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
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
Misleading Math about the Earth
Science defends itself against The Skeptical Environmentalist
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
Is nuclear power ready?
The World in a Box
Pinpointing a Polar Bear
- Letters
Errata
- Advances
Taking Wing
Lockerbie Insurance
Innocence Lost
Fractional Success
Beating Abuse
Channel Crossings
A Sea Change
Political Watershed
Warmed-Up Genes
Swirling Dust
- 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
- In Brief
Data Points: Zapped
Brief Bits: January 2002
- 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
