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.

The Scientist Turns 20

by The Staff of the Scientist

By the time The Scientist was born on October 20, 1986, it had been gestating in Eugene Garfield's brain for about 25 years. Garfield, who remains our president, founding editor, and inspiration, wrote several months before the magazine's launch. "As I see it, there is a need for a publication that supplies news about the economics and financing of science, as well as science policy, regulatory issues, and the ethical debates of science." And so The Scientist was born. Read entire story...

The Present and Future

Richard Gallagher, current editor of The Scientist, reflects on how far we've come and where we're headed in the years ahead. 
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Camaraderie and commitment: 1995-98

Barbara Spector, editor of The Scientist from 1995 to 1998, recalls a period of excitement and transition. Read her essay now. Read her essay now.

In the beginning

Tabitha Powledge, who served as The Scientist's first editor, reflects on the publication's beginnings in Washington, DC, and its reception by the scientific and publishing communities. 
Read her essay now.