Stories by Sasha Nemecek

Not What The Doctor Ordered

Attempts begin to halt the practice of donating expired and unlabeled drugs to needy countries

Rescuing the Ozone Layer

Gotta Know when to Fold 'em

A scientific wager reveals details about how proteins fold

Hold the Hormones?

The good and the bad about postmenopausal estrogen therapy

Frankly, My Dear, I Don't Want a Dam

How dams affect biodiversity

Attacking Arthritis

New treatments seek to rebalance the immune system

Strange Attractors

Chemists make magnets without metal

Amphibians On-line

BEATING BACTERIA

New ways to fend off antibiotic-resistant pathogens

Mysterious Maladies

Separating real from imagined disorders presents frustrating challenges

Coat of Many Colors

Leaf it to Them

A Strike Against Stroke

New drugs promise to prevent some of the ensuing brain damage

Augmenting Discord

The real science of silicone breast implants is hard to see

Rescuing an Endangered Tree

Virtual Pollution

Computers modeling the environment yield surprising results

Return of the Red Wolf

Controversy over taxonomy endangers protection efforts

Transforming Hyde into Jekyll

Researchers redesign thalidomide

A Tight Fit

Researchers pry open bucky-balls in hopes of stuffing them

New Letters for Alphabet Soup

The number of amino acids--the basis for all proteins--just grew