August 2002
Scientific American Magazine

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Cover; August 2002; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Table of Contents; August 2002; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

SA Perspectives: A Real Pain; August 2002; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

When doctors ignore pain

On the Web; August 2002; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Letters to the Editors; August 2002; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

50, 100 and 150 Years Ago; August 2002; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Dead Locusts; Threatened Sponges; Scared Wolves

Nuclear Reactions; August 2002; by Daniel G. Dupont; 2 Page(s)

Should nuclear warheads be used in missile defense?

A Push from Above; August 2002; by Sarah Simpson; 2 Page(s)

The ozone hole may be stirring up Antarctica's climate

Killing the Messenger; August 2002; by Carol Ezzell; 2 Page(s)

Turning off RNA could thwart cancer and AIDS

Coherent Computing; August 2002; by JR Minkel; 2 Page(s)

Making Qubit superpositions in superconductors last longer

Crop Circle Confession; August 2002; by Matt Ridley; 1 Page(s)

How to get the wheat down in the dead of night

From Mouth to Mind; August 2002; by W. Wayt Gibbs; 1 Page(s)

New insights into how language warps the brain

By the Numbers: Down on the Farm; August 2002; by Rodger Doyle; 1 Page(s)

When the biggest crop is dollars

News Scan Briefs; August 2002; by Steve Mirsky, Charles Choi, JR Minkel, Zeeya Merali, Benjamin Stix; 2 Page(s)

Stephen Jay Gould, 1941-2002; Eye on the Brain; What Lies Beneath; Mechanical Reactions; Only the Best; Data Points: Tech Shy; www.sciam.com/news - Brief Bits

Innovations: Soft Manufacturing; August 2002; by Gary Stix; 2 Page(s)

Shaping small structures in rubber has moved beyond a Harvard lab

Staking Claims: Deep-Sixing the Submarine Patent; August 2002; by Gary Stix; 1 Page(s)

Will a pending trial curb a purportedly abusive practice?

Skeptic: Why ET Hasn't Called; August 2002; by Michael Shermer; 1 Page(s)

The lifetime of civilizations in the Drake equation for estimating extraterrestrial intelligences is greatly exaggerated

Profile: The Billionaire Conservationist; August 2002; by Krista West; 2 Page(s)

Can Ted Turner save threatened species? He is using his private lands and deep pockets to reintroduce animals driven off by development

The Serious Search for an Anti-Aging Pill; August 2002; by Mark A. Lane, Donald K. Ingram and George S. Roth; 6 Page(s)

In government laboratories and elsewhere, scientists are seeking a drug able to prolong life and youthful vigor. Studies of caloric restriction are showing the way

Does Dark Matter Really Exist?; August 2002; by Mordehai Milgrom; 8 Page(s)

Ninety-five percent of the universe has gone missing. Or has it?

The Ocean's Invisible Forest; August 2002; by Paul G. Falkowski; 8 Page(s)

Marine phytoplankton play a critical role in regulating the earth's climate. Could they also be used to combat global warming?

Computers without Clocks; August 2002; by Ivan E. Sutherland and Jo Ebergen; 8 Page(s)

Asynchronous chips improve computer performance by letting each circuit run as fast as it can

Combating the Terror of Terrorism; August 2002; by Ezra S. Susser, Daniel B. Herman and Barbara Aaron; 8 Page(s)

The psychological damage caused by the attacks of September 11 mirrored the physical destruction and showed that protecting the public's mental health must be a component of the national defense

Saving Dying Languages; August 2002; by W. Wayt Gibbs; 8 Page(s)

Linguists have known for years that thousands of the world's languages are at grave risk of extinction. Yet only recently has the field summoned the will - and the money - to do much about it

Working Knowledge: Safety at a Cost; August 2002; by Mark Fischetti; 2 Page(s)

Smart cards

Technicalities: Machine Chic; August 2002; by Mark Alpert; 3 Page(s)

The Poma wearable computer is flashy but not very functional

Reviews: Riffs on General Relativity; August 2002; by Chet Raymo, Staff Editors; 2 Page(s)

The Future of Spacetime, according to Stephen Hawking, Kip Thorne and others. Also, The Editors Recommend

Puzzling Adventures: Repellanoids; August 2002; by Dennis E. Shasha; 1 Page(s)

Repellanoid circumference

Anti Gravity: Poultry and Poetry; August 2002; by Steve Mirsky; 1 Page(s)

O chicken new world, that has such weird stuff in it

Ask the Experts; August 2002; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

How can an artificial sweetener contain no calories? What is a blue moon?

Fuzzy Logic; August 2002; by Roz Chast; 1 Page(s)

Alternative Illnesses for Alternative Medicine