October 2003
Scientific American Magazine

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

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

SA Perspectives: Biotech's Clean Slate; October 2003; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Biotechnology even Europe can love

How to Contact Us and On the Web; October 2003; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

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

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

Edible Algae; Safer Phosphorus; Cheap Anthracite

Food Fears; October 2003; by Daniel G. Dupont; 2 Page(s)

The threat of agricultural terrorism spurs calls for more vigilance

Return of the Fleece; October 2003; by Sally Lehrman; 2 Page(s)

Science feels the heat from the politics of morality

The Next Big Chill; October 2003; by Graham P. Collins; 2 Page(s)

Physicists close in on a new state of matter

Musical Medicine; October 2003; by W. Wayt Gibbs; 2 Page(s)

A high-tech piano treats a repetitive stress disorder

Hormone Hysteria; October 2003; by Dennis Watkins; 3 Page(s)

Hormone replacement therapy may not be so bad

Weight Watching; October 2003; by Daniel Cho; 1 Page(s)

Satellite maps reveal the variations in earth's gravity

By the Numbers: The Progress of Love; October 2003; by Rodger Doyle; 1 Page(s)

Americans are discarding taboos against mixed unions

News Scan Briefs; October 2003; by Philip Yam, JR Minkel, Charles Choi; 2 Page(s)

Leaning Left; Vostok Pop Top; Missing: One-Quarter Hydrogen; Barrier-Free Nanotubes; Rethinking Siberian Americans; A Shot against West Nile; Data Points: Rip 'n' Roar; Brief Points

Innovations: Alchemy of a Supermetal; October 2003; by Steven Ashley; 2 Page(s)

Serendipity delivers a process that may cut the cost of a high-tech material

Staking Claims: Kick Me, Myself and I; October 2003; by Gary Stix; 1 Page(s)

An inveterate tinkerer creates a technology for self-flagellators

Skeptic: Remember the Six Billion; October 2003; by Michael Shermer; 1 Page(s)

For millenia we have raged against the dying of the light. Can science save us from that good night?

Insights: Cleaning Up after War; October 2003; by Marc Airhart; 2 Page(s)

Bombs and bullets can kill years after the battles have ended, by leaving behind toxins and contaminants. It's up to Pekka Haavisto to figure out how to handle the mess

The Unexpected Youth of Globular Clusters; October 2003; by Stephen E. Zepf and Keith M. Ashman; 6 Page(s)

Conventional wisdom says that globular star clusters are the stodgy old codgers of the universe, but it turns out that many of these clusters are young

Artificial Muscles; October 2003; by Steven Ashley; 8 Page(s)

Novel motion-producing devices - actuators, motors, generators - based on polymers that change shape when stimulated electrically are nearing commercialization

Meltdown in the North; October 2003; by Matthew Sturm, Donald K. Perovich and Mark C. Serreze; 8 Page(s)

Sea ice and glaciers are melting, permafrost is thawing, tundra is yielding to shrubs - and scientists are struggling to understand how these changes will affect not just the Arctic but the entire planet

Tumor-Busting Viruses; October 2003; by Dirk M. Nettelbeck and David T. Curiel; 8 Page(s)

A new technique called virotherapy harnesses viruses, those banes of humankind, to stop another scourge--cancer

China's Great Leap Upward; October 2003; by James Oberg; 8 Page(s)

By boosting astronauts into orbit, China hopes to become the newest superpower in space

The Economics of Child Labor; October 2003; by Kaushik Basu; 8 Page(s)

Campaigns against child labor are most likely to succeed when they combine the long arm of the law with the invisible hand of the marketplace

Working Knowledge: Cool Shirt; October 2003; by Mark Fischetti; 2 Page(s)

Smart fabrics

Technicalities: The Infinite Arcade Machine; October 2003; by W. Wayt Gibbs; 3 Page(s)

Building the world's largest video arcade - in your family room

Reviews: Thinking inside the Box; October 2003; by Michael M. Sokal; 2 Page(s)

Small Things Considered explores the trade-offs that make all designs imperfect. Also, The Editors Recommend

Puzzling Adventures: Strategic Bullying; October 2003; by Dennis E. Shasha; 1 Page(s)

Strategic bullying

Anti Gravity: What's Wrong with This Picture?; October 2003; by Steve Mirsky; 1 Page(s)

For football fans in the sunshine state, it's sometimes the game of the name

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

What causes insomnia? Why is the sky blue?

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

The Incredible Expanding Universe