Stories by Alan Hall

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...

The Year in Science: 1999

Erupting Io

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

Speaking In Tones

Mysteries of the Moon Pyramid

Molecular Model-T

Chandra Sees Its 'First Light'

New Season On the Red Planet

Other Ways of Seeing

Chandra will provide further proof that there is more to the cosmos than meets the eye

The Eagle Has Landed

Fly Like a Fly

A Fiber Named Roy G. Biv

What a Relief!

Cosmic Mirages

"Hello, This Is Dick Tracy"

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

Mega Burst