Vigil for a Doomed Virus
In December 1993 the smallpox virus, one of the worst killers the earth has known, will be put to death by human hands.
by Mark Caldwell
Vacuum Matters
Forget traditional distinctions between matter and empty space—it's all a seamless whole.
Inside the Head of a Tiny T.Rex
One of the world's leading paleontologists describes what happens when prehistoric bones are studied with one of science's most up-to-date tools: the CT scan.
The Universal Wizard
Andrei Linde brings a streak of mysticism to modern cosmology--and a truly magnificent vision of creation.
The Unfolding World of Chuck Hoberman
When is a building a mechanism? When is a mechanism a piece of art? When they're designed by Chuck Hoberman, the Buckminster Fuller of the 1990s.
Dust Demon
Physicist David Peak has big plans for small dust balls.
Living Through the Donner Party
The nineteenth-century survivors of the infamous Donner Party told cautionary tales of starvation and cannibalism, greed and self-sacrifice. But not until now are we learning why the survivors survived.
Psychadelic Cells
Fluorescent dyes shed new light on a cell's inner secrets.
Portrait in Blubber
Fat, loud, and far from shy, elephant seals don't come across as mysterious creatures. But they hold many surprises.
Batteries Included
Designed by a team of visionary engineers, a unique new car is fast, sexy, and--with zero emissions--environmentally correct for the nineties.