Stories by W. Wayt Gibbs

To predict runoff, they fight bears and collect cosmic rays

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

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

A new device sounds out the contents of sealed containers

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

Chemists make self-growing microcircuits

Human antibodies produced by field crops enter clinical trials

Supercapacitors are set to give batteries a jolt

Two new materials strip pollutants from toxic wastes

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

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

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

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