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June 1996
Scientific American Magazine
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Cover; June 1996; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)
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Urbaculture; June 1996; by Stix; 2 Page(s)
Cities of the developing world learn to feed themselves
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Field Notes: Star-Hopping by the Outhouse; June 1996; by Gibbs; 1 Page(s)
As my headlight-dazzled pupils slowly dilate, I can begin to distinguish the forms scattered across this grassy slope on Mount Tamalpais.
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In Brief; June 1996; by Leutwyler; 3 Page(s)
Spinal Tap; Aging Gene; Heat Shrinker; Gene Therapy for HIV; Cryptographic Lawsuit; Herbal X-posé; Looking Glass; Gnat Lag; Comet Caper; Apoptosis in Plants; Manatee Mystery; Hantavirus
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Artful Dating; June 1996; by Howard; 1 Page(s)
Researchers refine techniques to gauge the age of ancient sites
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Among the Papers in Kaczynski's Cabin; June 1996; by Eisenberg; 1 Page(s)
Theodore J. Kaczynski, the man suspected of being the
Unabomber, did not keep a list in his Montana cabin, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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Anti Gravity: The Lizard Kings; June 1996; by Mirsky; 1 Page(s)
About halfway between Fresno and San Jose, in California's Merced County, a tiny creature is
stuck in an endless cycle, in which winning
guarantees imminent defeat, and
losing only foreshadows a brighter future.
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Senile Words; June 1996; by Wallich; 2 Page(s)
Susceptibility to dementia may be apparent at an early age
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Cyber View; June 1996; by Browning; 2 Page(s)
Playing Facts and Loose
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Ultrasound's New Phase; June 1996; by Gibbs; 2 Page(s)
A major advance yields deeper,
clearer views of the body
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Mind Readings; June 1996; by Gibbs; 3 Page(s)
Researchers can now predict
what a monkey will draw -
before it even moves
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Good Wood; June 1996; by Schneider; 2 Page(s)
Can timber certification
save the rain forest?
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Testing, Testing; June 1996; by Beardsley; 2 Page(s)
Unusual proteins could
improve cancer diagnosis
and reduce deaths
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Up, Up and Away; June 1996; by Dupont; 1 Page(s)
The U.S. military brings back the balloon
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Semiconductor Subsidies; June 1996; by Randazzese; 4 Page(s)
Did the U.S. government spend more than $700 million to achieve
a goal that might have been attained for much less?
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Training the Olympic Athlete; June 1996; by Kearney; 10 Page(s)
Sports science and technology are today providing
elite competitors with the tiny margins needed
to win in world-class competition
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Science in the Sky; June 1996; by Beardsley; 7 Page(s)
The International Space Station will be the most expensive object
ever built. Although many scientists oppose the grandiose scheme,
its political momentum now appears unstoppable
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The Reluctant Father of Black Holes; June 1996; by Bernstein; 6 Page(s)
Albert Einstein's equations of gravity are the
foundation of the modern view of black holes;
ironically, he used the equations in trying
to prove these objects cannot exist
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The Art of Charles R. Knight; June 1996; by Paul; 8 Page(s)
Long before the film "Jurassic Park", Knight's illustrations brought dinosaurs to life in the public's mind.
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Taxoids: New Weapons against Cancer; June 1996; by Nicolaou, Guy, Potier; 5 Page(s)
The chemists who developed
the cancer-fighting agent taxol are creating
a family of similar compounds that may
one day help combat the disease.
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Reviews; June 1996; by Nickell, Powell, Gibbs, Atkins; 6 Page(s)
Reviews
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Commentary: Connections - Out of Gas; June 1996; by Burke; 2 Page(s)
I was taking some time off in Switzerland recently, driving along the Geneva lakeside, when my rental car announced it needed gas.
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