]


• A New Form Of Matter: Bose-Einstein Condensation and the Atom Laser
     [Wolfgang Ketterle, Apr 1, 1998]

1997

• Duality, Space-Time and Quantum Mechanics
     [Edward Witten, Nov 12, 1997]


• Taking Measure of the Universe: How Big? How Old? How Do We Know?
     [Robert Kirshner, Nov 12, 1997]


• The Quark and the Jaguar: from Simplicity to Complexity
     [Murray Gell-Mann, May 4, 1997]


• Towards a Theory of Everything
     [David Gross, Mar 5, 1997]

1996

• A Hubble Space Telescope Picture Gallery
     [Sandra Faber, Nov 20, 1996]


• Snowflakes, Seashells, and the Origins of Complexity in Nature
     [James Langer, May 15, 1996]


• Does God Play Dice Inside Black Holes
     [Stephen Hawking, Mar 13, 1996]