
Women in Biotechnology: Barred from the Boardroom
The number of women in scientific research is going up, but men still rule in places where academia crosses into industry
Alison McCook is a science writer based in New York City.

Women in Biotechnology: Barred from the Boardroom
The number of women in scientific research is going up, but men still rule in places where academia crosses into industry

She's 11, Going on 2,500: What an Average Ancient Greek Looked Like
Museumgoers get their first glimpse of an average resident of ancient Greece

Lifting the Screen
An accurate test is not always the best way to find cancer

Watered-Down Mars

As Good as Old

Virtual Voyage Through the Body
A clever combination of detailed imaging and graphics software creates virtual endoscopy: a non-invasive peek inside the body

Score One for Natural Selection

Breaking and Entering

Early to Rise

Gene Fiends?

The Nobel Prizes for 2001
In October the Royal Swedish Academy marked the centennial of the Nobel Prizes. The laureates in each field received a portion of 10 million Swedish kronor, or about $957,000.

New Kid on the Block

Iron Deficiency

A Warmer Superconductor?

Road Rage

Infectious Selection

When Fish is not Brain Food

Napoleon's Revenge
In The U.S., Height Hits Its Head On The Genetic Ceiling

Bigger Snips of DNA

Born Again

Dwindling Albedo

Copy Unprotected

Locating the Latent Enemy

Boning Up