Gary Stix

Gary Stix is a journalist and author. He is a Senior Editor at the Scientific American.

Education

Stix obtained his undergraduate degree in journalism from New York University.

Personal

He is married to Miriam Lacob.

Career

Stix is a senior editor for Scientific American and has worked there for over 20 years. He is currently responsible for covering neuroscience. He has frequently been the issue or section editor for special issues of the magazine. He also reports and commissions articles on a variety of other topics ranging from nanotechnology to obesity. Prior to working for Scientific American, Stix spent 3 years as a science journalist at IEEE Spectrum. He and his wife wrote a general primer on technology called "Who Gives a Gigabyte?"

Articles

• Stix, Gary (1993). "Turning Green: Can Industrial Chemistry Trade Benzene for Sugar?". Scientific American. 269 (5): 78–81. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |day= (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
• Stix, Gary (1993). "ECM for 747s: Should Commercial Airliners Carry High-Tech Protection?". Scientific American. 269 (5): 82–83. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |day= (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
• Stix, Gary (1994). "Science and Business: Dr. Big Brother". Scientific American. 270 (2): 79–80. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
• Stix, Gary (1994). "Science and Business: Extra! Extra! Newspaper Publishers Reinvade Cyberspace". Scientific American. 270 (2): 80–81. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
• Stix, Gary (1994). "Science and Business: Pipe Dream: A Consortium Considers Remaking the Automobile". Scientific American. 270 (2): 83–84. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
• Stix, Gary (1994). "Science and Business: A Blade of Grass". Scientific American. 270 (2): 84. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
• Stix, Gary (1994). "Bad Apple Picker: Can a Neural Network Help Find Problem Cops?". Scientific American. 271 (6): 25–26. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
• Stix, Gary (1994). "The Speed of Write". Scientific American. 271 (6): 72–77. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
• Stix, Gary (2010). "Social Analgesics". Scientific American. 303 (3): 22–23. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0910-22. PMID 20812469. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
• "One pill makes you smarter: The myths of the meat machine". Scientific American. March 22, 2011.
• Gary Stix (February 9, 2012). "Alzheimer's Disease Symptoms Reversed in Mice : A cancer drug given to mice eliminates brain-damaging proteins, leading to improved cognition within days, but will it work in humans?". Scientific American.