Stories by Tim Beardsley

Can the Web become a smart partner in scientific research?

Engineered crops need fewer pesticides but may foster resistance

Strong crypto puts federal controls under pressure

Drugs and education are starting to slow the AIDS virus

Renewable reproductive cells could transform fatherhood

Engineered enzymes make drug candidates that flummox chemists

Finding a purpose for sleep has been as elusive as rest to an insomniac, but researchers are getting much closer

Combining telescopes makes seeing easier

The International Space Station will be the most expensive object ever built. Although many scientists oppose the grandiose scheme, its political momentum now appears unstoppable

Unusual proteins could improve cancer diagnosis and reduce deaths

Could escaped genes from bioengineered crops give weeds a crucial boost?

Hominids, and cannibalistic ones at that, may have reached Europe almost a million years ago

Separating the facts from the hype

The Human Genome Project is producing a plethora of information that will illuminate our hidden susceptibilities to disease. The effort could transform medical science. But new dangers are arriving, too

Experts worldwide mobilize against drug-resistant germs

Meeting on genes and behavior gets only slightly violent

Common rocks may deliver cleaner power

More data make for more mystery

A new set of fossils may put hominids in the trees again

Technology, energy and the environment head for the guillotine