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• Scientific American Magazine |  Technology

  Whatever Happened to the Mars Rovers?

  Also: updates on stem cells from proteins, quasicrystals and a billion-year memory drive

  By Philip Yam   | Aug 6, 2009  

• Scientific American Magazine |  Health

  Updates: Whatever Happened to Hubble's Last Fix?

  Also: updates on mercury in seafood, happiness and choices, and delisting the gray wolf

  By Philip Yam and Kathryn Wilcox   | Jun 16, 2009  | 3

• Scientific American Magazine |  Energy & Sustainability

  Updates: Whatever Happened to Fuel Cell Progress?

  Also: updates on hurricane warnings, nuclear medicines, and prostate testing

  By Philip Yam   | Jun 11, 2009  | 8

• Scientific American Magazine |  Health

  Updates: Whatever Happened to the Universal Flu Vaccine?

  Also: updates on mass extinctions, stem cell ban, and the right to sue drug companies

  May 13, 2009  

• Scientific American Magazine |  More Science

  Updates: Whatever Happened to Melting Glaciers and Ocean Levels?

  Also: updates on fingerprint science, stem cell progress, and the far side of the moon

  By Edited Philip Yam   | Apr 15, 2009  | 6

• Scientific American Magazine |  Health

  Updates: Whatever Happened to Drugs from Goats?

  Also: updates on nanotech medicine, space shuttle Columbia's last moments, and the five aspects of taste

  By Philip Yam   | Mar 6, 2009  

• Scientific American Magazine |  Energy & Sustainability

  Updates: Whatever Happened to the Risk for Another Indian Ocean Tsunami?

  Also: updates on rabies recoveries, bioterror risks and the genetic tracking of religious persecution

  By Philip Yam and Charles Q. Choi   | Jan 29, 2009  

• Scientific American Magazine |  More Science

  Updates: Whatever Happened to Natural Blood-Vessel Dilators?

  Also: updates on cloning mice and extinction by disease

  By Philip Yam and Kate Wong   | Dec 30, 2008  

• Scientific American Magazine |  More Science

  Updates: Whatever Happened to Midsize Black Holes?

  Also: updates on HIV's origins, Neandertal fishing and transgenic guidelines

  By Philip Yam , Charles Q. Choi and Kate Wong   | Nov 20, 2008  

• Scientific American Magazine |  More Science

  Updates: Whatever Happened to Virus-Built Batteries?

  Also Updates on brown fat, diabetes and methane from grass

  By Philip Yam , Barbara Juncosa and Nikhil Swaminathan   | Oct 24, 2008  

• Scientific American Magazine |  More Science

  Updates: Whatever Happened to LED Lightbulbs?

  Also Updates on Bubbles Producing Light, Virus-Infecting Viruses and Galapagos Tortoise Breeding

  By Philip Yam , JR Minkel and Charles Q. Choi   | Oct 17, 2008  | 3

• Scientific American Magazine |  Health

  Updates: Whatever Happened to Anesthesia and Pain?

  Also updates on Planetary Protection from Jupiter; Personal Gene Tests; Valdez Payout

  By Philip Yam   | Aug 27, 2008  | 1

• Scientific American Magazine |  More Science

  Updates: Whatever Happened to Robotic Limbs?

  Genomic Exit -- Mind-Controlled Limbs -- Ad Hoc Networks -- Isolated Peoples

  By Larry Greenemeier , Nikhil Swaminathan and Philip Yam   | Jul 22, 2008  | 3

• Scientific American Magazine |  More Science

  Updates: Whatever Happened to Protecting Cells from Radiation?

  Ozone Warming -- Antiradiation -- Quantum Novelty -- Babbage Computer

  By Philip Yam   | Jun 27, 2008  

• Scientific American Magazine |  More Science

  Updates: Whatever Happened to Self-Cleaning Clothes?

  Self-Cleaning Clothes -- Titan's Ocean? -- Synthetic Success -- Crisis Mapping

  By Philip Yam   | Jun 6, 2008  | 5

• Scientific American Magazine |  More Science

  Whatever Happened to the Pioneer Spacecraft?

  More Pioneer Anomalies -- Black Hole Labs -- Hair-Raising Work -- Tuna Triumph

  By Philip Yam   | May 8, 2008  | 2

• Scientific American Magazine |  More Science

  Updates.... Whatever Happened To?

  Nanotubes -- Offshore Wind Power -- Synthetic Genome -- Stress at Work

  By Philip Yam   | Apr 3, 2008  | 1

• Scientific American Magazine |  More Science

  Updates.... Whatever Happened To?

  Hoyle's Missing Equation -- Flu Sites -- Artificial Capillaries -- Stubborn Scores

  By Philip Yam   | Feb 18, 2008  

• Scientific American Magazine |  More Science

  Updates... Whatever happened to?

  AIDS Accounting -- IPCC's Tough Talk -- Seasonal Spread -- Pollock Put-Down

  By Philip Yam   | Jan 17, 2008  

• Scientific American Magazine |  More Science

  Updates... Whatever happened to?

  Dimmed Hopes--Vioxx Settlement--Prion Holes--Nukes and No Nukes

  Dec 16, 2007  

• Scientific American Magazine |  More Science

  Updates... Whatever happened to?

  Absent Southpaws--Alzheimer's as Diabetes?--Turtle Clues--Missing Mass

  Nov 19, 2007  

• Scientific American Magazine |  More Science

  Whatever happened to...?

  Cosmic Radiation -- Smoking and Genes -- Shrubs 1, Grasses 0 -- Corona Heat

  By Charles Choi and Charles Q. Choi   | Oct 14, 2007  

• Scientific American Magazine |  More Science

  Whatever happened to...?

  Helium Shortage--Cytokine Storm--Martian Dust Threat--Novel HIV Drug

  Sep 16, 2007  

• Scientific American Magazine

  Whatever happened to...?

  Cyberwarfare -- Surviving Supervolcanoes -- Better Biofuel -- House Cat Origin

  By Philip Yam   | Aug 19, 2007  

• Scientific American Magazine |  Health

  Whatever happened to...?

  Hack Job--Poking Out Lycopene--Pierced to Death--Transplants for Diabetes

  Jul 15, 2007  

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