TechnologyJuly 1, 1996
Light Work
Micromechanics helps to integrate electronics and optical technologies
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.
TechnologyJune 3, 1996
Cracking the Combination
A new screening tool may supercharge materials science
The SciencesJune 1, 1996
Urbaculture
Cities of the developing world learn to feed themselves
TechnologyApril 1, 1996
Waiting for Breakthroughs
"Nanoists" envision global abundance emerging from the manipulation of single atoms and molecules. But this prophecy has been challenged by researchers who work at a scale of billionths of a meter
The SciencesFebruary 1, 1996
The Rainbow Majority
The SciencesFebruary 1, 1996
Green Policies
Insurers warm to climate change
HealthFebruary 1, 1996
Keeping Vaccines Cold
Travails of immunizing the world's children
Mind & BrainJanuary 1, 1996
Listening to Culture
Psychiatry takes a leaf from anthropology
TechnologyDecember 1, 1995
Nice Legs
TechnologyDecember 1, 1995
Fighting Future Wars
U.S. military planners hope to rely on improved versions of the technologies tested in the Gulf War to help fight the next Saddam Hussein. They may be preparing for the wrong conflict
HealthSeptember 1, 1995
Boot Camp for Surgeons
TechnologyJune 1, 1995
Suck it to me
Pneumatic tubes make a comeback
TechnologyMay 1, 1995
Lithography Becomes Political Pork
Get it while it's hot
TechnologyMay 1, 1995
Putting the Mass Back in Transit
Technology for reviving the collective commute
HealthMay 1, 1995
Why Worry?
The SciencesMay 1, 1995
Miracles for Export
HealthApril 1, 1995
Voting for a Cure
TechnologyApril 1, 1995
Simply, the Best
Energy-efficient cookstove technology makes a comeback
HealthMarch 1, 1995
Ban that Embargo
Physicians advocate lifting sanctions against Cuba
The SciencesMarch 1, 1995
A Recombinant Feast
New bioengineered crops move toward market
TechnologyFebruary 1, 1995
Toward "Point One"
Gigabit chips are now in the laboratory. But the critical technology needed for manufacturing smaller circuits confronts diminishing returns
The SciencesFebruary 1, 1995
Broken Dreamtime
Will the koala go the way of the dodo?
TechnologyDecember 1, 1994
The Speed of Write
Scientists now transmit reports of their research--from first inspiration to final result--over electronic networks. Even live experiments can be witnessed on-line. Publishers and libraries may never be the same
TechnologyDecember 1, 1994
Bad Apple Picker
Can a neural network help find problem cops?