Stories by W. Wayt Gibbs

Radiation is still a blunt weapon against cancer. New software may soon make it much more effective

To predict runoff, they fight bears and collect cosmic rays

Other explanations now appear more likely than Martian bacteria

A three-story laser may help solve the mysteries posed by an exploding star

A start-up discovers genes for tremor and psoriasis in the DNA of inbred Icelanders

Locked in an Arctic ice floe, a ship full of scientists drifts for a year

Finding a hidden logic in primitive myths made Claude Lévi-Strauss the most renowned anthropologist alive

High-energy physicists enter a soapbox derby--and lose

A new device sounds out the contents of sealed containers

Human antibodies produced by field crops enter clinical trials

Chemists make self-growing microcircuits

Two new materials strip pollutants from toxic wastes

Supercapacitors are set to give batteries a jolt

Utilities are starting to offer renewable energy--for a price

The microprocessor pioneer explores the technology needed to keep the computer revolution humming

The Intel co-founder and chairman emeritus is still on the leading edge of computer technology

The Intel co-founder and chairman emeritus discusses the growth projection that bears his name

Infection with a mutant virus makes some sick patients better

Inside a hollowed-out mountain, software fiascoes--and a signal success

Cheap, flexible biosensors could help out in medical and environmental emergencies