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December 1998
Scientific American Magazine
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Cover; December 1998; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)
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Andro Angst; December 1998; by Zorpette; 2 Page(s)
Should the U.S. regulate over-the-counter sports supplements
as anabolic steroids?
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In Brief; December 1998; by Leutwyler; 3 Page(s)
Mini-Mammal; His Pill; Falling Thermosphere; Water World; Zapped by a Magnetar; HIV Insight; Deeper Deep Field; Sliming Around; Golden Harvest
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Pioneering Gas Leak?; December 1998; by Musser; 2 Page(s)
The strange motions of two space probes have mundane
explanations - probably
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Leaping Leptin; December 1998; by Ezzell; 2 Page(s)
Evidence of the fat-regulating hormone is turning up in immune system cells and blood vessel linings
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The Population Slide; December 1998; by Mukerjee; 2 Page(s)
Fertility in some poor countries is taking a nosedive
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Anti Gravity: A Leg to Stand On; December 1998; by Mirsky; 1 Page(s)
A very old, very bad story talks about this guy who happens onto a farm where he notices a pig with a wooden leg.
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Shading the Twinkle; December 1998; by Gary Stix; 1 Page(s)
Telescope that shuts out starlight could spy new planets
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Where no Brush Can Reach; December 1998; by Schneider; 2 Page(s)
Scientists engineer bacteria to prevent corrosion in pipes
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Beating the Tempest; December 1998; by Grossman; 2 Page(s)
Software to defeat electronic eavesdropping
of computer monitors
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Computing with Chaos; December 1998; by Gibbs; 2 Page(s)
In the heart of a new machine
lies the flakiness of nature
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Cyber View; December 1998; by Gibbs; 1 Page(s)
Hello, Is This the Web?
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The Evolution of Galaxy Clusters; December 1998; by Henry, Briel, Böhringer; 6 Page(s)
The most massive objects in the universe are huge clusters of galaxies and gas that have slowly congregated over billions of years. The process of agglomeration may now be ending
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Cloning for Medicine; December 1998; by Wilmut; 6 Page(s)
Now that genetically modified and copied
mammals are a reality, biomedical researchers
are starting to develop imaginative ways to use
this technology
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Making Ultrabright X-rays; December 1998; by Altarelli, Schlachter, Cross; 8 Page(s)
Radiation a billion times brighter than the sun's is illuminating a host of scientific and technical phenomena
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Combating Prostate Cancer; December 1998; by Garnick, Fair; 10 Page(s)
Recent advances in diagnosis and treatment promise to
extend survival time and improve the quality of life
for many patients
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Leafy Sea Dragons; December 1998; by Groves; 6 Page(s)
These masters of camouflage are fierce predators -
and one of the few species in which males become pregnant
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Building the Better Bug; December 1998; by O'Brochta, Atkinson; 6 Page(s)
Inserting new genes into a few specific insect species
could stop some infectious diseases, benefit agriculture and produce innovative materials
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Physicists in Wartime Japan; December 1998; by Brown, Nambu; 8 Page(s)
During the most trying years
of Japan's history, two brilliant schools
of theoretical physics flourished
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Sizing Up Software; December 1998; by Jones; 6 Page(s)
Unlike oil, steel or paper, software is an intangible commodity. This elusive quality makes computer programs difficult to quantify
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Reviews: The Scientific American Young Readers Book Awards; December 1998; by Morrison, Morrison; 6 Page(s)
This year we examined more than 800 books from more than 120 publishers. Making the first cut was not too hard, but selecting the fine books we had room to present leaves us certain there are at least as many other books as good as these.
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Commentary: Connections - Tea, Anyone?; December 1998; by Burke; 2 Page(s)
The other day I was reading for this column while abstractedly stirring some sugar (too much, as it turned out) into my cuppa, thinking how the English tea-drinking thing is all a myth.
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