October 1995
Scientific American Magazine

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Cover; October 1995; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Table of Contents; October 1995; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

Masthead; October 1995; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Letters; October 1995; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

50, 100 and 150 Years Ago; October 1995; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Hidden Scars; October 1995; by Mukerjee; 2 Page(s)

Sexual and other abuse may alter a brain region

Seeing the Forest for the Trees; October 1995; by Wright; 2 Page(s)

Biologists crane to see the canopy

Beyond Neptune; October 1995; by Horgan; 2 Page(s)

Hubble telescope spots a vast ring of icy protoplanets

Why So Blue?; October 1995; by Powell; 1 Page(s)

Psychologists are not the only ones trying to figure out what's normal.

High Tension; October 1995; by Schneider; 3 Page(s)

Researchers debate EMF experiments on cells

3 Rms, Ocean View; October 1995; by Zorpette; 1 Page(s)

Sitting in about 20 meters of water off Key Largo, it's a Jules Verne fantasy come true.

Giving Your All; October 1995; by Mukerjee; 1 Page(s)

That female spiders of the species Latrodectus mactans sometimes eat the male after copulation has been known since the 1930s, causing them to be called black widows.

A Pox on the Pox; October 1995; by Carpi; 2 Page(s)

New vaccine raises hopes and doubts

Deaths Caused by Breast Cancer, by County; October 1995; by Doyle; 1 Page(s)

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among American women, with about 180,000 new cases and 46,000 deaths annually.

Endangered Again; October 1995; by Beardsley; 1 Page(s)

Property-rights advocates and champions of biodiversity are gearing up for what could be a decisive political battle over the fate of the 1973 Endangered Species Act (ESA).

A Tight Fit; October 1995; by Nemecek; 2 Page(s)

Researchers pry open buckyballs in hopes of stuffing them

These Feet Were Made for Walking - and?; October 1995; by Beardsley; 2 Page(s)

A new set of fossils may put hominids in the trees again

More Coral Trouble; October 1995; by Zorpette; 2 Page(s)

Possibly because of their proximity to Miami's sprawl and to the northern limit of their habitat, corals in the Florida Keys have been afflicted for years with more than their share of maladies.

The Analytical Economist; October 1995; by Wallich; 1 Page(s)

Are Band-Aids Enough for Third World Debt?

Slash and Burn; October 1995; by Beardsley; 1 Page(s)

Technology, energy and the environment head for the guillotine

An Acid Test; October 1995; by DeKoker; 1 Page(s)

Sulfates are notorious for causing acidification and dense, yellow smog.

Writing on the Fringe; October 1995; by Yam; 1 Page(s)

Interfering electrons could lead to atomic data storage

There's No Place Like Cyberspace; October 1995; by Browning; 2 Page(s)

New worlds require new ideas, not old metaphors

A Tiny Gutenberg; October 1995; by Wallich; 1 Page(s)

More than 30 years ago researchers trying to create minuscule patterns on the surface of silicon wafers and other electronic substrates turned to photolithography.

Soft Wear; October 1995; by Gibbs; 1 Page(s)

If a new dress or suit seems to look better on a hanger than on your body, it's not just because clothes are often designed for the sales rack.

Profile: George F.R. Ellis; October 1995; by Gibbs; 3 Page(s)

Thinking Globally, Acting Universally

Emerging Viruses; October 1995; by Le Guenno; sidebar by Garrett; 8 Page(s)

Hemorrhagic fever viruses are among the most dangerous biological agents known. New ones are discovered every year, and artificial as well as natural environmental changes are favoring their spread

Companions to Young Stars; October 1995; by Boss; 6 Page(s)

The surprising finding that even the youngest stars commonly exist in sets of two or three has revised thinking about the birth of star systems

Quantum-Mechanical; October 1995; by Lloyd; 6 Page(s)

Quantum-mechanical computers, if they can be constructed, will do things no ordinary computer can

Demolition by Implosion; October 1995; by Loizeaux, Loizeaux; 8 Page(s)

Detonation of small quantities of strategically placed explosives can demolish an unwanted high-rise in a matter of seconds

The Molecular Logic of Smell; October 1995; by Richard Axel; 6 Page(s)

Mammals can recognize thousands of odors, some of which prompt powerful responses. Recent experiments illuminate how the nose and brain may perceive scents

Science in Pictures; October 1995; by Baldwin; 6 Page(s)

The raw visual and textual evidence of his imagination, Edison's notebooks were the unrevealed talismans of the inventor's career

Can Environmental Estrogens Cause Breast Cancer?; October 1995; by Davis, Bradlow; 6 Page(s)

The authors of a provocative hypothesis spell out their reasons for suspecting that hormone-mimicking chemicals in the environment contribute to many unexplained cases of breast cancer

Trends in Social Science; October 1995; by Horgan; 8 Page(s)

Psychologists and others try to sidestep old pitfalls - both political and scientific - as they apply evolutionary theory to the clothed ape

Mathematical Recreations; October 1995; by Stewart; 2 Page(s)

The Never-Ending Chess Game

Book Reviews; October 1995; by Chaikin, LeBlond; 6 Page(s)

"Apollo 13" in film, books and reality; Sea monsters

Essay: The Controversy over the End of Science; October 1995; by Holton; 1 Page(s)

The Controversy over the End of Science