The Scientist Timeline: 1986 - 2006

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.