
The Plankton Stalkers
Marguerite Holloway is a contributing editor for Scientific American.

The Plankton Stalkers

Fire in Water

Reflecting Differences
Health care begins to address needs of women and minorities

Abyssal Proposal
Are the ocean depths a safe place for sewage sludge?

Under Construction
Temporary scaffolding guides nerves in the developing brain

High and Dry
New wetlands policy is a political quagmire

Soiled Shores
Cleanup technologies, from hot-water washing to fertilizer, were applied to the mess left by the Exxon Valdez oil spill. But nature, it seems, fared better on its own.

The Satisfaction of Delayed Gratification

The Reward of Ideas that are Wrong

A Subtle Mind Contemplates Science

Hol Chan
Marine parks benefit commercial fisheries

A Press Release on Dioxin Sets the Record Wrong

Sex and Silversides
An old theory gets fresh support

Rx for Addiction
Probing the mysteries of drug addiction is revealing basic knowledge about Jhe brain and may yield a new generation of pharmaceuticals.

Neural Vector
Herpes may open the way to gene therapy in neurons

Mussels may Clump Together to Improve their Food Supply

"A Great Poison"
Dioxin helps elucidate the function of genes

Vive La Diffèrence

Fetal Law
Experimental surgery may feed ethical debates

Hot Geese
Contaminated wildlife roam nuclear reservations