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.

Rocco Casagrande
TechnologyJune 1, 2003

One Last Look

Although United Nations weapons inspector Rocco Casagrande and his colleagues found no bioweapons in Iraq, they could sense that the government had not come clean

Gary Stix

PAUL GINSPARG: THE ACTIVE ARCHIVIST
The SciencesMay 1, 2003

Wired Superstrings

His networked computer became the equivalent of a Western Union for physicists. Now Paul Ginsparg watches how his idea is changing the way science is communicated

Gary Stix

John H. Marburger III
The SciencesJune 1, 2002

Man of Two Cultures

As both scientist and administrator, John H. Marburger III tries to bring needed perspective into a White House not thought to be particularly interested in science

Gary Stix

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