March 2003
Scientific American Magazine

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Cover; March 2003; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Table of Contents; March 2003; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

SA Perspectives: Total Information Overload; March 2003; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Homeland Security's total information overload

How to Contact Us; March 2003; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Letters to the Editors; March 2003; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

50, 100 and 150 Years Ago; March 2003; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Our Soil; New World; Moon Air

From Lab to Embassy; March 2003; by Sally Lehrman; 2 Page(s)

A plan to get scientists involved in U.S. foreign policy

Connect the Pings; March 2003; by Wendy M. Grossman; 2 Page(s)

Stealth radar from cell-phone radiation

Out on a Limb; March 2003; by Kate Wong; 2 Page(s)

A stunning new fossil shows how simians got their start

Getting Warmer; March 2003; by Graham P. Collins; 2 Page(s)

Magnetic semiconductors reach higher temperatures

Triggered Swarms; March 2003; by Naomi Lubick; 2 Page(s)

A quake in Alaska sets off a series of rumbles in the U.S.

Sustainable Surgery; March 2003; by Gary Stix; 1 Page(s)

Cuba pioneers a medical procedure to relieve Parkinson's

By the Numbers: Sizing Up Evangelicals; March 2003; by Rodger Doyle; 1 Page(s)

Fundamentalism persists but shows signs of moderation

News Scan Briefs; March 2003; by George Musser, JR Minkel, Steve Mirsky, Charles Choi; 2 Page(s)

Has a Nice Ring to It; Self-Organized Scenery; Immunity Sapped; Re-evolution; Unnatural at 21; Data Points: Too Early Spring; Brief Bits

Innovations: The Relentless Storm; March 2003; by Gary Stix; 3 Page(s)

Bell Labs weathers the worst crisis of its 78-year history

Staking Claims: Some Rights Reserved; March 2003; by Gary Stix; 1 Page(s)

Cyber-law activists devise a set of licenses for sharing creative works

Skeptic: Demon-Haunted Brain; March 2003; by Michael Shermer; 1 Page(s)

If the brain mediates all experience, then paranormal phenomena are nothing more than neuronal events

Profile: Man against a Mountain; March 2003; by Steve Nadis; 2 Page(s)

Yucca Mountain is set to become the nation's prime nuclear waste site, but geologist Rodney C. Ewing thinks that federal enthusiasm for it has outstripped the science

The Search for Dark Matter; March 2003; by David B. Cline; 8 Page(s)

Dark matter is usually thought of as something "out there." But we will never truly understand it unless we can bring it down to earth

Dismantling Nuclear Reactors; March 2003; by Matthew L. Wald; 10 Page(s)

Taking apart a nuclear power plant that has reached the end of its life is a complicated task. But not for the reasons you might expect

Restoring Aging Bones; March 2003; by Clifford J. Rosen; 8 Page(s)

The bone decay of osteoporosis can cripple, but an improved understanding of how the body builds and loses bone is leading to ever better prevention and treatment options

Digital Entertainment Jumps the Border; March 2003; by Harvey B. Feigenbaum; 6 Page(s)

New broadcasting technologies are challenging the restrictions on the viewing of American television shows and films in other countries

Which Came First, the Feather or the Bird?; March 2003; by Richard O. Prum and Alan H. Brush, sidebar by Staff Editor; 10 Page(s)

A long-cherished view of how and why feathers evolved has now been overturned

Bugs in the Brain; March 2003; by Robert Sapolsky; 4 Page(s)

Time for a bit of humility. Some microorganisms can manipulate neural circuitry better than we can

Working Knowledge: No Two Alike; March 2003; by Mark Fischetti; 2 Page(s)

Fingerprint readers

Voyages: Follies and Foucault's Pendulum; March 2003; by Marguerite Holloway; 3 Page(s)

Seeing science past and present in two Parisian museums

Reviews: The Neurologist and the Philosopher; March 2003; by Erica Goode; 2 Page(s)

Looking for Spinoza credits the philosopher with foreseeing modern neuroscience. Also, The Editors Recommend

On the Web; March 2003; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Puzzling Adventures: Safecracking; March 2003; by Dennis E. Shasha; 1 Page(s)

The safecracker's strategy

Anti Gravity: The Rael Thing; March 2003; by Steve Mirsky; 1 Page(s)

It's not a media circus without the clone car

Ask the Experts; March 2003; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

What is the difference between artificial and natural flavors? How long can the average person survive without water?

Fuzzy Logic; March 2003; by Roz Chast; 1 Page(s)

Sudden Genius