1. SPACE: Columbia and the Year of Flight
2. PHYSICS: Probe Reveals Age, Composition, and Shape of the Cosmos
3. MEDICINE: SARS Storm Spurs Surprising Strategies
4. MEDICINE: Motherless Eggs Created in Lab
5. POLITICS: Bush vs. Science: Is the White House Credible?
6. ENVIRONMENT: The Great Apes Edge Toward Extinction
7. HUMAN ORIGINS: Our Genes May Prove It: We Are Family
8. MATHEMATICS: 2003: Mathematicians Face Uncertainty
9. PHYSICS: New Matter Detected at Japanese Accelerator
10. MEDICINE: Aspirin May Prevent Some Cancers
11. ASTRONOMY: Good News for Space Aliens
12. GENETICS: Y Chromosome Exposed
13. NEUROSCIENCE: Scientists See Yet Another Reason to Go to the Gym
14. GENETICS: How Babies Can Have Three Parents
15. PHYSICS: Sparks Fly From Fusion Reactor
16. GENETICS: Yeast Give Clues to Cancer Clock
17. ASTRONOMY: Gamma-Ray Burst Source Located
18. GENETICS: Genome Sequences Riddled With Errors
19. PHYSICS: Gravity Measured, or Not
20. MEDICINE: Stem Cells Reverse Paralysis in Rats
21. BIOLOGY: Veterinarian Finds Evolutionary Link Between Humans and Bacteria
22. ZOOLOGY: Oooh! That Hook Hurts
23. MEDICINE: Smoking: The News Just Gets Grimmer
24. ANTHROPOLOGY: Humans Find Chimp Eden
25. PHYSICS: Quantum Computing Makes a Giant Leap
26. MEDICINE: Mad Cow Disease Surfaces in Canada
27. POLITICS: Ties With Drug Companies Bias Biomedical Research
28. ENVIRONMENT: Bizarre Bacterium Dines on Toxic Waste
29. ASTRONOMY: Signs of Primordial Star Ignition Detected
30. ENVIRONMENT: Deadly Extremes: The Weather Outside Was Frightful
31. ENVIRONMENT: Global Warming Triggers Genetic Change in Red Squirrels
32. BIOLOGY: Scientists Play God, Creating New Life
33. POLITICS: Physicists Question Feasibility of an American Missile Shield
34. ENVIRONMENT: Extent of Great Whale Slaughter Worse Than Previously Thought
35. MEDICINE: Ovulation Parsed
36. MEDICINE: Estimates of Dioxin Use in Vietnam Doubled
37. TECHNOLOGY: Nanoparticles Pop Up Everywhere
38. ENVIRONMENT: Ocean Fish Populations Plummet
39. ANTHROPOLOGY: Baboon Surprise: Father Knows Best
40. ZOOLOGY: Dieting Mothers May Have Premature Babies
41. GENETICS: Human Embryo Experimentation Sparks Outcry
42. POLITICS: Terror Threats Prompt Scientists to Mull Self-Censorship
43. MEDICINE: Fast-Acting Ebola Vaccine Tested
44. ENVIRONMENT: China’s Three Gorges Dam Yokes the Unruly Yangtze
45. CHEMISTRY: Flame Retardants Show Up in Fish and Breast Milk
46. PSYCHOLOGY: Antidepressants Linked to Suicidal Thoughts in Kids
47. BIOLOGY: Bioloigists Reverse History
48. ARCHAEOLOGY: Alas, Babylon’s Ancient Treasures Disappear
49. PHYSICS: Physicists Find Suspected Flaw in Cosmic Symmetry
50. SPACE: China Joins the Man-in-Space Club
51. GEOLOGY: Ocean-Bottom Vents Hint That Life Began in Hot Water
52. ASTRONOMY: Presto! Space-Time Blurriness Vanishes
53. PHYSICS: Particles and Theory Collide
54. NEUROSCIENCE: Autism Linked to Excessive Early Brain Growth
55. POLITICS: Science Establishment Gives Belated Recognition to Women Researchers
56. ASTRONOMY: We Can See Clearly Now
57. MEDICINE: New Risks Emerge From Hormone Replacement Therapy
58. ANTHROPOLOGY: Orangutans Show Signs of Cultured Behavior
59. MEDICINE: Hormone Treatments May Prevent Premature Births
60. ASTRONOMY: Neptune Rocks Early Solar System
61. MEDICINE: Safety of Medical X-Rays Reassessed
62. GENETICS: Zoologists Announce Aging Surprise
63. ENVIRONMENT: Land Development Eyed as a Cause of Global Warming
64. TECHNOLOGY: Cell Phones Rival Alcohol as Driving Hazard
65. ZOOLOGY: The Lobster’s Compass
66. ASTRONOMY: Neutron Star Fizzles
67. GENETICS: Depression Gene Leads to Questions About Prozac
68. GEOLOGY: Periodic Table, 2.0
69. GENETICS: Biologists Reexamine Cause of the Black Death
70. ENVIRONMENT: Coral Killer Hitches a Ride in a Firestorm
71. NEUROSCIENCE: Meditation Apparently Activates Positive Areas Within the Brain
72. MEDICINE: Long-Life Compound Found in Red Wines
73. GENETICS: Bygone Bull Birthed From Frozen DNA
74. ZOOLOGY: Songbirds Use More Energy at Rest Than Aloft
75. HUMAN ORIGINS: This Very Old American House Sheltered Prehistoric Nomads
76. GENETICS: Good Runners Have Good Proteins
77. GENETICS: Horse Racing May Never Be the Same
78. ZOOLOGY: Monarch Butterflies Bounce Back From Winter Disaster in 2002
79. ENVIRONMENT: Condors Die, Condors Fly
80. MEDICINE: Tea Jump-Starts Immune System
81. GEOLOGY: How Everest Came Out on Top
82. ASTRONOMY: Plasma Devils Brighten the Sun
83. PALEONTOLOGY: Prehistoric Guinea Pig Weighed Nearly a Ton
84. ARCHAE0LOGY: Knotted Strings Hold Incan Secrets
85. GEOLOGY: Earthquake Alert: Buying a Few Precious Seconds
86. ENVIRONMENT: Global Warming Disrupts Life Near the Equator
87. BOTANY: Foresters Find World’s Largest Organism, a Humongous Fungus
88. HUMAN ORIGINS: Land Bridge Theory Tested
89. MEDICINE: Too Much Water Can Prove Fatal to Athletes
90. MEDICINE: First Tongue Transplant Patient Regains Ability to Eat and Speak
91. ENVIRONMENT: Revival Project Launched in Desiccated Aral Sea
92. GENETICS: Decaffing Bean Genes
93. PALEONTOLOGY: Regal Kin of T. rex Turns Up in India
94. ARCHAEOLOGY: Ancient Aboriginal Art Discovered in Secret Cave
95. ARCHAEOLOGY: Cold War Spy Photos Reveal Bronze Age Roads
96. ARCHAEOLOGY: Donner Party Cannibalism Site Unearthed
97. MEDICINE: First U.S. Monkeypox Cases Crop Up in the Midwest
98. ARCHAEOLOGY: Ice Age Cave Art Unveiled in Britain
