Space
The Gas between the Stars
Filled with colossal fountains of hotgas and vast bubbles blown by exploding stars, the interstellar medium is far more interesting than scientists once thought
Features
Misleading Math about the Earth
Science defends itself against The Skeptical Environmentalist
Tech
A Vertical Leap for Microchips
Engineers have discovered a way to pack more computing power into microcircuits: build them vertically as well as horizontally
Next-Generation Nuclear Power
Advanced nuclear power plants might be the best way to meet future energy needs without worsening global warming
The First Human Cloned Embryo
Cloned early-stage human embryos--and human embryos generated only from eggs, in a process called parthenogenesis--now put therapeutic cloning within reach
The Economics of Fair Play
Biology and economics may explain why we value fairness over rational selfishness
Departments
- Letters
Errata
- Advances
Lockerbie Insurance
The World in a Box
Beating Abuse
Fractional Success
Taking Wing
Innocence Lost
A Sea Change
Channel Crossings
Political Watershed
Swirling Dust
Warmed-Up Genes
- Recommended
The First Evolutionary Psychologist
- Skeptic
Shermer's Last Law
- Anti Gravity
Torre Adoring
- 50, 100 & 150 Years Ago
50, 100 and 150 Years Ago
- Perspectives
Is nuclear power ready?
- In Brief
Data Points: Zapped
Brief Bits: January 2002
- Puzzling Adventures
Pinpointing a Polar Bear
- Voyages
The Glass House in the Desert
- Profile
Extreme Medicine
- Staking Claims
Seeing the Invisible
- Innovations
Mimicking Mother Nature
- By the Numbers
Going Solo
- Working Knowledge
Breathing Easier?
- Ask the Experts
End Points: January 2002