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November 1995
Scientific American Magazine
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Cover; November 1995; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)
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Masthead; November 1995; by Rennie; 1 Page(s)
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Get Smart, Take a Test; November 1995; by Horgan; 2 Page(s)
A long-term rise in IQ scores baffles intelligence experts
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Attracted to the Pole; November 1995; by Schneider; 1 Page(s)
Although the magnetic pole lies more than 1,000 kilometers to the south, the earth's geographic North Pole emits its own invisible force, enticing scientists to cross vast stretches of the frozen Arctic to reach it.
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The Big Thaw; November 1995; by Horgan; 3 Page(s)
Stability of the Antarctic
ice remains unclear
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The Noses Have It; November 1995; by Mirsky; 1 Page(s)
Swiss researchers recently published a report in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London that tested the role male body odor has in female mate choice.
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Out of Place; November 1995; by Wallach; 1 Page(s)
A weed is a valuable crop to some farmers
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A Never-Ending Feast; November 1995; by Perrin; 1 Page(s)
Imagine what it would be like if whenever you finished a meal, it magically reappeared.
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Gay Genes, Revisited; November 1995; by Horgan; 1 Page(s)
Doubts arise over research on the biology of homosexuality
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Solar Secrets; November 1995; by Beardsley; 3 Page(s)
More data make for more mystery
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Country Music; November 1995; by Schneider; 1 Page(s)
The natural world is so full of complexity that detection of a regular signal can be startling.
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Luddites on the Hill; November 1995; by Zorpette; 1 Page(s)
Congress quietly kills the Office of Technology Assessment
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Clearing the Air; November 1995; by Beardsley; 1 Page(s)
Common rocks may deliver cleaner power
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Mind Meets Machine, Sort of; November 1995; by Yam; 1 Page(s)
Taking a modest step closer to the science-fiction staple of melding the human brain with the computer, researchers in Germany can now control a single neuron via a silicon chip connected to it.
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Meta-Virus; November 1995; by Wallich; 1 Page(s)
Breaking the hardware species barrier
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Rights of Privacy; November 1995; by Browning; 2 Page(s)
Technology has its eyes on you
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The World's Imperiled Fish; November 1995; by Safina; 8 Page(s)
Wild fish cannot survive the onslaught of modern
industrial fishing. The collapse of fisheries
in many regions shows the danger plainly
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The Brain's Immune System; November 1995; by Streit, Kincaid-Colton; 6 Page(s)
It consists of cells called microglia that are normally protective but can be surprisingly destructive. The cells may contribute to neurodegenerative diseases and to the dementia of AIDS
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Chaotic Climate; November 1995; by Broecker; 7 Page(s)
Global temperatures have been known
to change substantially in only a decade or two.
Could another jump be in the offng?
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Holographic Memories; November 1995; by Psaltis, Mok; 7 Page(s)
After more than 30 years, researchers are
on the verge of using holograms to store data
in memories that are both fast and vast
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Charles Darwin; November 1995; by Milner; 2 Page(s)
This newly rediscovered photograph appears to be the last ever made of the great evolutionist
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God's Utility Function; November 1995; by Dawkins; 6 Page(s)
Humans have always wondered about the meaning of life.
According to the author, life has no higher purpose
than to perpetuate the survival of DNA
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The Discovery of X-rays; November 1995; by Farmelo; 6 Page(s)
One hundred years ago this month, Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen cast the first x-ray images by chance
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The Science of Juggling; November 1995; by Beek, Lewbel; 6 Page(s)
Studying the ability to toss and catch balls
and rings provides insight into human
coordination, robotics and mathematics
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Wonders: On Neutrino Astronomy; November 1995; by Philip Morrison; 2 Page(s)
Most astronomy is the study of photons, the generic name for the stable quanta in any wave band of the electro-magnetic field, the simplest of the structurless "elementary"particles.
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Connections: The Silk Road; November 1995; by James Burke; 2 Page(s)
In the mid-17th century, one of the few mills in northern Europe producing high-quality products such as shot silk - a fine, iridescent and expensive weave-was in Spitalfields in London.
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Essay: Doing Business on the Net; November 1995; by Eisenberg; 1 Page(s)
Like the leaves of autumn, those resolutely noncommercial days on the Internet when ads were anathema are dwindling fast
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