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August 1998
Scientific American Magazine
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Cover; August 1998; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)
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In Focus: Deadly Secrets; August 1998; by Zorpette, Beardsley; 2 Page(s)
As India and Pakistan demonstrated, military nuclear
know-how is spreading with frightening ease
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A Massive Discovery; August 1998; by Gibbs; 2 Page(s)
The weight of neutrinos offers
clues to stars, galaxies and the
fate of the universe
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Beyond Physics; August 1998; by Gibbs; 3 Page(s)
Renowned scientists contemplate
the evidence for God
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Anti Gravity: Hoop Genes; August 1998; by Mirsky; 2 Page(s)
You know how close I came to playing
professional basketball?
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In Brief; August 1998; by Leutwyler; 3 Page(s)
New Planet?; Polarized Vision; Nintendo Neurology; Spinach Power; Hot Finding on Mars; Fast Extinction; Practical Chaos; Stained-Glass Myth; Magnetars
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Food for Thought; August 1998; by Nemecek; 2 Page(s)
Cutbacks in the food stamp
program are proving hazardous
to the nation's health
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By the Numbers: Amphibians at Risk; August 1998; by Doyle; 1 Page(s)
Some 5,000 species of amphibians inhabit the world,
mostly frogs, toads and salamanders, and they seem to
be dying at unprecedented rates.
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Trade Rules; August 1998; by Holloway; 3 Page(s)
A World Trade Organization
decision about sea turtles raises
doubts about reconciling economics
and the environment
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Look for the Union Label; August 1998; by Wallich; 2 Page(s)
New analysis of economic data
shows that unionization could
maximize productivity
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Cyber View: Access Denied; August 1998; by Grossman; 1 Page(s)
With all the advances toward
equality for women, you've got to assume
there are lots of women programmers, right?
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Fusion and the Z Pinch; August 1998; by Yonas; 6 Page(s)
A device called
the Z machine
has led to a
new way of
triggering
controlled fusion
with intense
nanosecond
bursts of x-rays
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Low-Back Pain; August 1998; by Deyo; 6 Page(s)
Low-back pain is at epidemic levels. Although
its causes are still poorly understood, treatment
choices have improved, with the body's own
healing power often the most reliable remedy
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Computing with DNA; August 1998; by Adleman; 8 Page(s)
The manipulation of DNA to solve
mathematical problems is redefining
what is meant by "computation"
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Monitoring and Controlling Debris in Space; August 1998; by Johnson; 6 Page(s)
The path from Sputnik to the International Space Station has been littered with high-tech refuse, creating an environmental problem in outer space
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A Quarter-Century of Recreational Mathematics; August 1998; by Gardner; 8 Page(s)
The author of "Scientific American"'s column
"Mathematical Games" from 1956 to 1981 recounts
25 years of amusing puzzles and serious discoveries
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Irrigating Crops with Seawater; August 1998; by Glenn, Brown, O'Leary; 6 Page(s)
As the world's population grows and freshwater stores
become more precious, researchers are looking to the sea for the water to irrigate selected crops
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Microdiamonds; August 1998; by Trautman, Griffin, Scharf; 6 Page(s)
These tiny, enigmatic crystals hold promise both
for industry and for the study of how diamond grows
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The Philadelphia Yellow Fever
Epidemic of 1793; August 1998; by Foster, Jenkins, Toogood; 6 Page(s)
One of the first major epidemics of the disease in the U.S., it devastated America's early capital. It also had lasting repercussions for the city and country
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Reviews; August 1998; by Branscomb, Raven; 3 Page(s)
Reviews
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Commentary: Wonders - The Left and the Right; August 1998; by Morrison, Morrison; 2 Page(s)
In 1848 the king of France abdicated
his constitutional post - not that
he was the only king in Europe to
be replaced by republics in those times.
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Commentary: Connections - Tick Tock; August 1998; by Burke; 2 Page(s)
Walking through Parliament
Square in London the other day, I suddenly remembered
that when I was a very small child during World War II, the sound of Big Ben ringing the hour on the radio was a
comforting indication that it hadn't been hit by incoming German V-1 missiles.
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