March 1997
Scientific American Magazine

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Cover; March 1997; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Table of Contents; March 1997; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

From the Editors; March 1997; by Rennie; 1 Page(s)

Civilizing the Internet

Letters to the Editors; March 1997; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

50, 100 and 150 Years Ago; March 1997; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

In Focus: Computer Bombs; March 1997; by Gibbs; 2 Page(s)

Scientists debate U.S. plans for "virtual testing" of nuclear weapons

Suicide Prevention; March 1997; by Leutwyler; 2 Page(s)

Biochemistry offer some clues

Field Notes: Amphibians On-line; March 1997; by Nemecek; 1 Page(s)

It's no secret why conferences are typically held in places like New Orleans or Sun Valley.

In Brief; March 1997; by Leutwyler; 3 Page(s)

Clues from Scleroderma; Rapid-Fire Gamma Rays; Grape Expectations; Cautioned by Chaos; Slippery When Wet; Spinning Bits; Breathing an Earful; Supersonic Silencer; Fasten Your Seat Belts; Bug Off

Where Do Turtles Go?; March 1997; by Garcia; 2 Page(s)

Turtles may not be the "living fossils" they were thought to be

A Matter of Language; March 1997; by Gibbs; 3 Page(s)

The popular debate over Ebonics belies decades of linguistic research

Anti Gravity: Body Blow; March 1997; by Mirsky; 1 Page(s)

As Julius Caesar might have put it, all of the galling things that can happen to the human body can be divided into three parts.

By the Numbers: Global Fertility and Population; March 1997; by Doyle; 1 Page(s)

Historically, fertility has varied widely, but beginning in 19th-century Europe and America, it has generally declined as parents came to favor smaller families.

Profile: Ronald L. Graham; March 1997; by Horgan; 2 Page(s)

Juggling Act

Memories Are Made Of . . .; March 1997; by Beardsley; 2 Page(s)

Pharmaceutical aids to remembering and forgetting

China Syndrome; March 1997; by Beardsley; 2 Page(s)

China's eugenics law makes trouble for science and business

A Mirror, Cheaply; March 1997; by Powell; 1 Page(s)

Computer power opens a new era of low-budget astronomy

Better Red Than Dead; March 1997; by Zorpette; 1 Page(s)

An inexpensive new test instantly spots harmful "E. coli"

Cyber View; March 1997; by Eisenberg; 1 Page(s)

Where the Money Is

SOHO Reveals the Secrets of the Sun; March 1997; by Lang; 8 Page(s)

A powerful new spacecraft, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, or SOHO, is now monitoring the sun around the clock, providing new clues about our nearest star

The Internet; March 1997; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Fulfilling the Promise

The Internet: Bringing Order From Chaos; March 1997; by Staff Editors; 2 Page(s)

The Internet, as everybody with a modem now knows, has fallen victim to its own success.

Searching the Internet; March 1997; by Lynch; 5 Page(s)

Combining the skills of the librarian and the computer scientist may help organize the anarchy of the Internet

Going Digital; March 1997; by Lesk; 3 Page(s)

Electronic libraries will make today's Internet pale by comparison. But building them will not be easy

Filtering Information On The Internet; March 1997; by Resnick; 3 Page(s)

Look for the labels to decide if unknown software and World Wide Web sites are safe and interesting

Interfaces For Searching the Web; March 1997; by Hearst; 5 Page(s)

The rapid growth of the World Wide Web is outpacing current attempts to search and organize it. New user interfaces may offer a better approach

Websurfing Without a Monitor; March 1997; by Raman; 1 Page(s)

When I hook up to the Internet to check out the news on CNN, to peruse a colleague's latest paper or to see how Adobe's stock price is doing, I leave the display of my laptop turned off.

Multilingualism on the Internet; March 1997; by Oudet; 2 Page(s)

In recent years, American culture has increased its worldwide influence through international trade and Hollywood productions.

Trusted Systems; March 1997; by Stefik; 4 Page(s)

Devices that enforce machine-readable rights to use the work of a musician or author may create secure ways to publish over the Internet.

Preserving the Internet; March 1997; by Kahle; 2 Page(s)

An archive of the Internet may prove to be a vital record for historians, businesses and governments

Psychiatry's Global Challenge; March 1997; by Kleinman, Cohen; 4 Page(s)

An evolving crisis in the developing world signals the need for a better understanding of the links between culture and mental disorders

Discovering Genes for New Medicines; March 1997; by Haseltine; 6 Page(s)

By identifying human genes involved in disease, researchers can create potentially therapeutic proteins and speed the development of powerful drugs

Heike Kamerlingh Onne's Discovery of Superconductivity; March 1997; by de Bruyn Ouboter; 6 Page(s)

The turn-of-the-century race to reach temperatures approaching absolute zero led to the unexpected discovery of electric currents that flowed with no resistance

Plants That Warm Themselves; March 1997; by Seymour; 6 Page(s)

Some plants produce extraordinary heat when they bloom. A few even regulate their temperature within narrow limits, much as if they were warm-blooded animals

The Rising Seas; March 1997; by Schneider; 6 Page(s)

Although some voice concern that global warming will lead to a meltdown of polar ice, flooding coastlines everywhere, the true threat remais difficult to gauge

Mathematical Recreations; March 1997; by Stewart; 3 Page(s)

Juniper Green

The Amateur Scientist; March 1997; by Carlson; 3 Page(s)

Algorithm of the Gods

Reviews; March 1997; by da F. Costa, Wallich, Powell, Goldsmith; 5 Page(s)

Reviews

Commentary: Wonders Molecular Crayons and Mustard Seed Avalanches; March 1997; by Morrison, Morrison; 2 Page(s)

Hardly a week passes without bringing its dramatic image of some molecular scene

Commentary: Connections - Revolutionary Stuff; March 1997; by Burke; 2 Page(s)

I was enjoying a recent partial solar eclipse in London and thinking about how after Copernicus came out with "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium", in which he made the shocking assertion that the earth moved in orbit just like the other planets, it real

Working Knowledge; March 1997; by Scott; 1 Page(s)

Stopping Bullets