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People made fun of Chicken Little when he ran around shouting that the sky was falling. But in the past year, respected scientists have come to the realization that the end of civilization may come from the heavens. Humanity may be in as much danger from the fate of the...

Author: By John E. Stafford, | Title: The Revenge of Chicken Little | 10/16/1993 | See Source »

Did the volcano cause the ancient drought? "That's unlikely," Weiss says. "Volcanos are not known to generate climatic changes of this duration or intensity." So, with one mystery solved, researchers find themselves trying to explain how a drought can persist for three centuries. At least one thing seems certain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mystery of the 300-Year Drought | 8/30/1993 | See Source »

If there is one criticism of Reno it is that she has a knack for what one White House official acidly described as "acquiring her popularity at the expense of the President." Though Waco was the first and most public incident, that dynamic surfaced again the next time Reno streaked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Truth, Justice and the Reno Way | 7/12/1993 | See Source »

His report from the edge indicates that today's stargazers are on the verge of yet another breakthrough in understanding. Or at least a higher confusion. Until the late '70s it was assumed that matter is distributed more or less evenly through deep space. Lemonick listens attentively to new hypotheses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Some Like It Cold | 7/5/1993 | See Source »

As the Phoenix Suns and the Chicago Bulls meet in the finals of the National Basketball Association play-offs this week, in a squaring-off of styles that the nation's sports fans have been anticipating all season, the collision of immovable force and irresistible object will be more reverberant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Round Mound in the Heavens | 6/14/1993 | See Source »

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