Y2What? We're All Still Here.
No terrorist attacks or errant missile launches marked the start of Y2K. Indeed, midnight on December 31, 1999, came and went with only minor glitches. Have any to report? Our readers respond.
Stories by Alan Hall
Call Me On Your Metaphone
Understanding the next wave in communications will require learning some new words
The Latest Neanderthal
New evidence indicates that Neanderthals roamed central Europe far more recently than researchers thought
Other Ways of Seeing
Chandra will provide further proof that there is more to the cosmos than meets the eye
Going, Going--Gone?
Much of the world's water is stored in glaciers and the great polar ice sheets. But these frozen reservoirs are melting rapidly, and the water they release could cause a catastrophic rise in sea levels
Significant Others
The discovery of a nearby solar system renders our corner of space a little bit less lonely