Stories by Gary Stix

Gary Stix, formerly senior editor of mind and brain topics at Scientific American, edited and reported on emerging advances that have propelled brain science to the forefront of the biological sciences. Stix has edited or written cover stories, feature articles and news on diverse topics, ranging from what happens in the brain when a person is immersed in thought to the impact of brain implant technology that alleviates mood disorders such as depression. Before taking over the neuroscience beat, Stix, as Scientific American's special projects editor, was responsible for the magazine's annual single-topic special issues, conceiving of and producing issues on Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin, climate change and nanotechnology. One special issue he oversaw on the topic of time in all of its manifestations won a National Magazine Award. With his wife Miriam Lacob, Stix is co-author of a technology primer called Who Gives a Gigabyte? A Survival Guide for the Technologically Perplexed.

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March 10, 2012

Imagen del Dia: Wasp Makes Prey of a Tarantula

In case you haven’t seen this before on a National Geographic special, which I haven’t, here's a tarantula hawk wasp schlepping a tarantula home, a spectacle I got to view first hand on a trip to visit my wife in Costa Rica, where she is immersed in Spanish studies  for ESL certification.

Gary Stix

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