Alexander Boxer

Alexander Boxer has a doctorate in physics from MIT, a master's degree in the History of Science from Oxford and a bachelors in Classical Language from Yale. His technical research has appeared in journals such as Nature Physics. In his spare time, he is an active member of Atlas Obscura as a D.C.-based 'field agent'.

Is there any science in astrology?

Your star sign won't tell you whether you will have romantic or financial success this month, but astrologers were the data scientists of their day, argues Alexander Boxer.