The concept of nanotechnology can be traced back to a 1959 speech given by physicist Richard Feynman, in which he offered to pay $1,000 to "the first guy who makes an operating electric motor... which ...

It must be difficult to be Michael Crichton; he is one of the most well known (and highest paid) authors ever, releasing a new book every two or three years. For a popular novelist, that wait is an ...

JACK FORMAN, NARRATOR OF MICHAEL CRICHTON’S new technothriller, “Prey,” begins his story by telling us that his children are desperately sick, retching in separate bathrooms, victims of a ...

In a preemptive strike, 20th Century Fox has purchased film rights to Michael Crichton’s next novel, “Prey,” for close to $5 million. No other studio was granted a shot at the manuscript. The studio ...

The US author Michael Crichton is well known for taking some strand of contemporary science, stretching it a little, and weaving it into the narrative of a thriller that goes on to become a ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich (Feb. 10, 2003)--It's coming, but when? From Garry Kasparov to Michael Crichton, both fact and fiction are converging on a showdown between man and machine. But what does a leading ...