Thinkers vs. Tinkerers, and Other Debates (To Our Readers)

Beyond Kitty Hawk

Bertrand Russell

A Century of Science

The IQ Meritocracy
Our test-obsessed society has Binet and Terman to thank--or to blame

Anthropologists
Margaret Mead

Fighting AIDS
Penicillin was the magic bullet against bacteria, but what will stop HIV?

Who Discovered The AIDS Virus

Watson on Pauling

Paul Erdos
The Oddball's Oddball

How We've Become Digital

Who Built The First Computer

John von Neumann
Computing's Cold Warrior

Robert Noyce
Microchip

The Engines Of Creation
Will Eric Drexler's nanotechnology do for the next century what silicon chips did for this?

Ian Wilmut: Breaking The Clone Barrier

Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards: Brave New Baby Doctors

Where Anthropology Meets Psychology

Jacques Yves Cousteau: Lord Of The Depths

Vannevar Bush: Hypertext Prophet

The century gave us scientific superstars like Freud and
Einstein, but it also produced its share of... CRANKS... VILLAINS... ...AND UNSUNG HEROES

Putting Science To Work
Sometimes the greatest inventions are the ones with the most mundane uses. These ideas quickly found their way into everyday life

What's Next?
The pace of discovery is likely to accelerate, says the former editor of Nature

A Century Of Science Fiction
A master of the genre contends that it boasts an impressive predictive track record--if you squint hard and ignore most of the evidence


Saving the Salmon (Environment)

Around the World in 20 Days
After two decades of failed attempts, a balloon sails into history with the help of technology and the weather

Around the world in 20 days

Ready to Rumble Again
Milosevic chooses defiance over compromise, and the military situation in Kosovo deteriorates

Kosovo's Army in Waiting

Nuclear Winter
Russian Prime Minister Primakov's visit this week highlights a growing chill with the U.S.

Talking With a Queen
Jordan's Noor speaks about King Hussein's death and her future


Evidence Of Murder
A Yosemite mystery deepens after two bodies are discovered

Death at the Crossing
A few hours outside Chicago, a fiery catastrophe ensues after a fabled train hits a flat-bed truck

The Frame Game
Illinois prosecutors are charged with falsifying evidence in a murder trial. And around the country, people wonder, Can cops and district attorneys be trusted?

The Bush Rolodex (Nation/Campaign 2000)
If George W. wants his campaign to look different from his dad's, why is he enlisting Dad's staff?


A True Visual Sensualist (The Arts/Art)
Modernists once dismissed John Singer Sargent's society portraits. They were wrong

Millennium Fevers (The Arts/Books)
In her absorbing new novel, Gail Godwin tracks modern maladies into a mountain town

Famous for Being Famous (The Arts/Cinema)
Now this actor can be famous for being good

The Future Never Came (The Arts/Music)
Blur's new album, 13, has an experimental spirit but no focus amid all its electronica distortions

Q+A (The Arts/Q+A)
Joey McIntyre

Alas, a Painful Turn in Larroquette's Career (The Arts/Television)
PAYNE

It's Like Pretty Funny (The Arts/Television)
IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW...

Macdonald Buys the Comedy Farm (The Arts/Television)
THE NORM SHOW

It's The Stupidity, Stupid By Harry Shearer (The Arts/Short Takes/Books)

The Corruptor Directed by James Foley (The Arts/Short Takes/Cinema)

The King And I Directed by Richard Rich (The Arts/Short Takes/Cinema)

Futurama Fox (The Arts/Short Takes/Television)
Tuesdays

Snakebit By David Marshall Grant (The Arts/Short Takes/Theater)


Get Some Sleep (Personal Time/Your Health)
Bothered by insomnia? A study says changing your habits is more effective than taking pills

Your Health (Personal Time/Your Health)

Divided by 10,000 (Personal Time/Your Money)
It's a big-stock world, but there's unusual value in small companies. Will they ever rally?

Your Money (Personal Time/Your Money)

Help-Line Hell (Personal Time/Your Technology)
Now that you have to pay for support when your PC goes on the fritz, whom are you going to call?

Your Technology (Personal Time/Your Technology)