The SciencesJuly 1, 2003
Ant Thesis
Stories by Steve Mirsky
Steve Mirsky was the winner of a Twist contest in 1962, for which he received three crayons and three pieces of construction paper. It remains his most prestigious award.
The SciencesJune 1, 2003
Dropping By
Sometimes a naturalist can get ahead by assessing what's been left behind
The SciencesMay 1, 2003
Doing What Comes Unnaturally
From sheep to sheepskins in the field of genes
The SciencesApril 1, 2003
Truth in Advertising
There are burger joints, and then there are burgers and joints
The SciencesMarch 1, 2003
The Rael Thing
It's not a media circus without the clone car
EvolutionMarch 1, 2003
Re-evolution
The SciencesFebruary 1, 2003
Sheer Lunacy
Which is nuttier: denying we ever went to the moon or trying to convince the true nonbelievers?
The SciencesJanuary 1, 2003
Good Fellows
Holmes is where the heart is, but he deserves some company
The SciencesDecember 1, 2002
Members Only
A look at some recent research that could be described as organic
The SciencesNovember 1, 2002
Aye (Caramba) on the News
From around the world, all the stuff that's fit to print, on this page, anyway
The SciencesOctober 1, 2002
The 2,000-Year-Old Menace
Is it possible that funny is the root of all evil?
The SciencesSeptember 1, 2002
Einstein's Hot Time
Great theoreticians know that hypothesis must be confirmed with experiment
The SciencesAugust 1, 2002
Stephen Jay Gould, 1941–2002
The SciencesAugust 1, 2002
Poultry and Poetry
O chicken new world, that has such weird stuff in it
The SciencesJuly 1, 2002
Heads Up
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, or at least a second look
The SciencesJune 1, 2002
About the Size of It
A contemplation on the states of our perception
The SciencesMay 1, 2002
Cold Comfort
Getting the scoop on the science of a cool commodity
The SciencesApril 1, 2002
Copy That
Technology is making it harder for word thieves to earn outrageous fortunes
The SciencesMarch 1, 2002
Divining Comedy
Can researchers dissect humor without killing the patience?
The SciencesMarch 1, 2002
Microwaves of Grain
EvolutionFebruary 1, 2002
Parts of Speech
The SciencesFebruary 1, 2002
Kabul Session
A science primer for any readers who richly deserve to get taught a lesson
The SciencesJanuary 1, 2002
Torre Adoring
Part of his success can be attributed to the manager's use of Yankee ingenuity in applying some simple rules
The SciencesDecember 1, 2001
The Importance of Being Ernst
Thoughts on an evolution expert who has taken seriously the warning "publish or perish"