Mind & BrainJune 1, 2004
Rewritable Appetite
Stories by JR Minkel
JR Minkel was a news reporter for Scientific American.
Space & PhysicsMay 1, 2004
Foreshadowing Flashes in the Planum
The SciencesMay 1, 2004
Nonstick Sliding
The SciencesApril 1, 2004
A Regal Bearing
The SciencesApril 1, 2004
New Path to Ammonia
TechnologyMarch 1, 2004
Turning Back the Clock
Space & PhysicsMarch 1, 2004
Strangeness in Our Midst?
TechnologyMarch 1, 2004
All Gassed Up
TechnologyFebruary 1, 2004
Memorable Nanorings
Mind & BrainFebruary 1, 2004
When in Doubt
The SciencesJanuary 1, 2004
A Pulse for Magnetic Memory
The SciencesJanuary 1, 2004
Snoop Tube
Mind & BrainDecember 22, 2003
Unmaking Memories: Interview with James McGaugh
In the sci-fi thriller Paycheck, an engineer has his memory erased after completing a sensitive job. Scientific American.com spoke with a leading neurobiologist to find out just how close scientists are to controlling recall.
TechnologyDecember 1, 2003
Fly by Light
TechnologyDecember 1, 2003
A Tunnel for Better Wireless
The SciencesNovember 24, 2003
Borrowed Time: Interview with Michio Kaku
A theoretical physicist contemplates the plausibility of time travel
The SciencesNovember 1, 2003
Healing the Grid
Several near-term solutions can keep the juice flowing
The SciencesOctober 1, 2003
Missing: One-Quarter Hydrogen
The SciencesOctober 1, 2003
Vostok Pop Top
The SciencesOctober 1, 2003
Barrier-Free Nanotubes
The SciencesJune 1, 2003
Why Neutrons Outweigh Protons
The SciencesJune 1, 2003
Law and Disorder
A quantum steam engine gets around the second law
The SciencesMay 1, 2003
Packing 'Em On
The SciencesApril 7, 2003
Strung Out on the Universe: Interview with Raphael Bousso