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October 1994
Scientific American Magazine
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Cover; October 1994; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)
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Masthead; October 1994; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)
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By Jove!; October 1994; by Horgan; 2 Page(s)
A comet's bombardment
of Jupiter ignites debate
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Standing Tall; October 1994; by Horgan; 1 Page(s)
Inner-ear bones provide clues
to the emergence of bipedalism
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What's in a Name?; October 1994; by Mukerjee; 1 Page(s)
When capybaras become fish and tomatoes are vegetables
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A Healthy Mess; October 1994; by Leutwyler; 5 Page(s)
Congress won't bite
the cost-control bullet
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Fishy Repair Jobs; October 1994; by Rennie; 2 Page(s)
To fix a damaged neuron,
kill some other brain cells
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Daydreaming; October 1994; by Horgan; 2 Page(s)
Experiments reveal links
between memory and sleep
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High Profile; October 1994; by Horgan; 2 Page(s)
The Simpson case raises
the issue of DNA reliability
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Life in the Universe; October 1994; by Weinberg; 6 Page(s)
We comprehend the universe and our place in it. But there are limits to what we can explain at present. Will research at the boundaries of science reveal a special role for intelligent life?
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The Evolution of the Universe; October 1994; by Peebles, Schramm, Turner, Kron; 6 Page(s)
Some 15 billion years ago the universe emerged from
a hot, dense sea of matter and energy. As the cosmos expanded and cooled, it spawned galaxies, stars, planets and life
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The Earth's Elements; October 1994; by Kirshner; 8 Page(s)
The elements that make up the earth and its inhabitants were created by an earlier generation of stars
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The Evolution of the Earth; October 1994; by Allègre, Schneider; 8 Page(s)
The formation of this planet and its atmosphere gave
rise to life, which shaped the earth's subsequent development. Our future lies in interpreting this geologic past
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The Origin of Life On Earth; October 1994; by Orgel; 8 Page(s)
Growing evidence supports the idea that the emergence
of catalytic RNA was a crucial early step.
How that RNA came into being remains unknown
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The Evolution of Life on the Earth; October 1994; by Gould; 8 Page(s)
The history of life is not necessarily progressive;
it is certainly not predictable. The earths creatures have evolved through a series of contingent and fortuitous events
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The Search
for Extraterrestrial Life; October 1994; by Sagan; 8 Page(s)
The earth remains the only inhabited world
known so far, but scientists are finding that the universe abounds with the chemistry of life
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The Emergence of Intelligence; October 1994; by Calvin; 8 Page(s)
Language, foresight, musical skills and other hallmarks of intelligence are connected through an underlying facility that enhances rapid movements
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Will Robots Inherit The Earth; October 1994; by Minsky; 6 Page(s)
Yes, as we engineer replacement bodies and brains
using nanotechnology. We will then live longer, possess greater wisdom and enjoy capabilities as yet unimagined
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Sustaining Life On Earth; October 1994; by Kates; 8 Page(s)
Hope for an environmentally sustainable future lies in evolving institutions, technology and global concern
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Wall Street; October 1994; by Mukerjee; 2 Page(s)
Refugees from physics find
joy as "derivatives geeks"
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Ready or Not; October 1994; by Gibbs; 2 Page(s)
Holographic data storage
goes to market - sort of
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OpenDoc; October 1994; by Gibbs; 2 Page(s)
IBM and Apple's pitfall
for mega-applications
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Making Drugs Count; October 1994; by Rennie; 1 Page(s)
A new test could customize
therapies - and boost profits
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State of Shock; October 1994; by Gibbs; 2 Page(s)
Sepsis can be fatal to firms
as well as to patients
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Essay - Descartes' Error and the Future of Human Life; October 1994; by Damasio; 1 Page(s)
At the beginning of the 1950s, in an impassioned speech inspired by the threat of nuclear destruction, William Faulkner warned his fellow writers that they had "forgotten the problems of the human heart in conflict with itself."
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