The SciencesFebruary 1, 2006
Clocking Cultures
What is time? The answer varies from society to society
Stories by Carol Ezzell
Carol Ezzell is a staff editor and writer.
HealthSeptember 1, 2003
A Biomedical Politician
Detractors initially worried that he might be a White House shill, but Elias A. Zerhouni says his medical thinking guides his stewardship of the National Institutes of Health
The SciencesJuly 1, 2003
The Price of Pills
Does it really take $897 million for a new therapy?
The SciencesMay 1, 2003
The Race Card
Does an HIV vaccine work differently in various races?
TechnologyApril 1, 2003
Ma's Eyes, Not Her Ways
Clones can vary in behavioral--and physical--traits
The SciencesFebruary 1, 2003
Why? The Neuroscience of Suicide: Physical Clues to Suicide
New research addresses the wrenching question left when someone ends his or her own life
This article appears in the In-Depth Report Genius, Suicide and Mental Illness: Insights into a Deep Connection
HealthJanuary 1, 2003
Fixing Food
Allergen-free comestibles might be on the way
The SciencesDecember 30, 2002
Fixing Food
Allergen-free comestibles might be on the way
The SciencesSeptember 1, 2002
Clocking Cultures
What is time? The answer varies from society to society
HealthAugust 1, 2002
Killing the Messenger
Turning off RNA could thwart cancer and AIDS
HealthJune 1, 2002
The Child Within
Stem cells from adults may not be so useful after all
HealthJune 1, 2002
Hope in a Vial
Will there be an AIDS vaccine anytime soon?
The SciencesApril 1, 2002
Proteins Rule
Biotech's latest mantra is "proteomics," as it focuses on how dynamic networks of human proteins control cells and tissues
The SciencesJanuary 1, 2002
The First Human Cloned Embryo
Cloned early-stage human embryos--and human embryos generated only from eggs, in a process called parthenogenesis--now put therapeutic cloning within reach
HealthDecember 1, 2001
Stem Cell Showstopper?
Without Cloning, They Aren't Likely To Work
HealthNovember 24, 2001
Cloning and the Law
Will therapeutic cloning end up being against the law?
EnvironmentJune 1, 2001
The Himba and the Dam
A questionable act of progress may drown this African tribe's way of life. Similar dramas are playing out around the world
The SciencesJanuary 1, 2001
The $13-Billion Man
Why the head of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute could be the most powerful individual in biomedicine.
The SciencesNovember 1, 2000
Hooking up Biologists
Consortia are forming to sort out a common cyberlanguage for life science
HealthNovember 1, 2000
AIDS Drugs for Africa
The SciencesOctober 31, 2000
Anatomy and Sexual Dysfunction
The SciencesJuly 1, 2000
Beyond the Human Genome
With all of the DNA that codes for a human in hand, the challenge then becomes what to make of it. Some of the first fruits will come from a new field called proteomics
TechnologyJuly 1, 2000
The Business of the Human Genome
The SciencesJuly 1, 2000
Age of the Clones