
Poli Psy?

Poli Psy?

Disappearing Reptiles

Pop-Top Comet

Understanding Violence
Several studies shed light on where aggression comes from and how it can be controlled

Ecstasy's Legacy
Several studies have now shown that the popular drug causes permanent brain damage

Coaxing Light through the Ultimate Coaxial Cable

Bright X-rays, Dim Dwarfs

Under the Sand at Cinnamon Bay

Boozing 101

Interview with Stuart Kauffman
Bioinformatics--a melding of molecular biology and math-- may reveal the "wet" circuitry behind the human genome

The Sinking Treasures of Zeugma

The Flames over Los Alamos

Mapping Chromosome 21
The smallest human chromosome has so few genes, scientists are rethinking estimates for the entire genome

Explaining Away Tropical Clouds

A Dinosaur with Heart

Therapeutic Plastics
New polymers repel germs, battle cancer and repair nerves

Snake Hunting
A new fossil is helping scientists clarify the slippery origins of modern serpents

Martian Graffiti

Super Finding on Superconductivity
Scientists take a crucial step toward creating new materials with zero resistance at room-temperature

1999 National Medals of Science and Technology

From Mars, With Love

Parsing Genes
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is two diseases in one, say researchers who identify the genes that cells express.

Seeing the Seas' Winds

The Jigsaw Fossil
Part dinosaur, part bird? All wishful thinking. Remains dubbed Archaeoraptor liaoningensis are a hoax