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The Glitch That Didn't Steal New Year's

Where were you on Y2K? Scientific American's readers report their experiences and share their observations.

Floating Ice from the Lab

Tracking the Emerald Trade

Y2What? We're All Still Here.

No terrorist attacks or errant missile launches marked the start of Y2K. Indeed, midnight on December 31, 1999, came and went with only minor glitches. Have any to report? Our readers respond...

Gas Blasts

Methane once frozen under the seafloor may help heat up the climate

The Year in Science: 1999

Tis the Season for Science

Join our Cyber Santas in the search for the perfect gift

Call Me On Your Metaphone

Understanding the next wave in communications will require learning some new words

Erupting Io

Bug-Eyed

The Latest Neanderthal

New evidence indicates that Neanderthals roamed central Europe far more recently than researchers thought

Speaking In Tones

A Century of Mathematics

How can we evaluate what has been accomplished and guess at what's to come?

The 1999 Nobel Prizes

Arming the Food Police