Fall 2015 Download Issue Fall 2015 Fall 2015 | Cover Story Are We Alone in the Universe? Now working at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Dimitar Sasselov and Elizabeth Newton are engaged in a quest to answer one of the most fundamental questions facing humanity. Feature Stories Article Driven to Connect Whether researchers are studying the cosmos for signs of life or investigating the motivations behind political formation (or lack thereof), they seem driven by the same impulse: to seek out others. Image Article Group Think Throughout our history, human beings have sorted themselves into groups. But why did groups form in the first place? Image Article Starting from Scratch Simple or complex, the microscope is the biologist’s most indispensable instrument. Image Recent Colloquy Issues See All Issues Image Winter/Spring 2026 Download Winter/Spring 2026 Image Summer/Fall 2025 Download Summer/Fall 2025 PDF Image Winter/Spring 2025 Download Winter/Spring 2025 PDF
Article Driven to Connect Whether researchers are studying the cosmos for signs of life or investigating the motivations behind political formation (or lack thereof), they seem driven by the same impulse: to seek out others. Image
Article Group Think Throughout our history, human beings have sorted themselves into groups. But why did groups form in the first place? Image
Article Starting from Scratch Simple or complex, the microscope is the biologist’s most indispensable instrument. Image