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November 1999
Scientific American Magazine
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Cover; November 1999; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)
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The Invisible Epidemic; November 1999; by Alpert; 2 Page(s)
Asthma is on the rise, especially in
poor urban areas, and scientists
don't know why
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Speaking Up for Science; November 1999; by Appell; 2 Page(s)
The Kansas decision against evolution
suggests that more scientists
need to become local activists
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Floral Fiend; November 1999; by Mirsky; 1 Page(s)
The Old World climbing fern
speeds its assault on Florida
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A Taste of Weightlessness; November 1999; by Zorpette; 1 Page(s)
Our reporter flies on NASA's
zero-g-simulating "Vomit Comet"
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In Brief; November 1999; by Yam; 2 Page(s)
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Anti Gravity: Down in Front; November 1999; by Mirsky; 1 Page(s)
James Madison was a pivotal player in American history, one of the giants who created this country.
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Mickey Mouse, PH.D.; November 1999; by Howard; 2 Page(s)
Inserting a single gene
makes mice smarter
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Quantum Claustrophobia; November 1999; by Collins; 3 Page(s)
Physicists create Fermi degenerate matter, the stuff of neutron stars, in an ultracold gas
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Profile: The Ascent of Scent; November 1999; by Holloway; 2 Page(s)
By exploring the connection between memory and odor,
psychologist Rachel S. Herz is giving smell its due
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Pork Progress; November 1999; by Klotzko; 1 Page(s)
Cross-species infection, the main
worry with putting pig organs
into humans, seems less likely
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Mind Over Matter; November 1999; by Zucker; 2 Page(s)
Getting rat thoughts
to move robotic parts
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Little Big Science; November 1999; by Bojin, Stix; 3 Page(s)
High-energy polemics erupt
over plans to replace an aging
French synchrotron
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Cyber View; November 1999; by Grossman; 1 Page(s)
No Way to Run a Network
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The Fate of Life in the Universe; November 1999; by Krauss, Starkman; 8 Page(s)
Billions of years ago the universe was too hot for life to exist. Countless eons hence, it will become so cold and empty that life, no matter how ingenious, will perish
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Vision: A Window on Consciousness; November 1999; by Logothetis; 8 Page(s)
In their search for the mind, scientists are focusing on visual perception - how we interpret what we see
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Flammable Ice; November 1999; by Suess, Bohrmann, Greinert, Lausch; 8 Page(s)
Methane-laced ice crystals in the seafloor store more energy than all the world's fossil fuel reserves combined. But these methane hydrate deposits are fragile, and the gas that escapes from them may exacerbate global warming
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Slave-Making Queens; November 1999; by Topoff; 7 Page(s)
Life in certain corners of the ant world is fraught
with invasion, murder and hostage-taking. The battle
royal is a form of social parasitism
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Time-Reversed Acoustics; November 1999; by Fink; 7 Page(s)
Arrays of transducers can re-create a sound and send it back to its source as if time had been reversed. The process can be used to destroy kidney stones, detect defects in materials and communicate with submarines
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Floating in Space; November 1999; by Smith Jr., Cutts; 6 Page(s)
Balloons offer scientists a low-cost, quick-response
way to study the upper reaches of Earth's atmosphere
and those of other planets
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A Zeppelin for the 21st Century; November 1999; by Hagenlocher; 6 Page(s)
By developing new aerodynamic computer models and
using modern materials, the company that originated
zeppelins has returned them to the skies over Europe
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The Grameen Bank; November 1999; by Yunus; 6 Page(s)
A small experiment begun in
Bangladesh has turned into a major
new concept in eradicating poverty
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Reviews; November 1999; by Metzinger, Staff Editors; 5 Page(s)
Reviews
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Wonders: The Surefire Resume; November 1999; by Philip Morrison, Phylis MoOrrison; 2 Page(s)
Ruler of the wealthy city-state of Florence, banker Lorenzo de Medici was First Patron of its arts.
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