TIME 100
Thinkers vs. Tinkerers, and Other Debates (To Our Readers)
Beyond Kitty Hawk
Bertrand Russell
A Century of Science
The IQ Meritocracy
Our test-obsessed society has Binet and Terman to thank--or to blame
Anthropologists
Margaret Mead
Fighting AIDS
Penicillin was the magic bullet against bacteria, but what will stop HIV?
Who Discovered The AIDS Virus
Watson on Pauling
Paul Erdos
The Oddball's Oddball
How We've Become Digital
Who Built The First Computer
John von Neumann
Computing's Cold Warrior
Robert Noyce
Microchip
The Engines Of Creation
Will Eric Drexler's nanotechnology do for the next century what silicon chips did for this?
Ian Wilmut: Breaking The Clone Barrier
Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards: Brave New Baby Doctors
Where Anthropology Meets Psychology
Jacques Yves Cousteau: Lord Of The Depths
Vannevar Bush: Hypertext Prophet
The century gave us scientific superstars like Freud and
Einstein, but it also produced its share of... CRANKS... VILLAINS... ...AND UNSUNG HEROES
Putting Science To Work
Sometimes the greatest inventions are the ones with the most mundane uses. These ideas quickly found their way into everyday life
What's Next?
The pace of discovery is likely to accelerate, says the former editor of Nature
A Century Of Science Fiction
A master of the genre contends that it boasts an impressive predictive track record--if you squint hard and ignore most of the evidence
SOCIETY & SCIENCE
Saving the Salmon (Environment)
WORLD
Around the World in 20 Days
After two decades of failed attempts, a balloon sails into history with the help of technology and the weather
Around the world in 20 days
Ready to Rumble Again
Milosevic chooses defiance over compromise, and the military situation in Kosovo deteriorates
Kosovo's Army in Waiting
Nuclear Winter
Russian Prime Minister Primakov's visit this week highlights a growing chill with the U.S.
Talking With a Queen
Jordan's Noor speaks about King Hussein's death and her future
NATION
Evidence Of Murder
A Yosemite mystery deepens after two bodies are discovered
Death at the Crossing
A few hours outside Chicago, a fiery catastrophe ensues after a fabled train hits a flat-bed truck
The Frame Game
Illinois prosecutors are charged with falsifying evidence in a murder trial. And around the country, people wonder, Can cops and district attorneys be trusted?
The Bush Rolodex (Nation/Campaign 2000)
If George W. wants his campaign to look different from his dad's, why is he enlisting Dad's staff?
THE ARTS
A True Visual Sensualist (The Arts/Art)
Modernists once dismissed John Singer Sargent's society portraits. They were wrong
Millennium Fevers (The Arts/Books)
In her absorbing new novel, Gail Godwin tracks modern maladies into a mountain town
Famous for Being Famous (The Arts/Cinema)
Now this actor can be famous for being good
The Future Never Came (The Arts/Music)
Blur's new album, 13, has an experimental spirit but no focus amid all its electronica distortions
Q+A (The Arts/Q+A)
Joey McIntyre
Alas, a Painful Turn in Larroquette's Career (The Arts/Television)
PAYNE
It's Like Pretty Funny (The Arts/Television)
IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW...
Macdonald Buys the Comedy Farm (The Arts/Television)
THE NORM SHOW
It's The Stupidity, Stupid By Harry Shearer (The Arts/Short Takes/Books)
The Corruptor Directed by James Foley (The Arts/Short Takes/Cinema)
The King And I Directed by Richard Rich (The Arts/Short Takes/Cinema)
Futurama Fox (The Arts/Short Takes/Television)
Tuesdays
Snakebit By David Marshall Grant (The Arts/Short Takes/Theater)
PERSONAL TIME
Get Some Sleep (Personal Time/Your Health)
Bothered by insomnia? A study says changing your habits is more effective than taking pills
Your Health (Personal Time/Your Health)
Divided by 10,000 (Personal Time/Your Money)
It's a big-stock world, but there's unusual value in small companies. Will they ever rally?
Your Money (Personal Time/Your Money)
Help-Line Hell (Personal Time/Your Technology)
Now that you have to pay for support when your PC goes on the fritz, whom are you going to call?