Articles by Jeff Wheelwright from Smithsonian Magazine

In Colorado, the gene linked to a virulent form of breast cancer found mainly in Jewish women is discovered in Hispanic Catholics

October 2008

Scientists launch a $1 billion effort to track marine life worldwide

January 2003

Science meets shamanism at a gathering to ponder the fate of the Pacific Ocean leatherback

November 2002

Scientists dream of giving people new genes that will stop a disease or fix a problem. It is harder than anyone thought

January 1, 2001

Hopes for the endangered vultures' survival soared recently after six captive birds were released on a clifftop in the Arizona wilds

May 1997

Methyl bromide makes our fields fruitful; it will soon be banned, not because it's toxic and it's very toxic but because it attacks the ozone layer

December 1996

It's not an emergency yet, but we have tons of the stuff, some of it hot, some not so hot, and nobody can agree on where to bury it

May 1995