Life in the Fast Lane
Ten items or more? Gleaning insights from daily tasks
Stories by Steve Nadis
The Cells That Rule the Seas
The ocean's tiniest inhabitants, notes biological oceanographer Sallie W. Chisholm, hold the key to understanding the biosphere--and what happens when humans disturb it
Keeper of the Objects
With a shoestring budget, asteroid and comet watcher Brian Marsden looks out for Armageddon from the skies--and not without controversy
Man against a Mountain
Yucca Mountain is set to become the nation's prime nuclear waste site, but geologist Rodney C. Ewing thinks that federal enthusiasm for it has outstripped the science
Planetary Protection
X-ray tests show how to deflect an incoming asteroid
Joke Hunter of Science
Funnyman Marc Abrahams tackles an improbable role and an Ig Nobel cause
Fertilizing The Sea
A firm wants to add nutrients to the ocean to create fisheries and soak up carbon dioxide
