From the Archives:

1990
The Hubble Problem: Scientists Try to Pick Up the Pieces

1992

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Captures Brain in Action

1997

Embryonic Stem Cells Debut Amid Little Media Attention

1998

2006 Nobelist Andrew Fire and colleagues first described RNA interference (RNAi) in Caenorhabditis elegans.

1999

GM Crops Face Heat of Debate

2001

Negotiating the Human Genome: Public and private groups reveal first detailed look at the genome landscape.

20th Anniversary Prize Giveaway

Enter for your chance to win a genuine Atari Games console AND a Sony PSP!

To enter, E-mail your name, address, and telephone number to birthday@the-scientist.com by November 20, 2006, and you could win the game systems of the past and the future!

Included with the Atari Console:

2 joysticks

2 paddle controls

The best of the original Atari games, including:

Asteroids

Pitfall

Pac-Man

Donkey Kong

Raiders of the Lost Arc

Space Invaders

Missle Command

Othello

Breakout

And many more!