October 2001
Scientific American Magazine

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Cover; October 2001; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Table of Contents; October 2001; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

SA Perspectives: The Uncloned States of America?; October 2001; by Staff Editors; 1 Page(s)

The tragedy of a cloning ban

Letters to the Editors; October 2001; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

50, 100 and 150 Years Ago; October 2001; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

New Economics, Better Housing, Nifty Boat

Climate of Uncertainty; October 2001; by George Musser; 2 Page(s)

The unknowns in global warming research don't have to be showstoppers

All in the Mind; October 2001; by W. Wayt Gibbs; 1 Page(s)

Fact or artifact? The placebo effect may be a little of both

Symmetry Breaking; October 2001; by Paul Wallich; 1 Page(s)

A legal job in one country is grounds for arrest in another

Sound Judgments; October 2001; by Wendy Williams; 2 Page(s)

Will a powerful new navy sonar harm whales?

Catching Some Sun; October 2001; by Steven Ashley; 1 Page(s)

The Genesis spacecraft will return with a piece of sol

Magnetic Revelations; October 2001; by Graham P. Collins; 1 Page(s)

Functional MRI highlights neurons receiving signals

News Scan Briefs; October 2001; by Diane Martindale, Alison McCook, Mariette DiChristina; 2 Page(s)

A Bad Raft for HIV; A Warmer Superconductor?; Genes Are Not Enough; Burning through the Fog; Road Rage; Data Points: Conceived; www.sciam.com/news - Brief Bits

By the Numbers: Can't Read, Can't Count; October 2001; by Rodger Doyle; 1 Page(s)

Up to one third of American high school seniors aren't ready for the real world

Innovations: Tobacco Pharming; October 2001; by Tabitha M. Powledge; 2 Page(s)

A quest to turn the killer crop into a treatment for cancer

Staking Claims: Patently Bizarre; October 2001; by Gary Stix; 1 Page(s)

Eccentric inventions may not make their owners rich. But the Gallery of Obscure Patents ensures that the best of the weird will not be forgotten

Skeptic: I Was Wrong; October 2001; by Michael Shermer; 1 Page(s)

Those three words often separate the scientific pros from posers

Profile: Finding Homo sapiens' Lost Relatives; October 2001; by Kate Wong; 2 Page(s)

Continuing a family tradition, Meave G. Leakey uncovers the skeletons in your closet

Magic Bullets Fly Again; October 2001; by Carol Ezzell; 8 Page(s)

Molecular guided missiles called monoclonal antibodies were poised to shoot down cancer and a host of other diseases - until they crashed and burned. Now a new generation is soaring to market

Code Red for the Web; October 2001; by Carolyn Meinel; 8 Page(s)

Could the Internet crash? This summer's Code Red attacks could foreshadow destructive cyberwarfare between hacker groups or between governments

Driving the Info Highway; October 2001; by Steven Ashley; 7 Page(s)

The Internet has hit the road. Drivers can now access anything from custom traffic reports to spoken e-mail messages to video games. But is it safe?

Refuges for Life in a Hostile Universe; October 2001; by Guillermo Gonzalez, Donald Brownlee and Peter D. Ward; 8 Page(s)

Only part of our galaxy is fit for advanced life

The Challenge of Macular Degeneration; October 2001; by Hui Sun and Jeremy Nathans; 8 Page(s)

Researchers have begun to identify the causes of this dreaded eye disease that targets the elderly

Drowning New Orleans; October 2001; by Mark Fischetti; 10 Page(s)

A major hurricane could swamp New Orleans under 20 feet of water, killing thousands. Human activities along the Mississippi River have dramatically increased the risk, and now only massive reengineering of southeastern Louisiana can save the city

Working Knowledge: Mice and Men; October 2001; by Mark Fischetti; 2 Page(s)

Evolution of the desktop mouse

Technicalities: A Wide Web of Worlds; October 2001; by W. Wayt Gibbs; 3 Page(s)

New Internet browsers add an extra dimension - but little depth

On the Web; October 2001; by Staff Editors; 1 Page(s)

Reviews: The End of Oil; October 2001; by Paul Raeburn, Staff Editors; 2 Page(s)

Hubbert's Peak looks at the impending end of cheap oil. Also, The Editors Recommend

Puzzling Adventures: Crowns of the Minotaur; October 2001; by Dennis E. Shasha; 1 Page(s)

Labyrinthine logic

Anti Gravity: The Farm Report; October 2001; by Steve Mirsky; 1 Page(s)

A new way to study farm life makes one wonder: what if animal behavior were taken literarily?

Endpoints; October 2001; by Staff Editors; 1 Page(s)

Why does the shower curtain move toward the water?