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November 2004

November 2004
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Cover; November 2004; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Table of Contents; November 2004; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

SA Perspectives: Political Science; November 2004; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

A science-minded voter's guide

How to Contact Us and On the Web; November 2004; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Letters to the Editors; November 2004; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

50, 100 and 150 Years Ago; November 2004; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Puzzling Courtship; Mysterious Aether; Mythic Life-Forms

Damage Control; November 2004; by David Labrador; 2 Page(s)

A crackdown to prevent conflicts of interest at the NIH

Breathing with Hepatitis; November 2004; by Lisa Melton; 3 Page(s)

Does exposure to a liver-inflaming virus prevent asthma?

Volcanic Sniffing; November 2004; by Charles Choi; 2 Page(s)

Quantum-cascade laser may detect impending eruptions

Flawed Revelations?; November 2004; by Barry E. DiGregorio; 3 Page(s)

Contamination may undermine Genesis data

Connection Blues; November 2004; by Wendy M. Grossman; 2 Page(s)

A hole for external control of bluetooth devices

News Scan Briefs; November 2004; by JR Minkel, Charles Choi; 2 Page(s)

Her Majesty's Secret Service; Check the "In" Box; Piped-in Turbulence; Ear-y Coincidence; Invasion of the Sequences; Beating a Deadly Gas

By the Numbers: Getting Sicker; November 2004; by Rodger Doyle; 1 Page(s)

State budget constraints threaten public health

Gerard Piel (1915-2004); November 2004; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

In memoriam

Skeptic: Flying Carpets and Scientific Prayers; November 2004; by Michael Shermer; 1 Page(s)

Scientific experiments claiming that distant intercessory prayer produces salubrious effects are deeply flawed

Insights: What's in a Name?; November 2004; by Christine Soares; 2 Page(s)

Not much at the moment, thinks biologist Kevin de Queiroz, but names could be made to reflect our modern understanding of life's origins and complexity

Rebuilding Broken Hearts; November 2004; by Smadar Cohen and Jonathan Leor; 8 Page(s)

Biologists and engineers working together in the fledgling field of tissue engineering are within reach of one of their greatest goals: constructing a living human heart patch

Black Hole Computers; November 2004; by Seth Lloyd and Y. Jack Ng; 10 Page(s)

In keeping with the spirit of the age, researchers can think of the laws of physics as computer programs and the universe as a computer

Abrupt Climate Change; November 2004; by Richard B. Alley; 8 Page(s)

Winter temperatures plummeting six degrees Celsius and sudden droughts scorching farmland around the globe are not just the stuff of scary movies. Such striking climate jumps have happened before--sometimes within a matter of years

Holes in the Missile Shield; November 2004; by Richard L. Garwin; 10 Page(s)

The national missile defense now being deployed by the U.S. should be replaced with a more effective system

Computing at the Speed of Light; November 2004; by W. Wayt Gibbs; 8 Page(s)

Emerging ways to make photonic connections to electronic microchips may dramatically change the shape of computers in the decade ahead

Music and the Brain; November 2004; by Norman M. Weinberger; 8 Page(s)

What is the secret of music's strange power? Seeking an answer, scientists are piecing together a picture of what happens in the brains of listeners and musicians

A Split at the Core; November 2004; by W. Wayt Gibbs; 5 Page(s)

Physics is forcing the microchip industry to redesign its most lucrative products. That is bad news for software companies

Working Knowledge: Keep the Beat; November 2004; by Mark Fischetti; 2 Page(s)

Pacemakers

Reviews: Terrified by a Tyrannosaur; November 2004; by Richard Milner, Staff Editors; 3 Page(s)

Curious Minds looks at what inspired 27 well-known investigators to take up science. Also, The Editors Recommend

Anti Gravity: Wild Life; November 2004; by Steve Mirsky; 1 Page(s)

Of beers, bears, fish and assault with a deadly reptile

Ask the Experts; November 2004; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

How do scientists know the composition of the Earth's interior? How does decanting red wine affect its taste? And why not decant white?




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